Study of Electronic Transport and Breakdown in Thin Insulating Films

Abstract

Recent progress is reported on an ongoing program of studies of high- field electronic injection, transport, trapping, and dielectric breakdown in thin insulating films. The studies include corona-induced high-field injection and trapping, the combined use of corona and optical excitation, an investigation of the high-field generation of interface states, a study of high- field instabilities in the MOS system, and use of the scanning electron microscope to study lateral nonuniformities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA029314

Entities

People

  • Walter C. Johnson

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Capacitance
  • Charge Carriers
  • Conduction Bands
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electron Emission
  • Electrons
  • Emission
  • Energy Bands
  • Lepidoptera
  • Low Temperature
  • Quantum Yields
  • Semiconductors
  • Silicon Dioxide
  • Steady State
  • Valence Bands

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene