Hot carrier effects in nMOSFETs in 0.1μm CMOS technology

被引:59
作者
Li, E [1 ]
Rosenbaum, E [1 ]
Tao, J [1 ]
Yeap, GCF [1 ]
Lin, MR [1 ]
Fang, P [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
来源
1999 IEEE INTERNATIONAL RELIABILITY PHYSICS SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS - 37TH ANNUAL | 1999年
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10.1109/RELPHY.1999.761622
中图分类号
TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Recent studies show that, for a given technology, as the effective channel length is scaled down towards 0.1 mu m, the worst case hot carrier stress condition for nMOSFETs switches from I-b,I-peak (peak substrate current bias condition) to V-g = V-d. In this paper, we demonstrate that the worst case stress condition is determined by the ratio of I-b\(Ib,peak) to I-b\(Vg=Vd). Post-metallization anneal in deuterium similarly improves hot carrier lifetime under bias at I-b,I-peak and V-g = V-d.
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页数:6
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