Soft breakdown fluctuation events in ultrathin SiO2 layers
Miranda, Enrique 
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica)
Suñé, Jordi, 1963-

(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica)
Rodríguez Martínez, Rosana 
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica)
Nafría i Maqueda, Montserrat 
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica)
Aymerich Humet, Xavier 
(Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Electrònica)
American Physical Society
| Date: |
1998 |
| Abstract: |
When an ultrathin (<5 nm) oxide is subjected to electrical stress, several soft-breakdown events can occur prior to the final dielectric breakdown. After the occurrence of such failure events, the current-voltage (I-V)characteristic corresponds to the superposition of highly conductive spots and background conduction through the undegraded capacitor area. In this conduction regime, the application of a low constant voltage gives rise to large leakage current fluctuations in the form of random telegraph signal. Some of these fluctuations have been identified with ON/OFF switching events of one or more local conduction spots, and not with a modulation of their conductance. The experimental soft-breakdown I-Vcharacteristics are shown to be better understood if the spot conduction is considered to be locally limited by the siliconelectrodes and not by the oxide. |
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| Language: |
Anglès |
| Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
| Subject: |
Dielectric breakdown ;
Capacitors ;
Electrical breakdown ;
Electrical properties ;
Electrodes ;
Leakage currents ;
Silicon |
| Published in: |
Applied physics letters, Vol. 73, Issue 4 (July 1998) , p. 490-492, ISSN 1077-3118 |
DOI: 10.1063/1.121910
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