In this paper,the reliability of sense-switch p-channel flash is evaluated extensively.The endurance result indicates that the p-channel flash could be programmed and erased for more than 10000 cycles;the room tempera...In this paper,the reliability of sense-switch p-channel flash is evaluated extensively.The endurance result indicates that the p-channel flash could be programmed and erased for more than 10000 cycles;the room temperature read stress shows negligible influence on the p-channel flash cell;high temperature data retention at 150℃ is extrapolated to be about 5 years and 53 years corresponding to 30% and 40% degradation in the drive current,respectively.Moreover,the electrical parameters of the p-channel flash at different operation temperature are found to be less affected.All the results above indicate that the sense-switch p-channel flash is suitable to be used as the configuration cell in flash-based FPGA.展开更多
The threshold voltage(V_(th))of the p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors(MOSFETs)is investigated via Silvaco-Atlas simulations.The main factors which influence the threshold voltage of p-channe...The threshold voltage(V_(th))of the p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors(MOSFETs)is investigated via Silvaco-Atlas simulations.The main factors which influence the threshold voltage of p-channel GaN MOSFETs are barrier heightΦ_(1,p),polarization charge density σ_(b),and equivalent unite capacitance C_(oc).It is found that the thinner thickness of p-GaN layer and oxide layer will acquire the more negative threshold voltage V_(th),and threshold voltage|V_(th)|increases with the reduction in p-GaN doping concentration and the work-function of gate metal.Meanwhile,the increase in gate dielectric relative permittivity may cause the increase in threshold voltage|V_(th)|.Additionally,the parameter influencing output current most is the p-GaN doping concentration,and the maximum current density is 9.5 mA/mm with p-type doping concentration of 9.5×10^(16) cm^(-3) at VGS=-12 V and VDS=-10 V.展开更多
A novel low specific on-resistance (Ron,sp) silicon-on-insulator (SO1) p-channel lateral double-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor (pLDMOS) compatible with high voltage (HV) n-channel LDMOS (nLDMOS) is propo...A novel low specific on-resistance (Ron,sp) silicon-on-insulator (SO1) p-channel lateral double-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor (pLDMOS) compatible with high voltage (HV) n-channel LDMOS (nLDMOS) is proposed. The pLDMOS is built in the N-type SO1 layer with a buried P-type layer acting as a current conduction path in the on-state (BP SOl pLD- MOS). Its superior compatibility with the HV nLDMOS and low voltage (LV) complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuitry which are formed on the N-SOl layer can be obtained. In the off-state the P-buried layer built in the NSOI layer causes multiple depletion and electric field reshaping, leading to an enhanced (reduced) surface field (RESURF) effect. The proposed BP SO1 pLDMOS achieves not only an improved breakdown voltage (BV) but also a significantly reduced Ron,sp. The BV of the BP SO1 pLDMOS increases to 319 V from 215 V of the conventional SO1 pLDMOS at the same half cell pitch of 25 μm, and Ron,sp decreases from 157 mΩ.cm2 to 55 mΩ.cm2. Compared with the PW SO1 pLDMOS, the BP SO1 pLDMOS also reduces the Ron,sp by 34% with almost the same BV.展开更多
This paper discusses the breakdown mechanism and proposes a new simulation and test method of breakdown voltage (BV) for an ultra-high-voltage (UHV) high-side thin layer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) p-channel low-...This paper discusses the breakdown mechanism and proposes a new simulation and test method of breakdown voltage (BV) for an ultra-high-voltage (UHV) high-side thin layer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) p-channel low-density metal- oxide semiconductor (LDMOS). Compared with the conventional simulation method, the new one is more accordant with the actual conditions of a device that can be used in the high voltage circuit. The BV of the SOI p-channel LDMOS can be properly represented and the effect of reduced bulk field can be revealed by employing the new simulation method. Simulation results show that the off-state (on-state) BV of the SOI p-channel LDMOS can reach 741 (620) V in the 3μm-thick buried oxide layer, 50μm-length drift region, and at -400 V back-gate voltage, enabling the device to be used in a 400 V UHV integrated circuit.展开更多
Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI) has become one of the most serious reliability problems of metaloxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). The degradation mechanism and model of NBTI are ...Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI) has become one of the most serious reliability problems of metaloxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). The degradation mechanism and model of NBTI are studied in this paper. From the experimental results, the exponential value 0.25-0.5 which represents the relation of NBTI degradation and stress time is obtained. Based on the experimental results and existing model, the reaction-diffusion model with H^+ related species generated is deduced, and the exponent 0.5 is obtained. The results suggest that there should be H^+ generated in the NBTI degradation. With the real time method, the degradation with an exponent 0.5 appears clearly in drain current shift during the first seconds of stress and then verifies that H^+ generated during NBTI stress.展开更多
