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Effect of chemical mechanical polishing scratch on TDDB reliability and its reduction in 45nm BEOL process 45nm BEOL工艺中化学机械抛光划痕对TDDB可靠性的影响及其降低
Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173319
W. Liu, Y. K. Lim, F. Zhang, W.Y. Zhang, C.Q. Chen, B.C. Zhang, J.B. Tan, D. Sohn, L. Hsia
The correlation of time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) reliability failure with scratches generated from chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) in 45nm backend-ofline (BEOL) process is investigated and established. The wafer map of early TDDB failure samples matches well with the defect wafer map from bright field scans. Electrical fault isolation using thermally induced voltage alteration (TIVA) analysis is employed to locate the hot spot where TDDB leakage occurs. Polish scratchinduced metal damage at the hot spot is further analyzed by topdown scanning electron microscopy (SEM) after de-processing. Also, the depth of the polish scratch is confirmed by using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis. It clearly shows that the embedded particle on copper (Cu) surface and the liner damage resulted from polish scratch severely affect the TDDB reliability. In-situ CMP platen3 (P3) pad chemical preclean is found to reduce the polish scratch density effectively and significantly improve the V-ramp/TDDB reliability performance. However, inappropriate usage of chemical pre-clean would cause Cu corrosion and lead to EM degradation. Hence, a balance between polish scratch reduction and Cu corrosion associated with P3 pad pre-clean needs to be achieved.
研究并建立了45nm后端(BEOL)工艺中化学机械抛光(CMP)产生划痕与介质击穿(TDDB)可靠性失效的相关性。早期TDDB失效样品的晶圆图与亮场扫描的缺陷晶圆图吻合较好。采用热感应电压变化(TIVA)分析进行电气故障隔离,定位TDDB漏电热点。在去处理后,采用自上而下的扫描电镜(SEM)进一步分析了热点处抛光划伤引起的金属损伤。同时,通过透射电子显微镜(TEM)分析,确定了抛光划痕的深度。结果表明,铜表面的嵌埋颗粒和抛光划伤造成的衬里损伤严重影响了TDDB的可靠性。发现原位化学预清洗CMP P3垫层可有效降低抛光划伤密度,显著提高V-ramp/TDDB可靠性。然而,化学预清洁的不当使用会导致Cu腐蚀并导致EM降解。因此,需要在抛光划痕减少和与P3垫预清洁相关的Cu腐蚀之间取得平衡。
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引用次数: 4
Characterization of the electrostatic discharge induced interface traps in metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors 金属-氧化物-半导体场效应晶体管中静电放电诱导界面陷阱的表征
Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173348
J. Tseng, J. Hwu
The interface trap's characteristics in silicon dioxide induced by electrostatic discharge current impulse were studied using the transmission line pulsing technique and charge pumping method. It was observed that the electrostatic discharge stress induces far less amount of interface traps prior to breakdown and the interface traps distribution along the channel direction is more non-uniform and localized than dc stress. The possible mechanisms for interface trap generation and formation are suggested.
采用传输线脉冲技术和电荷泵送法研究了静电放电电流脉冲诱导二氧化硅界面阱的特性。结果表明,与直流应力相比,静电放电应力在击穿前诱导的界面陷阱数量要少得多,界面陷阱沿通道方向的分布更加不均匀和局域化。提出了界面圈闭产生和形成的可能机制。
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引用次数: 1
Study of formation mechanism of nickel silicide discontinuities in high performance CMOS devices 高性能CMOS器件中硅化镍不连续形成机理的研究
Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173270
S. Kudo, Y. Hirose, T. Futase, Y. Ogawa, T. Yamaguchi, K. Kihara, K. Kashihara, N. Murata, T. Katayama, K. Asayama, E. Murakami
We performed detailed analysis of Ni silicide discontinuities induced by agglomeration that causes the increasing electric resistance in high-performance CMOS devices by using advanced physical analysis techniques. We confirmed that the agglomeration of the Ni silicide is related to elongated-triangular- shaped-splits — which we call delta-shaped-splits — which cause discontinuities that occur at small-angle grain boundaries pinned by boron clusters even with small stress. We successfully determined the formation mechanism of the Ni silicide discontinuities in detail. It is essential to develop a highly reliable Ni salicide process, especially for 45 nm node high performance devices and beyond.
利用先进的物理分析技术,对高性能CMOS器件中硅化镍的结块引起的电阻增加进行了详细的分析。我们证实,硅化镍的团聚与细长的三角形分裂有关,我们称之为三角洲分裂,即使在很小的应力下,这种分裂也会在硼团簇固定的小角度晶界处造成不连续。我们成功地确定了硅化镍不连续性的形成机理。开发高度可靠的盐化镍工艺是至关重要的,特别是对于45纳米节点的高性能器件。
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引用次数: 6
A study bipolar phototransistor action existing in CMOS process triggered by a laser beam used in a C-AFM system 研究了C-AFM系统中激光束触发CMOS工艺中双极光电晶体管的作用
Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173353
H. Lin, M. Wu, Tsui-hua Huang
A beam bounce technique in a conductive atomic force microscope (C-AFM) system is usually used to enable the probe head to measure extremely small movements of the cantilever as it is moved across the surface of the sample. However, the laser beam used for the beam bounce also gives rise to the photoelectric effect while we are measuring electrical characteristics of a device. The photoelectric effect occurring in NMOSFETs caused by a laser beam used in the C-AFM system has been reported [1]. In this study, the photoelectric effect occurring in PMOSFETs will be discussed. An example that an invisible implant defect in a PMOSFET was successfully identified using the C-AFM based on the measured electrical characteristics and the bipolar phototransistor action models will also be introduced.
导电性原子力显微镜(C-AFM)系统中的光束反射技术通常用于使探头能够测量悬臂梁在样品表面上移动时的极小运动。然而,在测量器件的电学特性时,用于光束反射的激光束也会产生光电效应。在C-AFM系统中使用激光束引起的nmosfet中发生的光电效应已有报道[1]。本研究将讨论pmosfet中发生的光电效应。本文还介绍了利用C-AFM基于测量的电特性和双极光电晶体管的作用模型成功识别PMOSFET中不可见植入缺陷的例子。
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引用次数: 4
Investigation of chip-package interaction-looking for more acceleration in product qualification tests 芯片封装相互作用的研究——寻求产品认证测试的加速
Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173379
W. Kanert, R. Pufall
Chip-package interaction is a major concern for product reliability. Temperature cycling is a commonly used stress test to address this issue. The paper shows that temperature shock can substitute temperature cycling for certain failure mechanisms, thereby reducing stress times by a factor of 28 or even more.
芯片与封装之间的相互作用是影响产品可靠性的主要因素。温度循环是解决这个问题的常用压力测试。本文表明,温度冲击可以代替温度循环代替某些破坏机制,从而将应力次数减少28倍甚至更多。
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引用次数: 8
Analysis of radiation-hardening techniques for 6T SRAMs with structured layouts 6T结构sram辐射硬化技术分析
Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173351
G. Torrens, B. Alorda, S. Bota, J. Segura
We analyze two complementary radiation-hardening techniques for 6T SRAM memories compatible with structured layouts. One approach relies on the individual selection of the threshold voltage of each of the four transistors forming the cross-coupled inverters of the SRAM cell. The other one is based on the modification of the widths of all pmos or all nmos transistors of the cell. The first technique does not affect the cell layout. The second one increases the minimum width of all pmos by a factor cp and the minimum width of all nmos by a factor cn. This prevents the formation of diffusion bends, allowing structured layouts. Both techniques provide an improvement in SEU robustness.
我们分析了兼容结构化布局的6T SRAM存储器的两种互补辐射硬化技术。一种方法依赖于形成SRAM单元的交叉耦合逆变器的四个晶体管中每个晶体管的阈值电压的单独选择。另一种是基于修改电池的所有pmos或所有nmos晶体管的宽度。第一种技术不会影响单元格布局。第二种方法将所有pmo的最小宽度增加一个因子cp,将所有nmo的最小宽度增加一个因子cn。这可以防止扩散弯曲的形成,从而实现结构化布局。这两种技术都提高了SEU的鲁棒性。
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引用次数: 11
Random telegraph noise in highly scaled nMOSFETs 高尺度nmosfet中的随机电报噪声
Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173283
J.P. Campbell, J. Qin, K. Cheung, L.C. Yu, J. Suehle, A. Oates, K. Sheng
Recently, 1/f and random telegraph noise (RTN) studies have been used to infer information about bulk dielectric defects' spatial and energetic distributions. These analyses rely on a noise framework which involves charge exchange between the inversion layer and the bulk dielectric defects via elastic tunneling. In this study, we extracted the characteristic capture and emission time constants from RTN in highly scaled nMOSFETs and showed that they are inconsistent with the elastic tunneling picture dictated by the physical thickness of the gate dielectric (1.4 nm). Consequently, our results suggest that an alternative model is required and that a large body of the recent RTN and 1/ƒ noise defect profiling literature very likely needs to be re-interpreted.
近年来,人们利用1/f和随机电报噪声(RTN)研究来推断体介质缺陷的空间和能量分布。这些分析依赖于一个噪声框架,该框架涉及反转层和体介电缺陷之间通过弹性隧穿进行电荷交换。在这项研究中,我们提取了高尺度nmosfet中RTN的特征捕获和发射时间常数,并表明它们与栅介电介质物理厚度(1.4 nm)所决定的弹性隧穿图像不一致。因此,我们的结果表明,需要一个替代模型,并且最近RTN和1/ f噪声缺陷分析文献的大部分很可能需要重新解释。
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引用次数: 82
Reliability of thyristor-based memory cells 晶闸管存储单元的可靠性
Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173259
C. Salling, Kevin Yang, Rajesh Gupta, D. Hayes, Janice Tamayo, V. Gopalakrishnan, S. Robins
This is the first published study of the reliability of Thyristor-based high-speed memories. The T-RAM (Thyristor-based Random Access Memory) was characterized using test structures and multi-megabit product die fabricated in a 130nm SOI logic technology. The reliability lifetime of a nominal bit was investigated by subjecting TCCT devices (Thin Capacitively Coupled Thyristor) to a DC current stress. The resulting acceleration model yields a lifetime of 1.0E+40 yrs for the Data-1 state and 1.0E+5 yrs for the Data-0 state. These long lifetimes are consistent with the 26 FIT long-term failure rate found for 9 Mb arrays, from dynamic lifetest on 9Mb & 18Mb T-RAM product die having full SRAM functionality. The susceptibility of T-RAM arrays to soft errors was assessed by accelerated neutron testing, and accelerated alpha testing, of 9Mb T-RAM product die as well as 9Mb SRAM product die from three suppliers. n-SER for the T-RAM is 610 FIT/Mb, better than the average of 700 FIT/Mb for 6T SRAM technology. Exposure of the T-RAM product die to X-rays showed that they tolerate doses of 450 rad or more (3–4x the dose for X-ray inspections) without degradation of nominal TCCT retention times, and without functional failure of memory cells. Taken together, the results of this study shows that T-RAM is a reliable memory technology.
这是首次发表的关于晶闸管高速存储器可靠性的研究。T-RAM(基于晶闸管的随机存取存储器)采用测试结构和以130nm SOI逻辑技术制造的多兆产品芯片进行了表征。通过对TCCT器件(薄电容耦合晶闸管)施加直流电流应力,研究了标称位的可靠性寿命。由此产生的加速模型在Data-1状态下的寿命为1.0E+40年,在Data-0状态下的寿命为1.0E+5年。这些长寿命与9Mb阵列的26 FIT长期故障率一致,从具有完整SRAM功能的9Mb和18Mb T-RAM产品芯片的动态寿命测试中发现。通过对三家供应商的9Mb T-RAM产品芯片和9Mb SRAM产品芯片的加速中子测试和加速α测试,评估了T-RAM阵列对软误差的敏感性。T-RAM的n-SER为610 FIT/Mb,优于6T SRAM技术的平均700 FIT/Mb。将T-RAM产品暴露在x射线下表明,它们耐受450 rad或更高的剂量(x射线检查剂量的3 - 4倍),而不会降低TCCT保留时间,也不会导致记忆细胞的功能失效。综上所述,本研究结果表明T-RAM是一种可靠的存储技术。
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引用次数: 7
Thermal behaviour and reliability of solidly mounted Bulk Acoustic Wave Duplexers under high power RF loads 高功率射频负载下实装体声波双工器的热性能和可靠性
Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173310
P. van der Wel, O. Wunnicke, F. de Bruijn, R. Strijbos
In this paper, the reliability requirements, thermal behaviour and failure mechanisms of solidly mounted Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) filters are studied. High power RF stress measurements are presented where the evolution of the surface damage of the BAW filters as a function of stress time is analysed by optical height profiling. Two different metal stacks were used. The main failure mechanism for BAW filters during high RF power stress is proposed to be acoustomigration. By comparing the stress measurements to the requirements, excellent reliability of NXP's BAW duplexers is proven.
本文研究了固体体声波(BAW)滤波器的可靠性要求、热性能和失效机理。提出了高功率射频应力测量,其中BAW滤波器表面损伤随应力时间的变化通过光学高度谱分析。使用了两种不同的金属堆。提出了BAW滤波器在高射频功率应力下的主要失效机制是声学偏移。通过将应力测量与要求进行比较,恩智浦的BAW双工器具有出色的可靠性。
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引用次数: 4
Granular electron injection and random telegraph noise impact on the programming accuracy of NOR Flash memories 颗粒电子注入和随机电报噪声对NOR快闪存储器编程精度的影响
Pub Date : 2009-04-26 DOI: 10.1109/IRPS.2009.5173263
C. M. Compagnoni, L. Chiavarone, M. Calabrese, R. Gusmeroli, M. Ghidotti, A. Lacaita, A. Spinelli, A. Visconti
This work investigates for the first time chargegranularity effects during channel hot-electron programming of NOR Flash memories, comparing the granular electron injection and the random telegraph noise limitations to the accuracy of the programming algorithm. The spread of the threshold voltage shift that is determined by the electron injection statistics is studied as a function of the channel hot-electron programming conditions, explaining the results by an analytical model accounting for the sub-poissonian nature of the electron transfer to the floating gate. The scaling trend of the injection statistical spread is then investigated on NOR technologies ranging from 180 to 45 nm and its contribution to the width of the threshold voltage distribution in presence of a program verify level is separated from that given by random telegraph noise.
本文首次研究了NOR闪存通道热电子编程过程中的电荷粒度效应,比较了粒状电子注入和随机电报噪声限制对编程算法精度的影响。研究了由电子注入统计量决定的阈值电压位移的扩展作为通道热电子编程条件的函数,并通过考虑电子转移到浮栅的亚泊松性质的解析模型解释了结果。然后研究了在180 ~ 45 nm范围内注入统计扩散的标度趋势,并将其对存在程序验证电平的阈值电压分布宽度的贡献与随机电报噪声的贡献分开。
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引用次数: 7
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2009 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium
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