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Integrated Systems Engineering Development, Modeling, and Optimization of Microelectronic Processes, Devices, Circuits, and Systems October 2004 Confidential TCAD for Reliability Tutorial at ESREF 2004, Zurich ESREF 2004 TCAD Tutorial 2 Integrated Systems Engineering Confidential Table of Contents ISE TCAD overview ESD Hot carrier effects, trap models and degradation Radiation effects: single event upsets, total dose effects Discussion TCAD tool demo

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Integrated Systems EngineeringDevelopment, Modeling, and Optimization of MicroelectronicProcesses, Devices, Circuits, and Systems

October 2004 Confidential

TCAD for Reliability

Tutorial at ESREF 2004, Zurich

ESREF 2004 TCAD Tutorial

2Integrated Systems Engineering Confidential

Table of Contents

ISE TCAD™ overviewESD Hot carrier effects, trap models and degradation Radiation effects: single event upsets, total dose effects DiscussionTCAD tool demo

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Tool Overview

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Product Overview

Simulation Environment

GENESISe™

Process

FLOOPS-ISE™

Structure& Mesh

DEVISE™

Device& System

DESSIS™

TCAD Fab Package™

Layout & ProcessRecipe

Services

Yield, StatisticalAnalysis

Process & Device & Interconnect Design Analysis

Circuit Modeling

Extraction

ISExtract™

Support

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FLOOPS-ISE™

Originally written by Mark Law and coworkers at University of Florida. Single simulator for 1D, 2D, and 3D• Consistent models and syntaxImplantation, diffusion, oxidation• State-of-the-art models• Calibration ongoing

Etching and deposition• MGOALS: Highly efficient geometrical engine

Anisotropic boundary adaptive meshingAlagator: user defined diffusion models• fast prototyping• simple implementations of advanced models

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DEVISE™

3D ASIC modeler from Spatial as geometry kernel

2D/3D Boundary Editor

2D/3D Doping and Refinement Editor

3D Process Emulator (PROCEM)

Interactive and Batch Mode

Interface to the ISE Meshing Engines

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1D / 2D / 3D SimulatorDC / Transient / AC Analysis / Optical AC / Noise AnalysisQuantum EffectsSi, SiGe, and Arbitrary MaterialsState-of-the-Art Transport ModelsMonte Carlo Device Simulations with SPARTA™

Heterostructure CapabilitiesMixed-Mode: Numerical and Compact SPICE ModelsPhysical Model Interface (PMI)Optoelectronics (LED, VCSEL, Solar Cells, …)High-Efficiency Linear Solvers…

DESSIS™

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SPARTA™ : Monte Carlo Simulations

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ISExtract™

BSIM3 and BSIM4

BSIMPD (SOI)

MEXTRAM 504 (Bipolar, SiGe HBT)

Gummel-Poon (Bipolar)

Statistical SPICE Modeling/Sensitivity Analysis

Direct capacitance extraction

Global Optimization with Full Parameter Set

BSIM3 parameter extraction for a NMOS with (L/W)=0.18µm/10µm

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ISE-TCAD TOOLS• GENESISe interface• FLOOPS with ChargedPair

Diffusion model and MC implant• DESSIS, drift-diffusion transport• OptimISE integration

Wizards and viewers for convenient experiment creation and visualizationOver 240 SIMS for USJ applications from AMAT

TCAD Fab Package™ for CMOS Calibration

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TCAD Derived Process Models

DoE for parametric analysis in GENESISe

ISE Process Explorer for evaluation of process-device

relations and yield

Process Simulation

Device Simulation

Extraction andCircuit Simulation

Process Variation

Device Variation

Process Model

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Framework Tools

GENESISe: convenient simulation environment with a clean, spreadsheet like organization of simulation projects

LIGAMENT: Process flow editor where the knowledge of the simulator’s command line syntax is no longer necessary. Support of recipes/macros/libraries for easy knowledge transfer.

Tecplot-ISE: with new user interface, fully integrated with ISE menus and sidebar

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Application Overview

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Strained Silicon: NMOS

Doping of strained silicon NMOSThe capping layer is under high tensile strain. This leads to compressive stress in the source and drain regions and in turn to tensile stress in the channel.

Comparison stress tensor between NMOS transistor with high tensile capping layer (left) and device, simulated with no-stress cap layer (right).

