Low-frequency noise in hot-carrier degraded nMOSFETs

Cora Salm; Eric Hoekstra; Jay S. Kolhatkar; André J. Hof; Hans Wallinga; Jurriaan Schmitz

doi:10.1016/j.microrel.2007.01.044

Low-frequency noise in hot-carrier degraded nMOSFETs

Cora Salm^*, Eric Hoekstra, Jay S. Kolhatkar, André J. Hof, Hans Wallinga, Jurriaan Schmitz

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This paper discusses the low-frequency (LF) noise in submicron nMOSFETs under controlled transistor aging by hot-carrier stress. Both traditional, steady-state LF noise as well as the LF noise under periodic large-signal excitation were found to increase upon device degradation, for both hydrogen passivated and deuterium passivated Si–SiO2 interfaces. As hot-carrier degradation is slower in deuterium- annealed MOSFETs, so is the increase of the noise in these devices. The noise-suppressing effect of periodic OFF switching is gradually lost during hot-carrier degradation, as the LF noise under periodic large-signal excitation increases more rapidly than the LF noise in steady-state.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	577-580
Number of pages	4
Journal	Microelectronics reliability
Volume	47
Issue number	4-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microrel.2007.01.044
Publication status	Published - Apr 2007
Event	14th Workshop on Dielectrics in Microelectronics, WoDiM 2006 - Santa Tecla, Italy Duration: 26 Jun 2006 → 28 Jun 2006 Conference number: 14

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SC-ICRY: Integrated Circuit Reliability and Yield

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Low-frequency noise in hot-carrier degraded nMOSFETs

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