Abstract
Effects of poly-gate doping concentration on plasma charging damage in ultrathin gate oxides were investigated. While the charge-to-breakdown (Q bd ) value under gate injection stress polarity (-V g ) is independent of the doping concentration, Q bd under substrate injection stress polarity (+V g ) shows a noticeable improvement with increasing doping concentration. However, our results show that plasma-induced oxide degradation is actually aggravated with increasing poly-gate doping concentration. These seemingly inconsistent observations can be explained by the lowering of plasma charging potential in the case of insufficient poly-gate doping.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 103-105 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Feb 2000 |