IMPROVEMENT OF CHARGE TRAPPING CHARACTERISTICS OF N2O-ANNEALED AND REOXIDIZED N2O-ANNEALED THIN OXIDES

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作者
LIU, ZH [1 ]
WANN, HJ [1 ]
KO, PK [1 ]
HU, CM [1 ]
CHENG, YC [1 ]
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[1] CITY POLYTECH HONG KONG,DIRECTORATE,HONG KONG,HONG KONG
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10.1109/55.192820
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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
It is found that increasing N2O annealing temperature and time monotonically reduces electron trapping in the resulting oxides. The improvement increases with oxide thickness. Reoxidation does not enhance but reduces the improvement. The behavior is different from and simpler to understand than that after NH3 annealing, apparently due to the absence of deleterious hydrogen. Hole trapping and interface trap generation are also suppressed by N2O annealing, though an optimum anneal condition may exist. Charge to breakdown exhibits modest improvement consistent with reduced electron trapping.
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