NBTI enhancement by nitrogen incorporation into ultrathin gate oxide for 0.10-μm gate CMOS generation
- 7 November 2002
- conference paper
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Abstract
We investigated the degradation of device reliability due to Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI) of PMOSFET with ultrathin gate oxide. It was experimentally demonstrated that the chemical reactions at the gate oxide/substrate interface and/or diffusion of hydrogen related species are the major cause of the NBTI. We also found that nitridation of gate oxide enhances NBTI. In order to suppress the NBTI, the density of hydrogen terminated silicon bond at the interface needs to be minimized. Thus, the concentration of nitrogen in thin gate oxide has to be optimized in terms of the reliability reduction due to NBTI.Keywords
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