• 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 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.

• 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 Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.431-435
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• 2010

In this paper, we investigated the dependence of device performance and hot carrier lifetime on the channel direction of PMOSFET. $I_{D.sat}$ vs. $I_{Off}$ characteristic of PMOSFET with <100> channel direction is greater than that with <110> channel direction because carrier mobility of <100> channel direction is greater than that of <110> channel direction. However, hot carrier lifetime for <110> channel direction is much lower than that with <110> channel due to the greater impact ionization rate in the <100> channel direction. Therefore, concurrent consideration of reliability characteristics and device performance is necessary for channel strain engineering of MOSFETs.