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Qingyu Wei, MPI für Physik, HLL

Radiation Damage on MOS-Structure. Q. Wei , L. Andricek, H-G. Moser, R. H. Richter Max-Planck-Institute for Physics Semiconductor Laboratory RD50, Vilnius, 2007. Qingyu Wei, MPI für Physik, HLL. Outline. Motivation Radiation damage & effects on MOS-structure

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Qingyu Wei, MPI für Physik, HLL

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  1. Radiation Damage on MOS-Structure Q. Wei, L. Andricek, H-G. Moser, R. H. Richter Max-Planck-Institute for Physics Semiconductor Laboratory RD50, Vilnius, 2007 Qingyu Wei, MPI für Physik, HLL

  2. Outline • Motivation • Radiation damage & effects on MOS-structure • Experimental Conditions and Results • Conclusion

  3. Motivation Physics topics • Unexpected phenomena • Mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking • New physics: SUSY; extra dimension; link to cosmology International Linear Collider precise vertex detector (DEPFET) Depleted P-channel FET To do Radiation on MOS-structure (MOS-Capacitance & -DEPFET ) Research of radiation effect (damage mechanism & model) Radiation hardness structure TESLA TDR Design

  4. MOS-Structure Ionization in SiO2 Interaction with electronic structure of atoms by photoelectric, Compton & pair-production Carrier injection from contacts e-h pair creation in SiO2 Bond breaking e-h transport in SiO2 Defect generation Release of mobile Impurities (H, OH, Na, etc.) Hole trapping + Electron capture Defect migration in strained region Migration of impurities Oxide charge Interface trap Accumulated TID reach its tolerance limits Device degradation or failure Radiation Damage I

  5. Radiation Damage II • Radiation damage in MOS-Structure: • Surface damage due to Ionizing Energy Loss (IEL) • accumulation of charge in the oxide (SiO2) and Si/SiO2 interface • Oxide charge  shifts of flat band voltage, (depleted  enhancement) annealing at RT • Interface traps  leakage current, degradation of transconduction,… no annealing below 400 0C • S/N Ratio deteriorated!

  6. Radiation induced Interface trap Si 1.12ev SiO2 Gate Long-term Hole trapping near Si/SiO2 Interface Hopping Transport of Holes through localized states in SiO2 Bulk Electron/Hole Pairs Generated by ionizing radiation Si Si Electric active Interface state Damage mechanism (MOS) I Ionizing radiation (positive oxide charge) Damage mechanisms: interface state Shifts of flat band voltage: ~ Nox Stretch-out of CV curve: ~ Nit Nox: positive oxide charge and positively charged oxide traps have to be compensated by a more negative gate voltage negative shift of the threshold voltage (~tox2) Nit: increased density of interface traps  higher 1/f noise and reduced mobility (gm)

  7. equilibrium Saturation Begin Recombination Recombination Rejection Trapp filling SiO2 Si Damage mechanism (MOS) II Saturation mechanism • Reservoir: hole traps are not exhausted, unless a larger bias voltage is applied on the gate! • Saturation: equilibrium between trapped filling and recombination • Generated holes are pushed away! • Recombination of trapped holes with electrons - Recombination of tunneled electrons from silicon into interface with trapped holes!

  8. Experiment Conditions and Methods • Irradiation (X-Ray): • Co60 (1.17 MeV and 1.33 MeV) • GSF – National Research Center for Environment and Health, Munich • CaliFa (17.44 KeV) • Max-Planck-Institute Semiconductor Labor, Munich • Roentgen facility (20 KeV) • Research center, Karlsruhe • Dose: irradiation up to 1 Mrad with different dose rate (1rad=0.01J/kg) • Process: No annealing during irradiation ~ irradiation duration from 1 day to 1 week • Radiation levels at the ILC VTX: Dionization≈ 100 .. 200 Krad ≈ 1010 .. 1011 neq(1MeV )/cm2 • Comparison of different semiconductor devices

  9. "ON" "OFF" Results for MOSDEPFET Bias during irradiaton: 1: empty int. gate, in „off“ state, VGS= 5V, VDrain=-5V  Eox ≈ 0 2: empty int. gate, in „on“ state, VGS=-5V, VDrain=-5V  Eox ≈ -250kV/cm