A novel structure is proposed for doubling the vertical breakdown voltage of silicon-on-insulator(SOI) devices. In this new structure, the conventional buried oxide(BOX) in an SOI device is split into two sections...A novel structure is proposed for doubling the vertical breakdown voltage of silicon-on-insulator(SOI) devices. In this new structure, the conventional buried oxide(BOX) in an SOI device is split into two sections: the source-section BOX and the drain-section BOX. A highly-doped Si layer, referred to as a non-depletion potential-clamped layer(NPCL), is positioned under and close to the two BOX sections. In the split BOXes and the Si region above the BOXes, the blocking voltage(BV) is divided into two parts by the NPCL. The voltage in the NPCL is clamped to be nearly half of the drain voltage. When the drain voltage approaches a breakdown value, the voltage sustained by the source-section BOX and the Si region under the source are nearly the same as the voltage sustained by the drain-section BOX and the Si region under the drain. The vertical BV is therefore almost doubled. The effectiveness of this new structure was verified for a P-channel SOI lateral double-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor(LDMOS) and can be applied to other high-voltage SOI devices. The simulation results show that the BV in an NPCL P-channel SOI LDMOS is improved by 55% and the specific on-resistance(Ron,sp) is reduced by 69% in comparison to the conventional structure.展开更多
Pre-ohmic-annealing(POA)treatment of P-GaN/AlN/AlGaN epitaxy under N_(2)atmosphere was demonstrated to effectively achieve good p-type ohmic contact as well as decreased epitaxy sheet resistance.Ohmic contact resistan...Pre-ohmic-annealing(POA)treatment of P-GaN/AlN/AlGaN epitaxy under N_(2)atmosphere was demonstrated to effectively achieve good p-type ohmic contact as well as decreased epitaxy sheet resistance.Ohmic contact resistance(Rc)extracted by transfer length method reduced from 38 to 23Ω·mm with alleviated contact barrier height from 0.55 to 0.51 eV after POA treatment.X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Hall measurement confirmed that POA treatment was able to reduce surface state density and improve the hole concentration of p-GaN.Due to the decreased Rc and improved two-dimensional hole gas(2DHG)density,an outstanding-performance GaN E-mode p-channel MOSFET was successfully realized.展开更多
We introduce a novel 2 T P-channel nano-crystal memory structure for low power and high speed embedded non-volatile memory(NVM) applications.By using the band-to-band tunneling-induced hot-electron (BTBTIHE) injec...We introduce a novel 2 T P-channel nano-crystal memory structure for low power and high speed embedded non-volatile memory(NVM) applications.By using the band-to-band tunneling-induced hot-electron (BTBTIHE) injection scheme,both high-speed and low power programming can be achieved at the same time. Due to the use of a select transistor,the "erased states" can be set to below 0 V,so that the periphery HV circuit (high-voltage generating and management) and read-out circuit can be simplified.Good memory cell performance has also been achieved,including a fast program/erase(P/E) speed(a 1.15 V memory window under 10μs program pulse),an excellent data retention(only 20%charge loss for 10 years).The data shows that the device has strong potential for future embedded NVM applications.展开更多
In this work,the GaN p-MISFET with LPCVD-SiN_(x) is studied as a gate dielectric to improve device performance.By changing the Si/N stoichiometry of SiN_(x),it is found that the channel hole mobility can be effectivel...In this work,the GaN p-MISFET with LPCVD-SiN_(x) is studied as a gate dielectric to improve device performance.By changing the Si/N stoichiometry of SiN_(x),it is found that the channel hole mobility can be effectively enhanced with Si-rich SiN_(x) gate dielectric,which leads to a respectably improved drive current of GaN p-FET.The record high channel mobility of 19.4 cm2/(V∙s)was achieved in the device featuring an Enhancement-mode channel.Benefiting from the significantly improved channel mobility,the fabricated E-mode GaN p-MISFET is capable of delivering a decent-high current of 1.6 mA/mm,while simultaneously featuring a negative threshold-voltage(VTH)of–2.3 V(defining at a stringent criteria of 10μA/mm).The device also exhibits a well pinch-off at 0 V with low leakage current of 1 nA/mm.This suggests that a decent E-mode operation of the fabricated p-FET is obtained.In addition,the VTH shows excellent stability,while the threshold-voltage hysteresisΔVTH is as small as 0.1 V for a gate voltage swing up to–10 V,which is among the best results reported in the literature.The results indicate that optimizing the Si/N stoichiometry of LPCVD-SiN_(x) is a promising approach to improve the device performance of GaN p-MISFET.展开更多
文摘In this paper,the reliability of sense-switch p-channel flash is evaluated extensively.The endurance result indicates that the p-channel flash could be programmed and erased for more than 10000 cycles;the room temperature read stress shows negligible influence on the p-channel flash cell;high temperature data retention at 150℃ is extrapolated to be about 5 years and 53 years corresponding to 30% and 40% degradation in the drive current,respectively.Moreover,the electrical parameters of the p-channel flash at different operation temperature are found to be less affected.All the results above indicate that the sense-switch p-channel flash is suitable to be used as the configuration cell in flash-based FPGA.
