Model of NBTI combined with mobility degradation

Xuezhong Wu; Chenyue Ma; Shucheng Gao; Xiangbin Li; Fu Sun; Lining Zhang; Xinnan Lin

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/39/12/124015

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Model of NBTI combined with mobility degradation

Xuezhong Wu¹, Chenyue Ma¹, Shucheng Gao¹, Xiangbin Li¹, Fu Sun¹, Lining Zhang^2, and Xinnan Lin^1,

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Corresponding author: Lining Zhang, Email: lnzhang@ieee.org; Xinnan Lin, Email: xnlin@pkusz.edu.cn

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/12/124015

Abstract: The mobility degradation induced by negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) is usually ignored in traditional NBTI modeling and simulation, resulting in overestimation of the circuit lifetime, especially after long-term operation. In this paper, the mobility degradation is modeled in combination with the universal NBTI model. The coulomb scattering induced by interface states is revealed to be the dominant component responsible for mobility degradation. The proposed mobility degradation model fits the measured data well and provides an accurate solution for evaluating coupling of NBTI with HCI (hot carrier injection) and SHE (self-heating effect), which indicates that mobility degradation should be considered in long-term circuit aging simulation.

Key words: NBTI, mobility degradation, aging simulation algorithm, hot carrier injection, self-heating effect, coupling

References

[1]	Islam A E, Kufluoglu H, Varghese D, et al. Recent issues in negative-bias temperature instability: initial degradation, field dependence of interface trap generation, hole trapping effects, and relaxation. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2007, 54(9): 2143 doi: 10.1109/TED.2007.902883
[2]	Grasser T, Reisinger H, Wagner P, et al. Time-dependent defect spectroscopy for characterization of border traps in metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors. Phys Rev B, 2010, 82(24): 1771
[3]	Huard V, Denais M, Parthasarathy C. NBTI degradation: From physical mechanisms to modelling. Microelectron Relia, 2006, 46(1): 1 doi: 10.1016/j.microrel.2005.02.001
[4]	Mahapatra S, Alam M A. Defect generation in p-MOSFETs under negative-bias stress: an experimental perspective. IEEE Trans Device Mater Reliab, 2008, 8(1): 35 doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2007.912261
[5]	Tu R H, Rosenbaum E, Chan W Y, et al. Berkeley reliability tools-BERT. IEEE Trans Comput-Aided Des Integr Circuits Syst, 1993, 12(10): 1524 doi: 10.1109/43.256927
[6]	Bogdan, Tudor, Joddy, et al. MOSRA: An efficient and versatile MOS aging modeling and reliability analysis solution for 45nm and below. IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 2010: 1645
[7]	Ma C, Li X, Sun F, et al. Investigation of the NBTI induced mobility degradation for precise circuit aging simulation. IEEE Nanoelectronics Conference, 2016: 1
[8]	Zhang L N, Ma C Y, Chan M S. Reliability-aware device compact, modeling and implications on circuit aging simulations. Workshop on Compact Modeling (WCM), Washington D.C., USA, 2016
[9]	Semenov O, Vassighi A, Sachdev M. Impact of self-heating effect on long-term reliability and performance degradation in CMOS circuits. IEEE Trans Device Mater Reliab, 2006, 6(1): 17 doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2006.870340
[10]	Grasser T, Kaczer B. Evidence that two tightly coupled mechanisms are responsible for negative bias temperature instability in oxynitride MOSFETs. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2009, 56(5): 1056 doi: 10.1109/TED.2009.2015160
[11]	Ma C. Universal NBTI compact model for circuit aging simulation under any stress conditions. IEEE Trans Device Mater Reliab, 2014, 14(3): 818 doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2014.2322673
[12]	Ma C, Zhang L, Lin X, et al. Universal framework for temperature dependence prediction of the negative bias temperature instability based on microscope pictures. Jpn J Appl Phys, 2016, 55(4): 044201 doi: 10.7567/JJAP.55.044201
[13]	Takagi S, Toriumi A, Iwase M, et al. On the universality of inversion layer mobility in Si MOSFET's: Part I-effects of substrate impurity concentration. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2002, 41(12): 2357
[14]	Cheng B, Woo J. A temperature-dependent MOSFET inversion layer carrier mobility model for device and circuit simulation. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2002, 44(2): 343
[15]	Villa S, Lacaita A L, Perron L M, et al. A physically-based model of the effective mobility in heavily-doped n-MOSFETs. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 1998, 45(1): 110 doi: 10.1109/16.658819
[16]	Islam A E, Maheta V D, Das H, et al. Mobility degradation due to interface traps in plasma oxynitride PMOS devices. Reliability Physics Symposium, 2008: 87
[17]	Fukuda K, Masubuchi S, Masubuchi K. A physical and SPICE mobility degradation analysis for NBTI. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2013, 60(7): 2096 doi: 10.1109/TED.2013.2259493
[18]	Song M, Macwilliams K P, Woo J C S. Comparison of NMOS and PMOS hot carrier effects from 300 to 77 K. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 1997, 44(2): 268 doi: 10.1109/16.557714
[19]	Doyle B S, Mistry K R. A lifetime prediction method for hot-carrier degradation in surface-channel p-MOS devices. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 1990, 37(5): 1301 doi: 10.1109/16.108192
[20]	Ma C, Mattausch H J, Miyake M, et al. Compact reliability model for degradation of advanced p-MOSFETs due to NBTI and hot-carrier effects in the circuit simulation. IEEE Reliability Physics Symposium, 2013: 2A.3.1
[21]	Li X, Ma C, Zhang L, et al. Dynamic NBTI simulation coupling with self-heating effect in SOI MOSFETs. IEEE Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, 2016