  10. s=85mV/dec Vth=-0.2V s=155mV/dec Vth=-4.5V Transconductance and Subtreshold slope No change in the transconductance gm 300 krad  Nit≈2·1011 cm-2 912 krad  Nit≈7·1011 cm-2 Literature: After 1Mrad 200 nm (SiO2): Nit ≈ 1013 cm-2

  11. Results for MOS-C Flat band voltage Shift Nox HF/LF CV  Nit

  12. VG + 0 - SiO2 Si For MOS-C Bias Effect DEPFET thickness dependence dn

  13. Radiation hardness by Nitride-layer (MNOS) For MOS-C Vg=+10V Vg=+5V Vg=-10V Vg=-5V

  14. Vg < 0 Me Nitride Oxide Si Jn J0 EFM Qni Vg Qox EC EF h: e: Damage mechanism (MNOS) I Energy band diagram of MNOS structure Vg > 0 Me Nitride Oxide Si EC J0 Jn EF Qox Vg Qni EFM Mobility of electron is faster than hole in SiO2, and reversely in Nitride Discontinuity of current density Jn-J0 in short time lead to charge carriers accumulation & trapping in N/O strained interface field dependence of current density & thickness of the dielectrics plays an important role! charge in Si/SiO interface donot affect the field distribution in dielectrics!

  15. Damage mechanism II + 0 - VG Nitride Trapp source for e & p SiO2 Si Recombination

  16. Annealing for surface damage Oxide charge decrease with time: (Tunnel annealing @ RT)

  17. Conclusion • Radiation experiment • Study of saturation effect for surface damage (equilibrium between generation and recombination) • Study of bias dependence(“+“,“0“,“-“) • Study of different semiconductor devices, which are with different oxide thickness - to see the kind of relation between Vfb and oxide thickness (doxn ) • Radiation hardness • Reduced oxide thickness improves radiation hardness • Additional Nitride layer serve as a good protection against ionizing radiation (electron trapping!) • Surface damage can be reduced through annealing process with time

  18. Backup slides

  19. Results for gated diode Shifts of generated current: Increase of maximal current: Increase of surface generation velocity & decrease of lifetime due to radiation:

  20. Chip thickness (nm) Electrically measured equivalent oxide thickness (CV) Pre-Rad VFB(V) Post-Rad VFB(V) ~1Mrad Vg=-10V Post-Rad VFB(V) ~1Mrad Vg=-5V Post-Rad VFB(V) ~1Mrad Vg=0V Post-Rad VFB(V) ~1Mrad Vg=+5V Post-Rad VFB(V) ~1Mrad Vg=+10V Equivalent Oxide thickness Oxide/Nitride thickness 86 76 -0,6 6 5,3 4,1 18,6 19 86 22,7 91 86/10 85 -1,4 4,4 3,3 2,3 16,4 -0,7 7,1 6 16,6 29,4 100 100 95 5,5 105 100/10 -1.4 103 5 3,4 2,6 21,3 31,5 Mathematics Expression I

  21. Mathematics Expression II

  22. Mathematics Expression III • Assumption (positive gate bias) • Recombination at interface (Si/SiO or N/O) should be neglected • Electron or hole trapps are distributed approximately homogen at interface • There are no trapped charge at interface (pre-Rad)

  23. Erde V V Al/PolyGate A Al Edge Substrate P+ N Poly-gate Al-gate Al Al P+ P+ grounding Edge MOS-Gated Diode (device profile)

  24. Annealing for MOS-C (PXD4)

  25. Low dose rate High dose rate SiO2 Si Dose rate effect

  26. Radiation Damage • Two types of radiation damage in MOS-Structure: • Surface damage due to Ionizing Energy Loss (IEL) • accumulation of charge in the oxide (SiO2) and Si/SiO2 interface • Oxide charge  shifts of flat band voltage, (depleted  enhancement) • Interface traps  leakage current, degradation of transconduction,… • Bulk damage due to Non Ionizing Energy Loss (NIEL) • displacement damage, built up of crystal defects • Increase of leakage current  increase of shot noise,… • Change of effective doping concentration  higher depletion voltage,… • Increase of charge carrier trapping  signal loss! • S/N Ratio deteriorated!

  27. 80 min 60C Annealing For surface damage: Oxide charge decrease with time: (Tunnel annealing @ RT) For bulk damage: Leakage current decrease with time: “Beneficial annealing” & “Reverse annealing”

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