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On the Thermal Activation of Negative Bias Temperature Instability
IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop Final Report, 2009. IRW '09.
  • Richard G. Southwick, III, Boise State University
  • William B. Knowlton, Boise State University
  • Ben Kaczer, IMEC
  • Tibor Grasser, Technische Universität Wien
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Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
10-22-2009
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Abstract

The temperature dependence of negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) is investigated on 2.0nm SiO2 devices from temperatures ranging from 300K down to 6K with a measurement window of ~12ms to 100s. Results indicate that classic NBTI degradation is observed down to ~200K and rarely observed at temperatures below 140K in the experimental window. Since experimental results show the charge trapping component contributing to NBTI is thermally activated, the results cannot be explained with the conventionally employed elastic tunneling theory. A new mechanism is observed at temperatures below 200K where device performance during stress conditions improves rather than degrades with time, which is opposite to the "classical" NBTI phenomenon.

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Citation Information
Richard G. Southwick, William B. Knowlton, Ben Kaczer and Tibor Grasser. "On the Thermal Activation of Negative Bias Temperature Instability" IEEE International Integrated Reliability Workshop Final Report, 2009. IRW '09. (2009)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/william_knowlton/1/