• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.41 no.7
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• pp.21-29
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• 2004

Hot carrier degradation characteristics of Nano-scale CMOSFETs with dual gate oxide have been analyzed in depth. It is shown that, PMOSFET lifetime dominate the device lifetime than NMOSFET In Nano-scale CMOSFETs, that is, PMOSFET lifetime under CHC (Channel Hot Carrier) stress is much lower than NMOSFET lifetime under DAHC (Dram Avalanche Hot Carrier) stress. (In case of thin MOSFET, CHC stress showed severe degradation than DAHC for PMOSFET and DAHC than CHC for NMOSFET as well known.) Therefore, the interface trap generation due to enhanced hot hole injection will become a dominant degradation factor in upcoming Nano-scale CMOSFET technology. In case of PMOSFETs, CHC shows enhanced degradation than DAHC regardless of thin and thick PMOSFETs. However, what is important is that hot hole injection rather than hot electron injection play a important role in PMOSFET degradation i.e. threshold voltage increases and saturation drain current decreases due to the hot carrier stresses for both thin and thick PMOSFET. In case of thick MOSFET, the degradation by hot carrier is confirmed using charge pumping current method. Therefore, suppression of PMOSFET hot carrier degradation or hot hole injection is highly necessary to enhance overall device lifetime or circuit lifetime in Nano-scale CMOSFET technology

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.27 no.12
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• pp.792-796
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• 2014

In this paper, we investigated the hot carrier reliability of two kinds of device with low threshold voltage (LVT) and regular threshold voltage (RVT) in 65 nm CMOS technology. Contrary to the previous report that devices beyond $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS technology is dominated by channel hot carrier(CHC) stress rather than drain avalanche hot carrier(DAHC) stress, both of LVT and RVT devices showed that their degradation is dominated by DAHC stress. It is also shown that in case of LVT devices, contribution of interface trap generation to the device degradation is greater under DAHC stress than CHC stress, while there is little difference for RVT devices.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.169-172
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• 2020

In this paper, the effect of hot carrier injection on an n-bulk fin field-effect transistor (FinFET) is analyzed. The hot carrier injection method is applied to determine the performance change after injection in two ways, channel hot electron (CHE) and drain avalanche hot carrier (DAHC), which have the greatest effect at room temperature. The optimum condition for CHE injection is V_G=V_D, and the optimal condition for DAHC injection can be indirectly confirmed by measuring the peak value of the substrate current. Deterioration by DAHC injection affects not only hot electrons formed by impact ionization, but also hot holes, which has a greater impact on reliability than CHE. Further, we test the amount of drain voltage that can be withstood, and extracted the lifetime of the device. Under CHE injection conditions, the drain voltage was able to maintain a lifetime of more than 10 years at a maximum of 1.25 V, while DAHC was able to achieve a lifetime exceeding 10 years at a 1.05-V drain voltage, which is 0.2 V lower than that of CHE injection conditions.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2012.02a
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• pp.353-353
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• 2012

채널 도핑이 다른 비대칭 구조를 갖는 NMOSFET의 게이트 전압에 따른 Drain saturation current (IDSAT), maximum transconductance (GM) 및 threshold voltage (VT)와 같은 다양한 변수를 측정하였고 DAHC (Drain avalanche hot carriers) 스트레스에 따른 특성을 추출하였다. 전기적 특성은 반도체 파라미터 분석기를 사용하여 Probe system에서 진행되었다. 문턱전압은 Normal channel dopoing의 경우 0.67 V, High channel doping의 경우 0.74 V로 High channel doping된 소자가 상대적으로 높은 문턱전압을 보였다. Swing의 경우 Normal channel doping의 경우 87 mV/decade, high channel doping의 경우 92 mV/decade으로 High channel doping된 소자가 더 높은 Swing값을 보였다. 스트레스 인가 후 두 소자 모두 문턱전압이 증가하고 ON-current가 감소하였다. High channel doing된 소자의 경우 Normal channel doping된 소자보다 문턱전압의 증가율과 Current 감소율 측면 모두 스트레스에 더 민감하게 반응하였다. 문턱전압이 서로 다른 비대칭 NMOSFET의 핫 캐리어 특성을 비교, 분석결과 스트레스 인가에 따라 채널 도핑이 높아질수록 드레인과 게이트간의 더 높은 전계가 생겨 게이트 산화막과 Si/SiO2 계면의 손상이 더 발생하였다. 따라서 채널 도핑이 상대적으로 높은 트랜지스터가 핫 캐리어에 의한 계면 트랩 생성 비율이 더 높다는 것을 알 수 있다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.240.1-240.1
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• 2013

