Silicon dioxide breakdown lifetime enhancement under bipolar bias conditions
- 1 December 1993
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
- Vol. 40 (12) , 2287-2295
- https://doi.org/10.1109/16.249477
Abstract
The authors point out that time to breakdown (t/sub BD/) of silicon dioxide has a pronounced frequency dependence when it is measured under bipolar bias conditions. At high frequencies, bipolar t/sub BD/, can be enhanced by two orders of magnitude over the t/sub BD/, obtained using DC or unipolar pulse bias of the same frequency and electric field. The lifetime improvement is attributed to detrapping of holes. At high frequencies, the improvement is maximum because the trapped holes are concentrated at the interface where they can easily be removed upon field reversal. At low frequencies, there is less improvement because the trapped hole distribution extends further into the oxide. Two different mechanisms are proposed to explain the frequency-dependent spreading of the trapped hole distribution away from the interface.<>Keywords
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