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Lecture 17

Lecture 17. OUTLINE The MOS Capacitor (cont’d) Small-signal capacitance (C-V characteristics) Reading : Pierret 16.4; Hu 5.6. f S and W vs. V G (p-type Si). 2 f F. f S :. 0. V G. accumulation. depletion. inversion. V FB. V T. W :. 0. V G. accumulation. depletion. inversion.

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Lecture 17

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  1. Lecture 17 OUTLINE • The MOS Capacitor (cont’d) • Small-signal capacitance (C-V characteristics) Reading: Pierret 16.4; Hu 5.6

  2. fS and W vs. VG(p-type Si) 2fF fS: 0 VG accumulation depletion inversion VFB VT W: 0 VG accumulation depletion inversion VFB VT EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 2

  3. Total Charge Density in Si, Qs(p-type Si) depletion inversion 0 VG accumulation VFB VT accumulation depletion inversion accumulation depletion inversion VG 0 VFB VT VG 0 VFB VT accumulation depletion inversion VG 0 Qinv VFB VT slope = -Cox EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 3

  4. vac MOS Capacitance Measurement • VG is scanned slowly • Capacitive current due • to vac is measured C-V Meter MOS Capacitor iac GATE Semiconductor EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 4

  5. MOS C-V Characteristics (p-type Si) accumulation depletion inversion VG VFB VT Qinv C slope = -Cox Cox Ideal C-V curve: VG VFB VT accumulation depletion inversion EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 5

  6. Capacitance in Accumulation (p-type Si) • As the gate voltage is varied, incremental charge is added (or subtracted) to (or from) the gate and substrate. • The incremental charges are separated by the gate oxide. M O S DQ Q -Q -DQ Cox EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 6

  7. Flat-Band Capacitance(p-type Si) • At the flat-band condition, variations in VG give rise to the addition/subtraction of incremental charge in the substrate, at a depth LD • LD is the “extrinsic Debye Length,” a characteristic screening distance, or the distance where the electric field emanating from a perturbing charge falls off by a factor of 1/e Cox CDebye EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 7

  8. Capacitance in Depletion (p-type Si) • As the gate voltage is varied, the depletion width varies. • Incremental charge is effectively added/subtracted at a depth W in the substrate. M O S DQ Q W -DQ -Q Cox Cdep EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 8

  9. Capacitance in Inversion (p-type Si) • CASE 1: Inversion-layer charge can be supplied/removed quickly enough to respond to changes in gate voltage. • Incremental charge is effectively added/subtracted at the surface of the substrate. DQ Time required to build inversion-layer charge = 2NAto/ni, where to = minority-carrier lifetime at surface M O S WT -DQ Cox EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 9

  10. Capacitance in Inversion (p-type Si) • CASE 2: Inversion-layer charge cannot be supplied/removed quickly enough to respond to changes in gate voltage. • Incremental charge is effectively added/subtracted at a • depth WT in the substrate. DQ M O S WT -DQ Cox Cdep EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 10

  11. Supply of Substrate Charge (p-type Si) Accumulation: Depletion: Inversion: Case 1 Case 2 EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 11

  12. MOS Capacitor vs. MOS Transistor C-V(p-type Si) C MOS transistor at any f, MOS capacitor at low f, or quasi-static C-V Cmax=Cox CFB MOS capacitor at high f Cmin VG accumulation depletion inversion VFB VT EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 12

  13. Quasi-Static C-V Measurement(p-type Si) C Cmax=Cox CFB Cmin VG accumulation depletion inversion VFB VT The quasi-static C-V characteristic is obtained by slowly ramping the gate voltage (< 0.1V/s), while measuring the gate current IG with a very sensitive DC ammeter. C is calculated from IG = C·(dVG/dt) EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 13

  14. C Cox Cmin VG VT VFB Deep Depletion(p-type Si) • If VG is scanned quickly, Qinv cannot respond to the change in VG. Then the increase in substrate charge density Qs must come from an increase in depletion charge density Qdep • depletion depth W increases as VG increases • C decreases as VG increases EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 14

  15. MOS C-V Characteristic for n-type Si C MOS transistor at any f, MOS capacitor at low f, or quasi-static C-V Cmax=Cox CFB MOS capacitor at high f Cmin VG accumulation depletion inversion VT VFB EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 15

  16. C QS Cox HF-Capacitor VG VT VFB Examples: C-V Characteristics • Does the QS or the HF-capacitor C-V characteristic apply? • MOS capacitor, f=10kHz • MOS transistor, i=1MHz • MOS capacitor, slow VG ramp • MOS transistor, slow VG ramp EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 16

  17. Example: Effect of Doping • How would the normalized C-V characteristic below change if the substrate doping NA were increased? • VFB • VT • Cmin C/Cox 1 VT VFB EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 17

  18. Example: Effect of Oxide Thickness • How would the normalized C-V characteristic below change if the oxide thickness xo were decreased? • VFB • VT • Cmin C/Cox 1 VT VFB EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 17, Slide 18

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