Mobility Variation Due to Interface Trap Generation in Plasma Oxynitrided PMOS Devices
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Mobility degradation due to generation of interface
traps, Δµeff(NIT), is a well-known phenomenon that has been
theoretically interpreted by several mobility models. Based on
these analysis, there is a general perception that Δµeff(NIT) is
relatively insignificant (compared to Δµeff due to ionized
impurity) and as such can be safely ignored for performance and
reliability analysis. Here, we investigate the importance of
considering Δµeff(NIT) for reliability analysis by analyzing a wide
variety of plasma oxynitride PMOS devices using both
parametric and physical mobility models. We find that contrary
to popular belief this correction is fundamentally important for
robust and uncorrupted estimates of the key reliability
parameters like threshold-voltage shift, lifetime projection,
voltage acceleration factor, etc. Therefore, in this paper, we
develop a generalized algorithm for estimating Δµeff(NIT) for
plasma oxynitride PMOS devices and systematically explore its
implications for NBTI-specific reliability analysis.
Credits
Hitesh Das
Souvik Mahapatra
Sponsored by
Renesas Technologies and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
Company in this work. Thanks to Network for Computational
Nanotechnology at Purdue University for providing the necessary
computational facilities.
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