DEGRADATION OF INVERSION LAYER ELECTRON-MOBILITY DUE TO INTERFACE TRAPS IN METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR TRANSISTORS

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MATSUOKA, T [1 ]
TAGUCHI, S [1 ]
KHOSRU, QDM [1 ]
TANIGUCHI, K [1 ]
HAMAGUCHI, C [1 ]
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[1] SHARP CO LTD, CENT RES LABS, TENRI, NARA 632, JAPAN
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10.1063/1.360013
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Degradation of inversion layer electron mobility during Fowler-Nordheim electron injection has been investigated using n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors. The change of the reciprocal effective mobility, Delta(1/mu(EFF)), has been found to be linearly related to the generated interface trap density, Delta N-it, at a given effective electric field normal to the Si/SiO2 interface. The effect of trapped charges in the oxide on the mobility degradation is rather insignificant, which is attributed to the location of trapped charges from the Si/SiO2 interface. The dependence of mobility degradation on inversion layer electron density has also been explained using a transport theory based on two-dimensional electron gas. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.
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