Fig. 1. (Color online) Mechanisms of NBTI degradation, including oxide hole-trapping and interface state generation.

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Fig. 2. (Color online) Flat band voltage shift and ON-state current degradation with stress bias V_{g_str} = −2.6 V, and stress time of 100 and 1000 s.

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Fig. 3. (Color online) Time evolution of mobility degradation reproduced based on the universal NBTI model.

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Fig. 4. The flowchart of NBTI and HCI coupling simulation. NBTI induced mobility degradation impacts the ON-state current, thus the HCI degradation.

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Fig. 5. (Color online) NBTI induced mobility degradation reduces ON-state current and ΔV_th in dynamic NBTI and HCI coupling simulation. (a) Stress waveform. (b) ON-state current. (c) ΔV_th induced by NBTI only. (d) ΔV_th induced by coupling of NBTI and HCI.

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Fig. 6. The thermal network modeling the self-heating effect.

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Fig. 7. The flowchart of NBTI and SHE coupling simulation.

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Fig. 8. (Color online) Coupling simulation of NBTI and SHE. Lacing of NBTI induced mobility degradation induces (a) 37% overestimation of ΔV_th and (b) 29 K overestimation of temperature increment.

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Fig. 9. (Color online) Coupling simulation of NBTI and SHE in drain voltage and gate voltage.

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[1]	Islam A E, Kufluoglu H, Varghese D, et al. Recent issues in negative-bias temperature instability: initial degradation, field dependence of interface trap generation, hole trapping effects, and relaxation. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2007, 54(9): 2143 doi: 10.1109/TED.2007.902883
[2]	Grasser T, Reisinger H, Wagner P, et al. Time-dependent defect spectroscopy for characterization of border traps in metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors. Phys Rev B, 2010, 82(24): 1771
[3]	Huard V, Denais M, Parthasarathy C. NBTI degradation: From physical mechanisms to modelling. Microelectron Relia, 2006, 46(1): 1 doi: 10.1016/j.microrel.2005.02.001
[4]	Mahapatra S, Alam M A. Defect generation in p-MOSFETs under negative-bias stress: an experimental perspective. IEEE Trans Device Mater Reliab, 2008, 8(1): 35 doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2007.912261
[5]	Tu R H, Rosenbaum E, Chan W Y, et al. Berkeley reliability tools-BERT. IEEE Trans Comput-Aided Des Integr Circuits Syst, 1993, 12(10): 1524 doi: 10.1109/43.256927
[6]	Bogdan, Tudor, Joddy, et al. MOSRA: An efficient and versatile MOS aging modeling and reliability analysis solution for 45nm and below. IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 2010: 1645
[7]	Ma C, Li X, Sun F, et al. Investigation of the NBTI induced mobility degradation for precise circuit aging simulation. IEEE Nanoelectronics Conference, 2016: 1
[8]	Zhang L N, Ma C Y, Chan M S. Reliability-aware device compact, modeling and implications on circuit aging simulations. Workshop on Compact Modeling (WCM), Washington D.C., USA, 2016
[9]	Semenov O, Vassighi A, Sachdev M. Impact of self-heating effect on long-term reliability and performance degradation in CMOS circuits. IEEE Trans Device Mater Reliab, 2006, 6(1): 17 doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2006.870340
[10]	Grasser T, Kaczer B. Evidence that two tightly coupled mechanisms are responsible for negative bias temperature instability in oxynitride MOSFETs. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2009, 56(5): 1056 doi: 10.1109/TED.2009.2015160
[11]	Ma C. Universal NBTI compact model for circuit aging simulation under any stress conditions. IEEE Trans Device Mater Reliab, 2014, 14(3): 818 doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2014.2322673
[12]	Ma C, Zhang L, Lin X, et al. Universal framework for temperature dependence prediction of the negative bias temperature instability based on microscope pictures. Jpn J Appl Phys, 2016, 55(4): 044201 doi: 10.7567/JJAP.55.044201
[13]	Takagi S, Toriumi A, Iwase M, et al. On the universality of inversion layer mobility in Si MOSFET's: Part I-effects of substrate impurity concentration. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2002, 41(12): 2357
[14]	Cheng B, Woo J. A temperature-dependent MOSFET inversion layer carrier mobility model for device and circuit simulation. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2002, 44(2): 343
[15]	Villa S, Lacaita A L, Perron L M, et al. A physically-based model of the effective mobility in heavily-doped n-MOSFETs. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 1998, 45(1): 110 doi: 10.1109/16.658819
[16]	Islam A E, Maheta V D, Das H, et al. Mobility degradation due to interface traps in plasma oxynitride PMOS devices. Reliability Physics Symposium, 2008: 87
[17]	Fukuda K, Masubuchi S, Masubuchi K. A physical and SPICE mobility degradation analysis for NBTI. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2013, 60(7): 2096 doi: 10.1109/TED.2013.2259493
[18]	Song M, Macwilliams K P, Woo J C S. Comparison of NMOS and PMOS hot carrier effects from 300 to 77 K. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 1997, 44(2): 268 doi: 10.1109/16.557714
[19]	Doyle B S, Mistry K R. A lifetime prediction method for hot-carrier degradation in surface-channel p-MOS devices. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 1990, 37(5): 1301 doi: 10.1109/16.108192
[20]	Ma C, Mattausch H J, Miyake M, et al. Compact reliability model for degradation of advanced p-MOSFETs due to NBTI and hot-carrier effects in the circuit simulation. IEEE Reliability Physics Symposium, 2013: 2A.3.1
[21]	Li X, Ma C, Zhang L, et al. Dynamic NBTI simulation coupling with self-heating effect in SOI MOSFETs. IEEE Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, 2016

