• DocumentCode
    2671602
  • Title

    A new detection method of soft breakdown in ultra-thin gate oxides by light-emission analysis

  • Author

    Ohgata, K. ; Ogasawara, M. ; Kawakami, M. ; Koyama, T. ; Murakami, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Process & Device Anal. Eng. Dev. Dept., Renesas Technol. Corp., Hitachinaka, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    26-30 April 2009
  • Firstpage
    700
  • Lastpage
    703
  • Abstract
    We clarified that the SBD in ultra-thin oxides with the large direct tunneling current in which masks the SBD event can be detected by using the adequate threshold of the intensity in light-emission analysis. This new method is a WLR tool for monitoring oxides integrity instead of V-RAMP test.
  • Keywords
    field effect transistors; semiconductor device breakdown; semiconductor device reliability; SBD; light-emission analysis; soft breakdown; tunneling current; ultra-thin gate oxide; Electric breakdown; Event detection; Failure analysis; Indium gallium arsenide; Leakage current; Lenses; Microscopy; Random access memory; Testing; Tunneling; V-RAMP; ligth-emission; oxide; soft breakdown;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium, 2009 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Montreal, QC
  • ISSN
    1541-7026
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2888-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1541-7026
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173333
  • Filename
    5173333