TIME-DEPENDENT DIELECTRIC-BREAKDOWN OF THIN SILICON-OXIDE USING DENSE CONTACT ELECTRIFICATION

被引:19
作者
FUKANO, Y [1 ]
HONTANI, KJ [1 ]
UCHIHASHI, T [1 ]
OKUSAKO, T [1 ]
CHAYAHARA, A [1 ]
SUGAWARA, Y [1 ]
YAMANISHI, Y [1 ]
OASA, T [1 ]
MORITA, S [1 ]
机构
[1] SUMITOMO MET IND LTD, ADV TECHNOL RES LABS, AMAGASAKI, HYOGO 660, JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 6B期
关键词
DENSE CONTACT ELECTRIFICATION; THIN SILICON OXIDE LAYER; TDDB; CHARGE-TO-BREAKDOWN; AFM/STM; NONCONTACT DC-MODE;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.33.3756
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We achieved time dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) measurement of a thin silicon oxide microscopically using contact electrification. By increasing the external bias voltage, TDDBs of the oxide layer without and with oxide surface roughening were observed sequentially. Charge-to-breakdown in the contact electrification was estimated to be on the order of 10(-5) approximately 10(-6) C/cm2. This value is higher than that of electrified charge density in the absence of external bias voltage, but is much smaller than the value of approximately 5 x 10(-1) C/cm2 obtained in the conventional TDDB measurement using a metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) capacitor. From calculation of the number of injected charges per atom, TDDB measurement using contact electrification is expected to provide a more quantitative evaluation of charge-to-breakdown than that using a MOS capacitor.
引用
收藏
页码:3756 / 3760
页数:5
相关论文
共 9 条
[1]   SCANNING FORCE TUNNELING MICROSCOPY AS A NOVEL TECHNIQUE FOR THE STUDY OF NANOMETER-SCALE DIELECTRIC-BREAKDOWN OF SILICON-OXIDE LAYER [J].
FUKANO, Y ;
SUGAWARA, Y ;
YAMANISHI, Y ;
OASA, T ;
MORITA, S .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 1993, 32 (1B) :290-293
[2]  
HASEGAWA E, 1993, 1993 INT C SOL STAT, P86
[3]   DISSIPATION OF CONTACT-ELECTRIFIED CHARGE ON THIN SI-OXIDE STUDIED BY ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY [J].
MORITA, S ;
FUKANO, Y ;
UCHIHASHI, T ;
SUGAWARA, Y ;
YAMANISHI, Y ;
OASA, T .
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE, 1994, 75 :151-156
[4]   STABLE-UNSTABLE PHASE-TRANSITION OF DENSELY CONTRACT-ELECTRIFIED ELECTRONS ON THIN SILICON-OXIDE [J].
MORITA, S ;
SUGAWARA, Y ;
FUKANO, Y ;
UCHIHASHI, T ;
OKUSAKO, T ;
CHAYAHARA, A ;
YAMANISHI, Y ;
OASA, T .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS, 1993, 32 (12B) :L1852-L1854
[5]   ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPE COMBINED WITH SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE [AFM/STM] [J].
MORITA, S ;
SUGAWARA, Y ;
FUKANO, Y .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 1993, 32 (6B) :2983-2988
[6]   REPRODUCIBLE AND CONTROLLABLE CONTACT ELECTRIFICATION ON A THIN INSULATOR [J].
MORITA, S ;
FUKANO, Y ;
UCHIHASHI, T ;
OKUSAKO, T ;
SUGAWARA, Y ;
YAMANISHI, Y ;
OASA, T .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS, 1993, 32 (11B) :L1701-L1703
[7]   IMPROVED FIBER-OPTIC INTERFEROMETER FOR ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY [J].
RUGAR, D ;
MAMIN, HJ ;
GUETHNER, P .
APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 1989, 55 (25) :2588-2590
[8]   CHARGE FLOW DURING METAL-INSULATOR CONTACT [J].
SCHONENBERGER, C .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1992, 45 (07) :3861-3864
[9]   SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION AND ITS PHASE-TRANSITION OF DENSELY CONTACT-ELECTRIFIED ELECTRONS ON A THIN SILICON-OXIDE [J].
SUGAWARA, Y ;
MORITA, S ;
FUKANO, Y ;
UCHIHASHI, T ;
OKUSAKO, T ;
CHAYAHARA, A ;
YAMANISHI, Y ;
OASA, T .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS, 1994, 33 (1A) :L70-L73