Low voltage stress-induced-leakage-current in ultrathin gate oxides

Autor: Mark S. Rodder, Sunil V. Hattangady, P. Chen, Robert M. Wallace, Douglas T. Grider, P.E. Nicollian
Rok vydání: 2003
Předmět:
Zdroj: 1999 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium Proceedings. 37th Annual (Cat. No.99CH36296).
Popis: Stress-induced-leakage-current (SILC) is an important concern in ultrathin gate oxides because it may impose constraints on dielectric thickness scaling. We show that for oxides less than /spl sim/3.5 nm thick, interfacial traps generated from direct tunneling stress result in a sense voltage dependent SILC mechanism that can dominate the gate leakage current at low operating voltages.
Databáze: OpenAIRE