Time Dependence of Bias-Stress-Induced SiC MOSFET Threshold-Voltage Instability Measurements
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- 25 July 2008
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
- Vol. 55 (8) , 1835-1840
- https://doi.org/10.1109/ted.2008.926672
Abstract
We have observed significant instability in the threshold voltage of 4H-SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors due to gate-bias stressing. This effect has a strong measurement time dependence. For example, a 20-mus-long gate ramp used to measure the I-V characteristic and extract a threshold voltage was found to result in a instability three to four times greater than that measured with a 1-s-long gate ramp. The VT instability was three times greater in devices that did not receive a NO postoxidation anneal compared with those that did. This instability effect is consistent with electrons directly tunneling in and out of near-interfacial oxide traps, which in irradiated Si MOS was attributed to border traps.Keywords
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