• DocumentCode
    3272762
  • Title

    Reliability impact of advanced doping techniques for DRAM peripheral MOSFETs

  • Author

    Spessot, Alessio ; Ritzenthaler, Romain ; Schram, Tom ; Aoulaiche, Marc ; Cho, Moonju ; Luque, Maria Toledano ; Horiguchi, Naoto ; Fazan, Pierre

  • Author_Institution
    Micron Technol. Belgium, Leuven, Belgium
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    1-3 June 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We have evaluated the impact on the reliability of an innovative process flow, specifically designed for peripheral MOSFETs of DRAM memories. Al and MgO layers are deposited, diffused into the gate stacks of NMOS and PMOS and finally removed. We have demonstrated an anomalous yet predictable PBTI behavior, coupled with a more standard NBTI one. Decent lifetime is achieved for both gate stacks, demonstrating the feasibility of the proposed process flow concerning BTI.
  • Keywords
    DRAM chips; MOSFET circuits; aluminium; magnesium compounds; negative bias temperature instability; reliability; semiconductor doping; Al; DRAM memories; MgO; NBTI; NMOS; PBTI behavior; PMOS; doping techniques; gate stacks; negative bias temperature instability; peripheral MOSFET; positive bias temperature instability; reliability impact; Aluminum oxide; Fitting; Logic gates; MOS devices; Random access memory; Stress; HKMG; MOSFET; NBTI; PBTI;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IC Design & Technology (ICICDT), 2015 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Leuven
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICICDT.2015.7165890
  • Filename
    7165890