Influence of gate oxides with high thermal conductivity on the failure distribution of InGaAs-based MOS stacks

In this work, the breakdown transients of metal-oxide-semiconductors (MOS) stacks with InGaAs channels and different oxide layers (Al2O3,HfO2 and Si3N4) have been studied in terms of the time-to-breakdown and the duration of the progressive breakdown regime. It is observed that dielectric layers wit...

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Autores: Palumbo, Félix Roberto Mario, Lombardo,Salvatore, Eizenberg, Moshe
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/42554
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/42554
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Oxide Breakdown
Progressive Breakdown
High-K Dielectrics
Iii?V Mos Devices
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Sumario:In this work, the breakdown transients of metal-oxide-semiconductors (MOS) stacks with InGaAs channels and different oxide layers (Al2O3,HfO2 and Si3N4) have been studied in terms of the time-to-breakdown and the duration of the progressive breakdown regime. It is observed that dielectric layers with higher thermal conductivity show larger transient time during the progressive breakdown regime, and this provides a significant lifetime extension across the entire failure distribution. This is attributed to a lower temperature of the percolation path which reduces local electro-migration. Moreover, the overall results show that the progressive breakdown regime is uncorrelated with the initial degradation rate, and that the bending of failure distribution at low percentiles is exclusively attributed to the progressive increase of the gate current during the breakdown event.