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Strained Silicon: PMOS

Doping of strained silicon PMOS Stress tensor after source and drain formation

Comparison stress tensor between PMOS with (left)and without (right) SiGe pockets

Comparison of final doping in PMOS with (left) and without (right) pockets.

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Strained Silicon: MC Simulations

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3D NMOS Transistor

3D Boundary with DEVISE

Half of NMOS at the End of Process Simulation

Mesh for Process Simulation

3D Boron Halo Implantation

Structure for Device Simulation

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AlGaN/GaN HFET

GateSource Drain

i – GaN – 2 µm

i – AlN

i – In0.015Ga0.985N – 4 nm

i – Al0.3Ga0.7N – 25 nm

i – AlN

1.5 µm1.1 µm

2.4 µm

HFET Structure

Electron Distribution in the Channel Measurement and Simulation of Transfer and Output Characteristics.

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Flash Memory

Process Emulation with DEVISE

NOFFSET3D Mesh of Flash Cells DESSIS Simulation of Erasing

DESSIS Simulation of Programming

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Power Devices

LDMOS with LOCOS in FLOOPS-ISE

3D Mixed-Mode Full Chip Simulation of Substrate Currents in an H-Bridge

3D Full Chip Simulation of Substrate Potential Distribution

Guard Ring Termination

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CMOS Image Sensors

Standard CMOS Image Sensor Applications

CMOS Image Sensor: Hynix Semiconductors

SEM picture of a cross-section through microlenses

H.S. Oh, et al., AP-ASIC 2000

2D EMLAB Simulation of optical cross-talk

3D EMLAB Simulation of carrier generation in a CMOS image sensor

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Light Emitting Diodes

Ray Trace portraitOptical intensity

Emission power angular distribution

Spontaneous emission in quantum wells or bulk regions is considered as radiation

source

“Far-field” is represented as output intensity projected to the sphere

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Edge-Emitting Lasers

Electromagnetic wave radiation towards the higher refractive index GaAs cap/substrate

GaAs cap

GaAssubstrate

Current confinement by AlGaP current blocking regions (in blue)

DESSIS-Laser: Edge-Emitting Lasers with Controlled Leakage

Higher order mode experiences considerably higher radiation loss

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Vertical-Cavity Surface Emitting Laser

• DESSIS-Laser: Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)

• Finite-element typefull-vectorial optical mode solver

• Rigorous simulation of diffraction loss and radiating waves

• Simulation includes spatial hole burning and thermal lensing

Oxide ConfinementBragg Mirrors

Active Region

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TCAD for Manufacturing

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Expand TCAD to Manufacturing

ProcessModule

Development

Process Integration

NewProduct

Introduction

ProductionRamp

Volume Manufacturing

Traditional TCAD

Expanding the use of TCAD to manufacturing is evolutionary.

TCAD For Manufacturing

Technology Introduction Sequence

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Systematic Yield and TCAD

Many new products have lifetimes of 8 months or less.If a specific IC/SOC design exhibits highly variable yield, attributable to systematic causes.TCAD can identify certain root causes that are otherwise difficult to find in low volume products.Corner Simulations: Find worst-case scenarios of process, temperature and supply voltage variations.Response Surface Modeling:

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Technology Node nmP

rodu

ct Y

ield

Defect-limited yieldSystematic-limited yield

Process-DesignGap

700 500 350 250 180 130 90 65 45 32

Defect-limited yield

Ref: C.N. Berglund et al., Optical Microlithography XVI, 2003, p. 457

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Yield Analysis for a CMOS Image Sensor

1 Line = 1 Simulation Experiment

Statistical Analysis:Histogram shows variable mapping

Tolerance & specification range allows Yield calculation

Yellow range: experiments meet specifications.

Yield = 81%

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MESRecipe Libraries/RMS

SpecificationsMeasurements

TCAD MES

Production Equipment

TCAD ProcessFlow (SPR)

TCAD Recipes(SPR)

ISE TCAD

Download and Translate

Fab Link™

Download and Translate

Process Flow

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ISE TCAD: Future

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Cluster and Grid Computing

In 2003, ISE invested in a Linux-based cluster computer for use by Calibration & Services.Currently, ISE has 42 Intel Xeon processors (21 nodes, one master), 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM per node.They are easily extendable by plugging additional nodes into the rack.Operates under Red Hat Linux.Sun ONE Grid Engine is used for job scheduling.Web-based access to load statistics is through the Ganglia toolkit.

