Hot carrier degradation modeling of short-channel n-FinFETs

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Contributors

  • I. Messaris - , Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Author)
  • N. Fasarakis - , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Author)
  • T. A. Karatsori - , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Author)
  • A. Tsormpatzoglou - , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Author)
  • G. Ghibaudo - , IMEP-LAHC (Author)
  • C. A. Dimitriadis - , Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Author)

Abstract

Figure 1(a) shows the degradation of the transfer characteristics of a typical FinFET with Wfin = 10 nm, measured at Vd = 0.03 V after HC stress at Vstress = 1.8 V for different stress times. The degradation of the device parameters Vt, η and on-state drain current is clearly observed. The positive Vt shift indicates the built-up of a negative charge in the gate dielectric. The negative charge can result either from electron trapping in the gate dielectric or from generation of acceptor-type interface traps. Figure 1(b) shows the transconductance gm degradation during HC stress. Degradation of the maximum gm is observed attributed to the interface degradation, with a simultaneous parallel gm shift due to charge injection into the gate dielectric bulk defects [4]. Using the relation SS=(kT/q).qDit/Cox for the subthreshold slope SS, where Cox is the gate oxide capacitance and kT is the thermal energy, from figure 1(a) the extracted interface trap density Dit changes from 4×1012 to 5.5×1012cm-2eV-1.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 73rd Annual Device Research Conference (DRC)
PublisherWiley-IEEE Press
Pages183-184
Number of pages2
ISBN (print)978-1-4673-8134-5
Publication statusPublished - 24 Jun 2015
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title2015 73rd Annual Device Research Conference (DRC)
Duration21 - 24 June 2015
LocationColumbus, OH, USA

External IDs

Scopus 84957627474

Keywords

Keywords

  • Stress, Degradation, Logic gates, FinFETs, Threshold voltage, Voltage measurement, Dielectrics