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Ma, J, Zhang, JF, Ji, Z, Benbakhti, B, Zhang, WD, Mitard, J, Kaczer, B, Groeseneken, G, Hall, S, Robertson, J and Chalker, P (2014) Energy Distribution of Positive Charges in Al2O3/GeO2/Ge pMOSFETs. IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS, 35 (2). pp. 160-162. ISSN 0741-3106
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Abstract
The high hole mobility of Ge makes it a strong candidate for end of roadmap pMOSFETs and low interface states have been achieved for the Al2O3-GeO2-Ge gate-stack. This structure, however, suffers from significant negative bias temperature instability (NBTI), dominated by positive charge (PC) in Al2O3/GeO2. An in-depth understanding of the PCs will assist in the minimization of NBTI and the defect energy distribution will provide valuable information. The energy distribution also provides the effective charge density at a given surface potential, a key parameter required for simulating the impact of NBTI on device and circuit performance. For the first time, this letter reports the energy distribution of the PC in Al2O3/GeO2 on Ge. It is found that the energy density of the PC has a clear peak near Ge Ec at the interface and a relatively low level between Ec and Ev. Below Ev at the interface, it increases rapidly and screens 20% of the Vg rise.
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 0906 Electrical And Electronic Engineering |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | Electronics & Electrical Engineering (merged with Engineering 10 Aug 20) |
| Publisher: | IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC |
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| Date Deposited: | 01 May 2015 14:59 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 14:49 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1109/LED.2013.2295516 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/121 |
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