Rack view of MATRIX cluster

Year

Perf

orm

ance

/Pric

e [a

.u.]

1

10

100

1000

10000

100000

1000000

1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004

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Process Model Hierarchy

Continuum approximation• Analytic implantation• Programmable PDE solver (Alagator)

Atomistic implantation• Monte Carlo implantation• Crystal-TRIM

Atomistic diffusion• Kinetic Monte Carlo

First principle / Ab initio• Molecular dynamics• VASP (Vienna Ab Initio Simulation Package)

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AtomISE™

Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulation

● Arsenic atoms

● Interstitials

● Arsenic complexes

● Vacancies

1 keV As implantation 1014 cm-2, 5 s at 700oC.

KMC and FLOOPS-ISE are compatible

E. Alonso (ETH Zurich)

Polysilicon

Silicon

14 n

m

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Self-Interstitial Diffusion in SiliconAb Initio Calculation of Diffusion Coefficient

Raw data produced by VASP: Thermal motion of silicon atoms.

Distance from lattice (gray): Red balls are near the lattice site, and the blue and green balls are farther away.

B. Sahli ETH Zurich, TOP NANO 21 (KTI Project)

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Arsenic Activation and DeactivationFirst-Principle Calculations Provide Strong Evidence That Dopant-Vacancy (As-V)

Clustering Is Responsible for Arsenic Deactivation

The first acceptor state constitutes a bond between the Si atoms (blue) adjacent to the vacancy (center). Arsenic is red.

Donor state

C. Müller ETH Zurich: TOP NANO 21 (KTI Project)Physical Review B 68, 045208 (2003)

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Device Model Hierarchy

Continuum approximation• Drift-diffusion• Hydrodynamic

Quantum models• Van Dort• Density gradient, Schrödinger• Tunneling

Atomistic modeling• Monte Carlo transport models

Single electron simulation• SIMNAD

direct resonant

kx

kykz

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Five Quantum EffectsSource-to-drain tunneling

Band-to-band tunneling

Band-gap narrowing Gate tunnelingQuantization effects• Quantum VT shift• QM mobility

A. Schenk, ETH Zurich

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Source-Drain Tunneling as Function of Lg in QDD

3 nm5 nm7 nm

10 nm14 nm20 nm

A. Schenk, ETH Zurich

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Quantum Transport

SIMNAD charge density on DESSIS mesh.

Quantum Dot Flash RAM

Kohn–Sham orbitals of quantum dot.

F. Heinz ETH Zurich: NANOTCAD (supported by EU and Swiss Federal Office for Education and Science).

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Lithography Simulation 1

LithographyExtremely crucial for tight dimensional controlCentral and crucial step in parametric yieldOPC and PSM

150 nm

Layout

Simulation

Lithography Structure from Solid-C (Sigma-C, FhG) in DEVISE

OPC

Original

Evaluation/Status

For geometric construction, footprint may besufficient; for physical simulation, full resist shape needed

Resolution of fine details in uniform cell-based mesh can be an issue

Cell-based output needs considerable simplification

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Lithography Simulation 2

The lithography simulation tool Solid-C is integrated through LIGAMENT.

DEVISE generates the 3-D structure which is supplied to Solid-C along with the layout information for lithography simulation.

Solid-C generates the resist pattern using a cell-based approach.

The structure is output and imported back in DEVISE.

Decimation/smoothening tools (YAMS, Smooth3D) are required to allow further geometric operations on the structure.

