摘要
Breakdown voltage （Vbd） and charge to breakdown （Qbd） are two parameters often used to evaluate gate oxide reliability. In this paper,we investigate the effects of measurement methods on Vbd and Qbd of the gate oxide of a 0.18μm dual gate CMOS process. Voltage ramps （V-ramp） and current ramps （J-ramp） are used to evaluate gate oxide reliability. The thin and thick gate oxides are all evaluated in the accumulation condition. Our experimental results show that the measurement methods affect Vbd only slightly but affect Qbd seriously,as do the measurement conditions.This affects the I-t curves obtained with the J-ramp and V-ramp methods. From the I-t curve,it can be seen that Qbd obtained using a J-ramp is much bigger than that with a V-ramp. At the same time, the Weibull slopes of Qbd are definitely smaller than those of Vbd. This means that Vbd is more reliable than Qbd, Thus we should be careful to use Qbd to evaluate the reliability of 0.18μm or beyond CMOS process gate oxide.
利用击穿电压和击穿电量这两个参数评价标准0.18μm CMOS工艺栅氧的可靠性,获得击穿电压和击穿电量的两个常用方法是电压扫描法和电流扫描法.对用这两种方法得到的击穿电压和击穿电量进行了对比.通过对比,发现测试方法对击穿电压的影响非常小.但是测试方法却可以在很大程度上影响击穿电量.用电流扫描法获得的击穿电量要比用电压扫描法的要大,这一差别可以从两种方法不同的电流-电压曲线中得到解释.同时,通过考察Weibull分布的斜率还发现,击穿电压值的分布斜率要比击穿电量大的多,而且曲线拟合得更好.这说明用击穿电压获得的分析结果更可靠.综合以上结果,可以认为对0.18μm CMOS工艺可靠性评价而言,击穿电压是比较合适的评价指标.
