A novel methodology for reliability studies in fully-depleted SOI MOSFETs

A unified understanding on Fully Depleted SOI (FDSOI) N-Channel MOSFET hot carrier degradation is presented using a novel methodology and devices fabricated on SIMOX substrate. We measured traditionally reported front gate threshold voltage shift and de-coupled front and back gate threshold voltage shifts by accumulating the opposite interface. Interpretation of the experimental results are provided on floating body, bipolar breakdown and series parasitic source/drain resistance (R/sub ds/) debiasing effects on hot carrier degradation. At low drain bias, device degradation is dominated by the coupling of back interface degradation to the front interface. Back interface is degraded by the hole trapping and interface states generation simultaneously. Front interface is degraded by the interface states generation. At moderate drain bias, floating body induced shift in threshold voltage is dominant despite moderate front interface states generation. At high V/sub ds/, interface states generation at the back interface and the competing hole trapping and interface states generation at the front interface are observed.