Low Temperature Irradiation Effects in SiO2 Insulated MIS Devices.
Abstract
The storage of positive charge in the SiO2 insulator of MIS devices has been studied at both 300 and 80K. It was found that the additional charge stored in the oxide as a result of low temperature X-irradiation behaves quite differently from that induced by room temperature irradiation. This additional charge may be removed from the oxide by photodepopulation techniques, by field emission and by thermal annealing. The charge associated with traps stable at room temperature is shown to be insensitive to these treatments under the same experimental conditions. The experimental data indicate that the observed behavior is not due to positive ion transport within the oxide and strongly indicates that hole transport is occurring. Models for the trapping sites and the role of surface states are discussed. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 15, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0781331
Entities
People
- B. S. H. Royce
- E. Harari
- Shuo Wang
Organizations
- Princeton University