Temperature dependance of Leakage Current of Nitrided, Reoxided MOS devices

질화, 재산화시진 모스 절연막의 온도 변화에 따른 누설전류의 변화

  • 이정석 (동의대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 장창덕 (동의대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 이용재 (동의대학교 전자공학과)
  • Published : 1998.06.01

Abstract

In this Paper, we investigate the electrical properties of ultra-thin(70${\AA}$) nitrided(NO) and reoxidized nitrided oxide(ONO) film that ale considered to be premising candidates for replacing conventional silicon dioxide film in ULSI level integration. we studied I$\sub$g/-V$\sub$g/ characteristics to know the effect of nitridation and reoxidation on the current conduction, leakage current time-dependent dielectric breakdown(TDDB) to evaluate charge-to-breakdown(Q$\sub$bd/), and the effect of stress temperature(25, 50, 75, 100$^{\circ}C$) and compared to those with thermal gate oxide(SiO$_2$) of identical thickness. From the measurement results, we find that reoxidized nitrided oxide(ONO) film shows superior dielectric characteristics, leakage current, and breakdown-to-charge(Qbd) performance over the NO film, while maintaining a similar electric field dependence compared to NO layer. Besides, ONO film has strong resistance against variation in temperature.

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