The Generation of Field Sensitive Interface States in Commercial CMOS Devices.

Abstract

The introduction of metastable interface states by the application of a voltage stress has been studied in MOS devices from eleven commercial CMOS processes. Field sensitive interface effects have been observed in samples from four out of five A1 metal gate processes but only one out of six Si gate processes. A square root field dependence of the interface state generation has been observed. The initial interface state density has been characterized using a low temperature C-V displacement method and the results correlated to the radiation hardness of the oxides. Keywords include: Field Sensitive Interface States; Radiation Hardness of Oxides; CMOS Capacitor; and Cobalt 60.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 31, 1984
Accession Number
ADA166105

Entities

People

  • John L. Crowley
  • Lawrence J. Dries

Organizations

  • Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerospace Industry
  • Band Gaps
  • Capacitors
  • Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductors
  • Electronics
  • Energy Bands
  • Energy Levels
  • High Temperature
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Low Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Metal Oxide Semiconductors
  • Oxidation
  • Oxides
  • Security
  • Semiconductors
  • Time Dependence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology