Controversial issues in negative bias temperature instability

JH Stathis, S Mahapatra, T Grasser - Microelectronics Reliability, 2018 - Elsevier
In spite of 50 years of history, there is still no consensus on the basic physics of Negative
Bias Temperature Instability. Two competing models, Reaction-Diffusion and Defect-Centric …

Trap Characterization Techniques for GaN-Based HEMTs: A Critical Review

X Zou, J Yang, Q Qiao, X Zou, J Chen, Y Shi, K Ren - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) have been considered
promising candidates for power devices due to their superior advantages of high current …

Ferroelectric field-effect transistor synaptic device with hafnium-silicate interlayer

SW Kim, W Shin, M Kim, KR Kwon, J Yim… - IEEE Electron …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A ferroelectric field-effect-transistor (FeFET) with hafnium zirconium oxide ferroelectric layer
and hafnium silicate (HfSiOx) interlayer (IL) is demonstrated. Compared to a FeFET with …

As-grown-generation (AG) model of NBTI: A shift from fitting test data to prediction

JF Zhang, Z Ji, W Zhang - Microelectronics Reliability, 2018 - Elsevier
Negative bias temperature instabilities (NBTI) received little attention pre-2000, but have
been intensively investigated post-2000, as they become limiting device lifetime. The …

Defect loss: A new concept for reliability of MOSFETs

M Duan, JF Zhang, Z Ji, W Zhang… - IEEE electron device …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Defect generation limits device lifetime and enhances its variability. Previous works mainly
addressed the generation kinetics and process. The current understanding is that the …

Application of single-pulse charge pumping method on evaluation of indium gallium zinc oxide thin-film transistors

MC Nguyen, AHT Nguyen, H Ji, J Cheon… - … on Electron Devices, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel single-pulse charge pumping (SPCP) method was proposed and implemented to
profile the density of states (DOSs) in metal–oxide–semiconductor thin-film transistors …

Single pulse charge pumping measurements on GaN MOS-HEMTs: Fast and reliable extraction of interface traps density

S Alghamdi, M Si, H Bae, H Zhou… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we report on the single pulse charge pumping (SPCP) measurements as a
method to extract the interface trap density () on the GaN metal–oxide–semiconductor high …

Analysis of electron capture process in charge pumping sequence using time domain measurements

M Hori, T Watanabe, T Tsuchiya, Y Ono - Applied Physics Letters, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
A method for analyzing the electron capture process in the charge pumping (CP) sequence
is proposed and demonstrated. The method monitors the electron current in the CP …

Distribution of the energy levels of individual interface traps and a fundamental refinement in charge pumping theory

T Tsuchiya, PM Lenahan - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We carried out a unique and systematic characterization of single amphoteric Si/SiO 2
interface traps using the charge pumping (CP) method. As a result, we obtained the …

An overview of the NBTI phenomenon in MOS devices

DE Messaoud, B Djezzar, A Zitouni - Russian Microelectronics, 2023 - Springer
Based on the vast perusal, an overview on the negative bias temperature instability (NBTI)
effect in metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) devices, from different perspectives as well as …