A statistical characterization of dielectric breakdown in FDSOI nanowire transistors

In this work, dielectric breakdown (BD) and post-BD conduction in ultimate FDSOI nanowire (NW) transistors with Ω-gate and high-k dielectric have been investigated. The experiments show that BD in largely scaled NW transistors differ significantly from that in bulk planar transistors. Several types...

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Autores: Goyal, Rishab, Crespo Yepes, Albert|||0000-0003-4618-651X, Porti i Pujal, Marc|||0000-0001-7438-3823, Rodríguez Martínez, Rosana|||0000-0002-4565-6703, Nafria, Montserrat|||0000-0002-9549-2890
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2026
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:321921
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/321921
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1016/j.mee.2025.112422
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Dielectric breakdown
Failure
FD-SOI
High-k
Lifetime
NW FETs
Power consumption
Reliability
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Sumario:In this work, dielectric breakdown (BD) and post-BD conduction in ultimate FDSOI nanowire (NW) transistors with Ω-gate and high-k dielectric have been investigated. The experiments show that BD in largely scaled NW transistors differ significantly from that in bulk planar transistors. Several types of post-BD behaviours have been observed, some of which not only hinder the device performance, but also jeopardize the integrity of the nanowire structure and materials. A comprehensive study of the phenomena has been performed on pMOS and nMOS with different widths and lengths, under different temperature conditions.