Metastable Electron Traps in Modified Silicon-on-Insulator Wafer

We perform the total ionizing radiation and electrical stress experiments to investigate the electrical characteristics of the modified silicon-on-insulator(SOI) wafers under different Si ion implantation conditions. It is confirmed that Si implantation into the buried oxide can create deep electron traps with large capture cross section to effectively improve the antiradiation capability of the SOI device. It is first proposed that the metastable electron traps accompanied with Si implantation can be avoided by adjusting the peak location of the Si implantation reasonably.     

Utilizing a shallow trench isolation parasitic transistor to characterize the total ionizing dose effect of partially-depleted silicon-on-insulator input/output n-MOSFETs

We investigate the effects of 60 Co γ-ray irradiation on the 130 nm partially-depleted silicon-on-isolator(PDSOI)input/output(I/O) n-MOSFETs. A shallow trench isolation(STI) parasitic transistor is responsible for the observed hump in the back-gate transfer characteristic curve. The STI parasitic transistor, in which the trench oxide acts as the gate oxide,is sensitive to the radiation, and it introduces a new way to characterize the total ionizing dose(TID) responses in the STI oxide. A radiation enhanced drain induced barrier lower(DIBL) effect is observed in the STI parasitic transistor. It is manifested as the drain bias dependence of the radiation-induced off-state leakage and the increase of the DIBL parameter in the STI parasitic transistor after irradiation. Increasing the doping concentration in the whole body region or just near the STI sidewall can increase the threshold voltage of the STI parasitic transistor, and further reduce the radiation-induced off-state leakage. Moreover, we find that the radiation-induced trapped charge in the buried oxide leads to an obvious front-gate threshold voltage shift through the coupling effect. The high doping concentration in the body can effectively suppress the radiation-induced coupling effect.     

总剂量辐照效应对窄沟道SOI NMOSFET器件的影响

本文深入研究了130 nm Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) 技术下的窄沟道n型metal-oxide-semiconductor-field-effect-transistor (MOSFET) 器件的总剂量辐照效应. 在总剂量辐照下, 相比于宽沟道器件, 窄沟道器件的阈值电压漂移更为明显. 论文利用电荷守恒定律很好地解释了辐照增强的窄沟道效应. 另外, 本文首次发现, 对于工作在线性区的窄沟道器件, 辐照产生的浅沟槽隔离氧化物(STI) 陷阱正电荷会增加沟道区载流子之间的碰撞概率和沟道表面粗糙度散射, 从而导致主沟道晶体管的载流子迁移率退化以及跨导降低. 最后, 对辐照增强的窄沟效应以及迁移率退化进行了三维器件仿真模拟, 仿真结果与实验结果符合得很好. 关键词： 总剂量效应(TID) 浅沟槽隔离(STI) 氧化层陷阱正电荷 SOI MOSFET