基金Project supported by the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province,China(Grant Nos.2020B010174001 and 2020B010171002)the Ningbo Science and Technology Innovation Program 2025(Grant No.2019B10123)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62074122).
文摘The threshold voltage(V_(th))of the p-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors(MOSFETs)is investigated via Silvaco-Atlas simulations.The main factors which influence the threshold voltage of p-channel GaN MOSFETs are barrier heightΦ_(1,p),polarization charge density σ_(b),and equivalent unite capacitance C_(oc).It is found that the thinner thickness of p-GaN layer and oxide layer will acquire the more negative threshold voltage V_(th),and threshold voltage|V_(th)|increases with the reduction in p-GaN doping concentration and the work-function of gate metal.Meanwhile,the increase in gate dielectric relative permittivity may cause the increase in threshold voltage|V_(th)|.Additionally,the parameter influencing output current most is the p-GaN doping concentration,and the maximum current density is 9.5 mA/mm with p-type doping concentration of 9.5×10^(16) cm^(-3) at VGS=-12 V and VDS=-10 V.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61176069)the State Key Laboratory Science Fund of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices of China (Grant No. CXJJ201004)the National Key Laboratory Science Fund of Analog Integrated Circuit,China (Grant No. 9140C090304110C0905)
文摘A novel low specific on-resistance (Ron,sp) silicon-on-insulator (SO1) p-channel lateral double-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor (pLDMOS) compatible with high voltage (HV) n-channel LDMOS (nLDMOS) is proposed. The pLDMOS is built in the N-type SO1 layer with a buried P-type layer acting as a current conduction path in the on-state (BP SOl pLD- MOS). Its superior compatibility with the HV nLDMOS and low voltage (LV) complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) circuitry which are formed on the N-SOl layer can be obtained. In the off-state the P-buried layer built in the NSOI layer causes multiple depletion and electric field reshaping, leading to an enhanced (reduced) surface field (RESURF) effect. The proposed BP SO1 pLDMOS achieves not only an improved breakdown voltage (BV) but also a significantly reduced Ron,sp. The BV of the BP SO1 pLDMOS increases to 319 V from 215 V of the conventional SO1 pLDMOS at the same half cell pitch of 25 μm, and Ron,sp decreases from 157 mΩ.cm2 to 55 mΩ.cm2. Compared with the PW SO1 pLDMOS, the BP SO1 pLDMOS also reduces the Ron,sp by 34% with almost the same BV.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60906038)
文摘This paper discusses the breakdown mechanism and proposes a new simulation and test method of breakdown voltage (BV) for an ultra-high-voltage (UHV) high-side thin layer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) p-channel low-density metal- oxide semiconductor (LDMOS). Compared with the conventional simulation method, the new one is more accordant with the actual conditions of a device that can be used in the high voltage circuit. The BV of the SOI p-channel LDMOS can be properly represented and the effect of reduced bulk field can be revealed by employing the new simulation method. Simulation results show that the off-state (on-state) BV of the SOI p-channel LDMOS can reach 741 (620) V in the 3μm-thick buried oxide layer, 50μm-length drift region, and at -400 V back-gate voltage, enabling the device to be used in a 400 V UHV integrated circuit.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds in Xidian Universities (Grant No.JY10000904009)the National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No.2007BAK25B03)
文摘Negative Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI) has become one of the most serious reliability problems of metaloxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs). The degradation mechanism and model of NBTI are studied in this paper. From the experimental results, the exponential value 0.25-0.5 which represents the relation of NBTI degradation and stress time is obtained. Based on the experimental results and existing model, the reaction-diffusion model with H^+ related species generated is deduced, and the exponent 0.5 is obtained. The results suggest that there should be H^+ generated in the NBTI degradation. With the real time method, the degradation with an exponent 0.5 appears clearly in drain current shift during the first seconds of stress and then verifies that H^+ generated during NBTI stress.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.61404110)the National Higher-Education Institution General Research and Development Project,China(Grant No.2682014CX097)
