Sensitivity of heavy-ion-induced single event burnout in SiC MOSFET

The energy deposition and electrothermal behavior of SiC metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor(MOSFET)under heavy ion radiation are investigated based on Monte Carlo method and TCAD numerical simulation.The Monte Carlo simulation results show that the density of heavy ion-induced energy deposition is the largest in the center of the heavy ion track.The time for energy deposition in SiC is on the order of picoseconds.The TCAD is used to simulate the single event burnout(SEB)sensitivity of SiC MOSFET at four representative incident positions and four incident depths.When heavy ions strike vertically from SiC MOSFET source electrode,the SiC MOSFET has the shortest SEB time and the lowest SEB voltage with respect to direct strike from the epitaxial layer,strike from the channel,and strike from the body diode region.High current and strong electric field simultaneously appear in the local area of SiC MOSFET,resulting in excessive power dissipation,further leading to excessive high lattice temperature.The gate-source junction area and the substrate-epitaxial layer junction area are both the regions where the SiC lattice temperature first reaches the SEB critical temperature.In the SEB simulation of SiC MOSFET at different incident depths,when the incident depth does not exceed the device's epitaxial layer,the heavy-ion-induced charge deposition is not enough to make lattice temperature reach the SEB critical temperature.     

质子辐照作用下浮栅单元的数据翻转及错误退火

本文利用60 MeV质子束流,开展了NAND (not and) flash存储器的质子辐照实验,获取了浮栅单元的单粒子翻转截面,分析了浮栅单元错误的退火规律,研究了质子辐照对浮栅单元的数据保存能力的影响.实验结果表明,浮栅单元单粒子翻转截面随质子能量的升高而增大,随质子注量的升高而减小.浮栅单元错误随着退火时间的推移持续增多,该效应在低能量质子入射时更为明显.经质子辐照后,浮栅单元的数据保存能力有明显的退化.分析认为高能质子通过与靶原子的核反应,间接电离导致浮栅单元发生单粒子翻转,翻转截面与质子注量的相关性是因为浮栅单元单粒子敏感性的差异.质子引起的非电离损伤会在隧穿氧化层形成部分永久性的缺陷损伤,产生可以泄漏浮栅电子的多辅助陷阱导电通道,导致浮栅单元错误增多及数据保存能力退化.