Institute for Microelectronics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, CH-2000, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Abstract:
Charge trapping during high-field (Fowler-Nordheim) injection in thin SiO2 films is investigated. Constant and pulsed current injection as well as C-V measurements are used to determine the evolution of trapped charge and interface state densities. The relation between these charges, which can be influenced by temperature and γ radiation, and dielectric breakdown is studied. We establish the dominant role of negative trapped charge.