Process dependency of radiation hardness of rapid thermal reoxidized nitrided gate oxides
- National Taiwan Univ., Taipei (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept of Electrical Engineering
The radiation hardness of MOS capacitors with various reoxidized nitrided oxide (RNO) structures is studied by changing the durations of rapid thermal processes during sample preparation and by applying irradiation-then-anneal (ITA) treatments on samples after preparation. It is found that the initial flatband voltage and midgap interface trap density of MOS capacitors exhibit turnaround'' dependency on the total time of nitridation and reoxidation processes. For samples with nitrided oxide (NO) structures, the radiation-induced variations of above parameters are also turnaround''-dependent on nitridation time. However, when the reoxidation process is performed, the radiation hardness for all samples will be gradually improved with increasing reoxidation time no matter what the nitridation time is. The most radiation-hard process for RNO structures is suggested. Finally, it is found that when ITA treatments are applied on samples after preparation, their radiation hardness is much improved.
- OSTI ID:
- 6246402
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 40:9; ISSN 0018-9383
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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