SOFT BREAKDOWN IN TITANIUM-SILICIDED SHALLOW SOURCE DRAIN JUNCTIONS

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作者
LIN, JP [1 ]
BANERJEE, S [1 ]
LEE, J [1 ]
TENG, C [1 ]
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[1] TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC,DALLAS,TX 75265
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10.1109/55.55246
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper describes the soft breakdown behavior in titanium-silicided shallow source/drain junctions. Electrical characterization of the leakage current in p + /n shallow junctions (Aj = 130 nm) shows that the current increases dramatically with titanium thickness and strongly depends on the reverse-bias voltage. The activation energy of leakage current extracted from the temperature dependence of the current decreases with increasing reverse-bias voltage. This behavior cannot be explained by the simple Shockley-Hall-Read (SHR) generation-recombination mechanism. A new mechanism involving Frenkel-Poole barrier lowering of a trap potential is proposed. © 1990 IEEE
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