Reduced temperature dependence of hot carrier degradation in deuterated nMOSFETs
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Deuterated oxides exhibit prolonged hot carrier lifetimes at room temperature. We report evidence that this improved hot carrier hardness exists over the temperature range between -25 °C and 200 °C. However, the benefit of deuterium incorporation deceases with increasing stress temperature. Furthermore the VT -shift shows a remarkable absence of temperature dependence for the deuterated samples. The results are compared to the existing vibration-relaxation model.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Microelectronics Reliability
دوره 46 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006