본 연구에서는 Symmetric NMOSFET의 channel length에 따른 전기적 특성 분석에 관한 연구를 진행하였다. 특성 분석에 사용된 소자의 Gate oxide 두께는 6 nm 이며, 채널 Width/Length는 각각 10/10 ${\mu}m$, 10/0.2 ${\mu}m$ 이다. Drain Avalanche Hot Carrier(DAHC) 테스트를 진행하기 위하여 각각 스트레스 조건을 추출하였고, 조건에 해당되는 스트레스를 1700초 동안 인가하였다. 스트레스 후, Channel length가 10 ${\mu}m$과 0.2 ${\mu}m$인 두 소자의 특성을 측정, 분석결과 10 ${\mu}m$의 소자의 경우 문턱전압(VT)과 Subthreshold swing (SS)의 변화가 없었지만 0.2 ${\mu}m$의 소자의 경우 0.42V의 (from 0.67V to 1.09V) 문턱전압 변화 (VTH)와 71 mV/dec (from 79 mV/dec to 150 mV/dec))의 Swing (SS)변화를 보여 스트레스 후에 Interface trap이 증가하였음을 알 수 있다. off-state leakage current를 측정 결과 0.2 ${\mu}m$ 의 경우 leakage current의 양이 증가하였음을 알 수 있고 이는 드레인 부근에 증가된 interface trap에 의한 현상으로 판단된다. 상기 결과와 같이 DAHC 스트레스에 의한 소자의 열화 현상은 Channel length가 짧을수록 더 크게 의존하는 것을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2009.11a
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• pp.7-7
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• 2009

In this paper, we investigated the dependence of HCI (Hot Carrier Immunity) degradation and device performance on channel orientation in sub-micron PMOSFET. Although device performance ($I_{D.sat}$ vs. $I_{Off}$) was improved as the transistor angle increased HC immunity was degraded. Therefore, consideration of reliability characteristics as well as dc device performance is highly necessary in channel stress engineering of next generation CMOSFETs.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2004.06b
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• pp.327-330
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• 2004

It is shown that the hot carrier degradation due to enhanced hot holes trapping dominates PMOSFETs lifetime both in thin and thick devices. Moreover, it is found that in 0.13 ${\mu}m$ CMOSFET the PMOS lifetime under CHC (Channel Hot Carrier) stress is lower than the NMOSFET lifetime under DAHC (Drain Avalanche Hot Carrier) stress. Therefore. the interface trap generation due to enhanced hot hole injection will become a dominant degradation factor. In case of thick MOSFET, the degradation by hot carrier is confirmed using charge pumping current method and highly necessary to enhance overall device lifetime or circuit lifetime in upcoming nano-scale CMOS technology.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.94-100
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• 2017

Stress drain bias dependent current model is proposed for sub-70-nm p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors (pMOSFETs) under drain-avalanche-hot-carrier (DAHC-) mechanism. The proposed model describes the both on-current and off-current degradation by using two device parameters: channel length variation (${\Delta}L_{ch}$) and threshold voltage shift (${\Delta}V_{th}$). Also, it is a simple and effective model of predicting reliable circuit operation and standby power consumption.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.40 no.9
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• pp.638-643
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• 2003

Channel width dependence of hot-carrier effect in nMOSFET with shallow trench isolation is analyzed. $I_{sub}$- $V_{G}$ and $\Delta$ $I_{ㅇ}$ measurement data show that MOSFETs with narrow channel-width are more susceptible to the hot-carrier degradation than MOSFETs with wide channel-width. By analysing $I_{sub}$/ $I_{D}$, linear $I_{D}$- $V_{G}$ characteristics, thicker oxide-thickness at the STI edge is identified as the reason for the channel-width dependent hot-carrier degradation. Using the charge-pumping method, $N_{it}$ generation due to the drain avalanche hot-carrier (DAHC) and channel hot-electron (CHE) stress are compared. are compared.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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• v.40 no.10
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• pp.32-38
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• 2003

This works reports the measurement and analysis results on the hot electron induced device degradation in Gate-All-Around SOI MOSFET's, which were fabricated using commercially available SIMOX material. It is observed that the worst-case condition of the device degradation in nMOSFETs is $V_{GS}$ = $V_{TH}$ due to the higher impact ionization rate when the parasitic bipolar transistor action is activated. It is confirmed that the device degradation is caused by the interface state generation from the extracted degradation rate and the dynamic transconductance measurement. The drain current degradation with the stress gate voltages shows that the device degradation of pMOSFETs is dominantly governed by the trapping of hot electrons, which are generated in drain avalanche hot carrier phenomena.r phenomena.