文摘A novel structure is proposed for doubling the vertical breakdown voltage of silicon-on-insulator(SOI) devices. In this new structure, the conventional buried oxide(BOX) in an SOI device is split into two sections: the source-section BOX and the drain-section BOX. A highly-doped Si layer, referred to as a non-depletion potential-clamped layer(NPCL), is positioned under and close to the two BOX sections. In the split BOXes and the Si region above the BOXes, the blocking voltage(BV) is divided into two parts by the NPCL. The voltage in the NPCL is clamped to be nearly half of the drain voltage. When the drain voltage approaches a breakdown value, the voltage sustained by the source-section BOX and the Si region under the source are nearly the same as the voltage sustained by the drain-section BOX and the Si region under the drain. The vertical BV is therefore almost doubled. The effectiveness of this new structure was verified for a P-channel SOI lateral double-diffused metal-oxide semiconductor(LDMOS) and can be applied to other high-voltage SOI devices. The simulation results show that the BV in an NPCL P-channel SOI LDMOS is improved by 55% and the specific on-resistance(Ron,sp) is reduced by 69% in comparison to the conventional structure.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(62104185)the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars(61925404)+2 种基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universitiesthe Innovation Fund of Xidian Universitythe Wuhu and Xidian University Special Fund for Industry-University-Research Cooperation(XWYCXY-012021010)。
文摘Pre-ohmic-annealing(POA)treatment of P-GaN/AlN/AlGaN epitaxy under N_(2)atmosphere was demonstrated to effectively achieve good p-type ohmic contact as well as decreased epitaxy sheet resistance.Ohmic contact resistance(Rc)extracted by transfer length method reduced from 38 to 23Ω·mm with alleviated contact barrier height from 0.55 to 0.51 eV after POA treatment.X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Hall measurement confirmed that POA treatment was able to reduce surface state density and improve the hole concentration of p-GaN.Due to the decreased Rc and improved two-dimensional hole gas(2DHG)density,an outstanding-performance GaN E-mode p-channel MOSFET was successfully realized.
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Nos.2010CB934204,2011CBA00600)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.60825403,60676008,60676061)the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China(Nos. 2008AA031403,2009AA03Z306)
文摘We introduce a novel 2 T P-channel nano-crystal memory structure for low power and high speed embedded non-volatile memory(NVM) applications.By using the band-to-band tunneling-induced hot-electron (BTBTIHE) injection scheme,both high-speed and low power programming can be achieved at the same time. Due to the use of a select transistor,the "erased states" can be set to below 0 V,so that the periphery HV circuit (high-voltage generating and management) and read-out circuit can be simplified.Good memory cell performance has also been achieved,including a fast program/erase(P/E) speed(a 1.15 V memory window under 10μs program pulse),an excellent data retention(only 20%charge loss for 10 years).The data shows that the device has strong potential for future embedded NVM applications.
基金This work was supported in part by the Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 62174019in part by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation China under Grant 2021B1515140039in part by the Zhuhai Industry-University Research Cooperation Project under Grant ZH22017001210041PWC.
文摘In this work,the GaN p-MISFET with LPCVD-SiN_(x) is studied as a gate dielectric to improve device performance.By changing the Si/N stoichiometry of SiN_(x),it is found that the channel hole mobility can be effectively enhanced with Si-rich SiN_(x) gate dielectric,which leads to a respectably improved drive current of GaN p-FET.The record high channel mobility of 19.4 cm2/(V∙s)was achieved in the device featuring an Enhancement-mode channel.Benefiting from the significantly improved channel mobility,the fabricated E-mode GaN p-MISFET is capable of delivering a decent-high current of 1.6 mA/mm,while simultaneously featuring a negative threshold-voltage(VTH)of–2.3 V(defining at a stringent criteria of 10μA/mm).The device also exhibits a well pinch-off at 0 V with low leakage current of 1 nA/mm.This suggests that a decent E-mode operation of the fabricated p-FET is obtained.In addition,the VTH shows excellent stability,while the threshold-voltage hysteresisΔVTH is as small as 0.1 V for a gate voltage swing up to–10 V,which is among the best results reported in the literature.The results indicate that optimizing the Si/N stoichiometry of LPCVD-SiN_(x) is a promising approach to improve the device performance of GaN p-MISFET.