Investigation of abnormal negative threshold voltage shift under positive bias stress in input/output n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors with TiN/HfO2 structure using fast I-V measurement

Szu Han Ho, Ting Chang Chang, Ying Hsin Lu, Ching En Chen, Jyun Yu Tsai, Kuan Ju Liu, Tseung-Yuen Tseng, Osbert Cheng, Cheng Tung Huang, Ching Sen Lu

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This letter investigates abnormal negative threshold voltage shifts under positive bias stress in input/output (I/O) TiN/HfO2 n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors using fast I-V measurement. This phenomenon is attributed to a reversible charge/discharge effect in pre-existing bulk traps. Moreover, in standard performance devices, threshold-voltage (Vt) shifts positively during fast I-V double sweep measurement. However, in I/O devices, Vt shifts negatively since electrons escape from bulk traps to metal gate rather than channel electrons injecting to bulk traps. Consequently, decreasing pre-existing bulk traps in I/O devices, which can be achieved by adopting HfxZr1-xO 2 as gate oxide, can reduce the charge/discharge effect.

原文English
文章編號113503
期刊Applied Physics Letters
104
發行號11
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 17 3月 2014

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