Materials and processing parameters affecting the radiation tolerance of SIMOX devices
- 13 January 2003
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- p. 154-155
- https://doi.org/10.1109/soi.1989.69810
Abstract
It is shown that the hardness of N-channel transistors fabricated on separation by implantation of oxygen (SIMOX) material is a function of the concentration of heavy metals in the SIMOX material. Three oxygen implant lots were used to fabricate N-channel MOS transistors having gate lengths of 5 mu m and gate widths of 100 mu m. The initial pre-radiation leakage currents for the devices fabricated on the three materials were 3*10/sup -9/, 1*10/sup -10/, and 1*10/sup -11/ A respectively. Both the pre-radiation and post-radiation back-channel leakage currents for transistors exposed to 100 KRad (Si) dose of ionizing radiation are a strong function of the heavy-metal contamination levels. The changes in back-channel leakage current from pre-rad to post-rad indicate the strong effect of heavy-metal contamination on the radiation tolerance of N-channel MOS devices. The effect of post implant anneal temperature on the back bias induced leakage current is also investigated.<>Keywords
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