Lithography simulation in Solid-C on a 3-D DEVISE structure and subsequent etch step using ANETCH

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Back-end Simulation (MULSIC) 1

IST Project 2000-30133 MULSIC with FhG-IISB, TU Vienna, ISEProcess simulation software modules from FhG, integrated into ISE TCAD: GENESISe, LIGAMENT, DEVISE

DepositionPECVD (plasma-enhanced chemical vapor

deposition) for dielectric depositionIPVD (ionized physical vapor deposition) for barrier

layerElectroplating: superconformal vapor deposition: for

trench and via filling

Lithography: Solid-COnly integration as part of MULSIC

EtchingDielectric etching

Planarization (CMP)Dielectric planarizationCopper planarization

Focusing on dual-damascene process

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Back-end Simulation (MULSIC) 2

Temperature and current density distribution computed using STAP from TU Vienna

Electric field distribution (top) and vacancy concentration in interconnect structure with barrier

layer

In MULSIC, TU Vienna concentrates on thermo-electro-mechanical simulation of interconnects as well as on the simulation of electromigration and electromigrationpromoting factors

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Optoelectronics Outlook

Temperature: 305 K

Gai

n [c

m-1

]

Wavelength [nm]

Blue: MeasurementRed: Simulation

Longitudinal Axis

Laser Beam

L. Schneider, Ph.D. Thesis ETH Zurich,presented at NUSOD-03 Conference. M. Luisier, Ph.D. Thesis ETH Zurich.

Full 3D Edge-Emitting Laser SimulationExample: Ridge Waveguide Multisection

Sampled-Grating DFB

State-of-the-Art Active Region Models:• k·p band structure• Many-body gain

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ESD

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Introduction

Charged objects discharge to IC pins • With very high currents (up to 10 or more A) • With rather short discharge duration (1ns to 200ns)

Electro static discharge is a major threat for integrated circuits reliability: • Approximately 25% of total IC failures due to ESD• During manufacturing, assembly, shipment, and in the field

Typical ESD models for test & specification:• Human Body Model (HBM)• Machine Model (MM)• Charged Device Model (CDM)

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ESDEM Research Project

ESPRIT research project:

ESD Design Methodology

Project with partners• Robert Bosch GmbH• IZM-FhG• STMicroelectronics• University of Bologna• ETHZ• IMEC• ISE AG

Focus on• Development and validation of TCAD-

based ESD design methodology• Development and calibration of high-

temperature models• ESD compact models

www.iis.ee.ethz.ch/nwp/esdem/

Device simulation of a bipolar protection element with lateral and vertical operation modes. The resulting current distribution is shown.

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DEMAND Research Project

IST-2000-30033 DEMAND:

Design Methodology for Enhanced Device Robustness

Partners• Infineon Technologies• University of Bologna• TU Vienna• ETH Zurich• ISE AG

Focus• consistent methodology for designing

robust devices • New optical and electrical

characterization techniques at high temperatures

• physical models for device simulation in the temperature range above 700K under high current conditions

Probing Beam

n- epip- doping

p+n+

n+ buried layer

p- substrate

Simplified cross section of a electrostatic discharge protection device. The Position of the probing laser beam with a spot size of 1.5µm is indicated.

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DESSIS: ESD Focused Features

Advanced Models for CMOS • Transport models: Drift-Diffusion, Energy-Balance• Quantization models: VanDort quantum correction, density gradient

Thermo-electrical effects• Self-heating mechanisms and heat flows

Mixed-Mode• Electrical test circuit• Package equivalent thermal network

Impact Ionization• High-temperature calibrated models (University of Bologna)

Band-to-band tunneling• Non-local tunneling, phonon-assisted Schenk model

Hot Carrier Injection• Fowler-Nordheim tunneling• Degradation model at Si/SiO2 interface

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ESD Dynamics

Self-heating

Snapback

Tunneling and breakdownLeakage

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Example : ggnMOS Breakdown

Snapback characteristic Hole Current at Id=0.01A/µm

Parasitic bipolar device is triggered

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Example : ggnMOS Breakdown

Lattice temperature at Id=0.1A/µm and Id=0.9A/µm

Parasitic bipolar saturates with device self-heating

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FLOOPS: Advantages for ESD

Most advanced diffusion models for accurate process simulation resultsStress dependant oxidation providing more realistic geometry description Proven/effective auto-adaptive mesh generation• 2D delaunay meshes• Mesh refines and de-refines during structure

formation• Dynamic meshing no hard-coded limit on mesh size

VLSI/DSM calibration

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DESSIS: Advantages for ESD

Most advanced physical modelsRobustness with thermodynamic and hydrodynamic models• Transient and static analysis• Rock solid convergence even for extremely difficult simulation

(breakdown, hydro and non-local tunneling)Electrical and thermal circuitsHigh-efficiency linear solvers2D – true 3D simulator • Consistent models and syntax extended

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Conclusion

ESD problems are complex and difficult to comprehend –TCAD is an ideal tool for device analysis and optimizationESD simulations are the ultimate performance test for TCAD applicationsSimulations “copy” the actual stress experiments (HBM, CDM, TLP)ESD TCAD is in daily use in industry

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Hot Carrier Effects

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Velocity Profiles along the Channel

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Hydro vs. Monte Carlo

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Flash Memory

Process Emulation

Mesh of Flash Cells Simulation of Erasing

Simulation of Programming

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Degradation

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Introduction

Device degradation due to:• Trapping of injected charges• Trap generation• Oxide break down• Hot carrier effects• Ion Drift• Interdiffusion of metals• Stress migration• Mechanical effects

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Introduction

Important factor in CMOS Device degradation:Time depended trap generation at the Si/SiO2 interface

Processing:~ 1012cm-2 dangling Si bonds at the interfacePassivation with hydrogen

Device operation:Hot carrier break Si-H bond → new dangling bond acts as interface trap

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• Passivation with Deuterium

• Passivation with Hydrogen

• Hot Carrier Depassivation

Generalized Hess Model

HHSiHSi 2 +−≡→+−≡

HDDSiDHSi 2 +−≡→+−≡

H*SicarriershotHSi +≡→+−≡

Electro-Chemistry of Silicon Interface Bond Passivation and Break-Up

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DESSIS Trap Formation Model

First-order kinetic equations for hydrogen on Si-H bonds at the Si/SiO2 interface

where• Unbroken Si-H bond conc.: n• Total Si-H bond concentration: N• Depassivation rate: k• Repassivation rate: γ

New model field dependent activation energy model :Penzin, Hess et at. IEEE T-ED 50, p. 1445 (2003)

( )nNnkdtdn

−+⋅−= γ

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Model Parameters

Depassivation rate depends on:Hot carrier current through oxideFowler-Nordheim current through oxideSi-H bond activation energy

Activation energy depends onElectric fieldConcentration of released hydrogen

Repassivation rateComputed automatically to ensure thermal equilibrium conditionsAlso user definable

“Hot Carrier Enhancement”

“Field Enhancement”

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Self-Consistent Transport

Trap Concentration

Electric Field

Carrier Transport

Hot Carrier Injection

Fowler-NordheimInjection

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User Accessible Parameters

Depassivation and Repassivation rates Enhancement factors for depassivation rate• Electric field dependency• Fowler-Nordheim current dependency• Hot carriers current dependency• Passivation Temperature and volume

Activation energyCorrection factors for activation energy• Electric field dependency• Si-H chemical potential dependency

Total concentration of Si-H bonds

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Degradation: Experimental Data

Experimental stress conditions:1. Vgs= -9V Vds=Vbs=02. Vgs= 12V Vbs=0 D&S floating3. Vgs= 1V Vbs=-11V, Vds=04. Vds= 5.5V Vgs=2.5V, Vbs=0

Experimental results cannot be described without new field enhancement model

0.35 µm CMOS Technology with Tox = 65 Å

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Degradation: Generalized Hess Model

HHSi2HSi +−≡→+−≡

HDDSiDHSi 2 +−≡→+−≡

H*SicarriershotHSi +≡→+−≡

Kinetic Equation for Si-H Bonds( )nNnkdtdn −−⋅= γ/

( ) HBA kTkkk /exp0 ε−=

( )

−−

⋅⋅+++= ⊥⊥0

ρ0 lnFβ1FδnNnNTkBAA εε

HCρHCHCH Iδk += 1

HC Enhanced

Field Enhanced

Passivation & HC Degradation by HessSimulation vs. experiment

Oleg Penzin, A. Haggag, W. McMahon, Eugeny Lyumkis, and K. Hess. MOSFET Degradation Kinetics and Its Simulation.

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 50(6), June 2003.

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Degradation: Interface Trap Formation

Trap Distribution along the Channel for Different Stress Conditions:

• Vgs= -9V Vss=Vds=Vbs=0• Vgs= 12V Vbs=0 D&S floating• Vgs= 1V Vbs=-11V, Vss=Vds=0• Vds= 5.5V Vgs=2.5V, Vss=Vbs=0

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Prediction of Device Reliability

Device life time τDDevice operation time until a critical average trap concentration is formed (Ncrit = 1011cm-2)

Methods for extraction:1. Direct simulation of stressed device for 30 years2. Extrapolation from accelerated stress experiments

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Extrapolation Procedure

1. Perform transient simulation of stressed deviceand extract• Effective depassivation rate kstress

• Device life time τstress2. Perform steady state simulation for normal operation

and extract• Effective depassivation rate k

3. Compute

stressstress

D kk ττ =

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Direct Simulation for 30 Years vs. Extrapolation

30 years

Simulation of Device Lifetime

• High stress conditions: both methods agree

• Low stress conditions: extrapolation grossly underestimates lifetime

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Pros and Cons

Extrapolation Method

• Fast, single simulation for τD vs. bias curve• Underestimates lifetime (no repassivation)

good getting a lower bound quickly

Direct Method• Long simulation times for each bias point• Accurate physics including repassivation

accurate values for low stress conditions

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Conclusion

DESSIS features a unique degradation model• Rich and physical parameterization• Good agreement with experimental data

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Radiation

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2D and 3D transient simulation of Single Event Upsets by:• Alpha particles• Heavy Ions• Neutrons – Multi-trajectories of secondary ions

Applications:• 3D full cell SRAM Single Event Upset• 3D CMOS Inverter Latch-Up• 3D multi-trajectory of secondary particles from Neutron

radiation

Radiation – Single Event Upsets

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Heavy Ion: 3D SRAM Cell Upset

3D SRAM structure Node voltage response for 2 heavy ion energies

• The ion strikes into the drain of the off-nMOS• SRAM cell flips at high incident particle energy

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Heavy Ion: SOI SRAM Cell Upset

SEU can be modeled using a mixed-modeapproach including part of the system as Spice elements

Deposited 3D charge profile Voltage response for various ion energies

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Heavy Ion: CMOS Inverter Latch-Up

CMOS inverter structure

Because of parasitic bipolar effects in CMOS structure, the device latches up when the incident particle energy is high enough

Current response for 2 LETs

Ion impact on CMOS structure

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Neutron Radiation

Contact N

Contact P

Induced electron density in 3D diode with two ion-trajectories

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Neutron Radiation, Multi-tracks of Secondary Particles

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3.8E+161.4E+145.5E+112.1E+098.0E+063.0E+04

Alpha Particle

Heavy Ion

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Radiation – Total Dose Effects

Charge trap models:• VMODEL• JMODEL

Developed in cooperation with CEA, FranceModel parameters calibrated by CEATransport in insulators• Oxide as semiconductor• Spatial trap distribution

Charge capture in insulator

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Total Dose Effect - SOI NMOS Transistor

100krad 500krad

Space Charge Distribution after irradiation

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Total Dose Effect - SOI NMOS Transistor

100krad 500krad

Electron Current Density Distribution

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SOI NMOS Transistor

Ids versus Vgs (Vds = 3.3V) – After Irradiation

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SOI NMOS Transistor

Trapped holes versus time (Vds = 3.3V) – After Irradiation

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Total Dose Effect: SOI nMOSFET

SOI nMOS transistor structure

The leakage current increases with the dose and drain bias showing electric field dependence

Drain current vs. irradiation time

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Total Dose Effect: 3D SOI nMOSFET

Expected trapped hole profile in the buried oxide and induced back-channel are observed in 3D

Trapped Hole and Electron Current Distributions in 3D SOI nMOS after 300kRad Irradiation

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Total Dose Effect: LOCOS Isolation

Noffset meshing resolves the interface of non-planar isolation and accurately captures trapping dependence on polarization

Trapped Hole Distribution in Irradiated LOCOS for Different Gate Voltages

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Total Dose Effect: 3D nMOS w/ LOCOS

Noffset3D, normal offsetting mesh, creates fine grid along the interfaces where traps are located

Noffset meshing of 3D MOS with LOCOS

Trapped hole density after 10kRad irradiation

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Total Dose Effect – Simple CMOS Inverter

Leakage current in CMOS structure appears close to the thick oxide and leads to failure of the device functionality

Transient evolution of the leakage current during irradiation

Electron current density distribution for 200kRad, Vgs=3V

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