Total-dose effects of gamma-ray irradiation on CMOS/SIMOX devices

Abstract
Radiation-hardened CMOS/SIMOX (separation by implanted oxygen) devices have been developed using a combination of vertical isolation structures obtained by SIMOX technology and recently developed lateral isolation structures. The n-channel MOSFET is vertically isolated by multilayers of highly-oxygen-doped polysilicon and buried SiO2; it is laterally isolated by multilayers of thin sidewall SiO2, sidewall polysilicon, and thick field SiO2. The p-channel MOSFET has the same vertical isolation structure as that of the n-channel MOSFET, but has no sidewall polysilicon layer and uses a thick field SiO2 layer for lateral isolation. Highly-oxygen-doped polysilicon and sidewall polysilicon layers act to shield radiation-induced positive charges trapped in the buried SiO2 and field SiO2 layers, respectively.

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