Charge trapping and dielectric wear-out properties of 8 and 30 nm SiO2 layers nitrided in the N2O gas using a Rapid Thermal System are evaluated injecting charge at either low (by avalanche technique) or high (by Fowler-Nordheim technique) electric fields. In the experimental conditions studied, the results have pointed out that, compared to a standard silicon dioxide layer, a SiO2 film nitrided in the N2O gas exhibits a reduced electron/hole trapping efficiency and, independently of the injection polarity, an improved charge-to-breakdown (Q(BD)) characteristics.

ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF THIN SIO2-FILMS NITRIDED IN N2O BY RAPID THERMAL-PROCESSING

SEVERI M;DORI L;MACCAGNANI P;
1992

Abstract

Charge trapping and dielectric wear-out properties of 8 and 30 nm SiO2 layers nitrided in the N2O gas using a Rapid Thermal System are evaluated injecting charge at either low (by avalanche technique) or high (by Fowler-Nordheim technique) electric fields. In the experimental conditions studied, the results have pointed out that, compared to a standard silicon dioxide layer, a SiO2 film nitrided in the N2O gas exhibits a reduced electron/hole trapping efficiency and, independently of the injection polarity, an improved charge-to-breakdown (Q(BD)) characteristics.
1992
Istituto per la Microelettronica e Microsistemi - IMM
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