REDUCTION OF INTERFACE-TRAP DENSITY IN METAL-OXIDE-SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES BY IRRADIATION

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BALASINSKI, A [1 ]
MA, TP [1 ]
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[1] YALE UNIV,DEPT ELECT ENGN,NEW HAVEN,CT 06520
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10.1063/1.109118
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Annealing o inter ace defects in metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) devices by x-ray irradiation has been observed. The effect occurs in rad-hard devices which had been previously damaged severely by high-field Fowler-Nordheim electron injection, but has not been observed in standard MOS devices which are not radiation-hardened. A mechanism based on the recombination-enhanced-defect-reactions process is proposed to explain the results.
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