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Xuezhong Wu, Chenyue Ma, Shucheng Gao, Xiangbin Li, Fu Sun, Lining Zhang, Xinnan Lin. Model of NBTI combined with mobility degradation[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2018, 39(12): 124015. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/12/124015 ****X Z Wu, C Y Ma, S C Gao, X B Li, F Sun, L N Zhang, X N Lin, Model of NBTI combined with mobility degradation[J]. J. Semicond., 2018, 39(12): 124015. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/12/124015.

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Xuezhong Wu, Chenyue Ma, Shucheng Gao, Xiangbin Li, Fu Sun, Lining Zhang, Xinnan Lin. Model of NBTI combined with mobility degradation[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2018, 39(12): 124015. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/12/124015 ****

X Z Wu, C Y Ma, S C Gao, X B Li, F Sun, L N Zhang, X N Lin, Model of NBTI combined with mobility degradation[J]. J. Semicond., 2018, 39(12): 124015. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/12/124015.

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X Z Wu, C Y Ma, S C Gao, X B Li, F Sun, L N Zhang, X N Lin, Model of NBTI combined with mobility degradation[J]. J. Semicond., 2018, 39(12): 124015. doi: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/12/124015.

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Model of NBTI combined with mobility degradation

DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/39/12/124015

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The Shenzhen Key Lab of Advanced Electron Device and Integration, ECE, PKUSZ, Shenzhen 518060, China
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College of Electronic Science and Technology, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

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Project supported by the Shenzhen Science and Technology Project (Nos. ZDSYS201703031405137, JCYJ20170810163407761, (JCYJ20170818114156474), the PhD Start-up Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (No. 2015A030310499), and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project (No. 2015T80023).

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Corresponding author: Email: lnzhang@ieee.org; Email: xnlin@pkusz.edu.cn
Received Date: 2018-02-21
Revised Date: 2018-09-24
Published Date: 2018-12-01

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The mobility degradation induced by negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) is usually ignored in traditional NBTI modeling and simulation, resulting in overestimation of the circuit lifetime, especially after long-term operation. In this paper, the mobility degradation is modeled in combination with the universal NBTI model. The coulomb scattering induced by interface states is revealed to be the dominant component responsible for mobility degradation. The proposed mobility degradation model fits the measured data well and provides an accurate solution for evaluating coupling of NBTI with HCI (hot carrier injection) and SHE (self-heating effect), which indicates that mobility degradation should be considered in long-term circuit aging simulation.
- NBTI,
- mobility degradation,
- aging simulation algorithm,
- hot carrier injection,
- self-heating effect,
- coupling

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[1]	Islam A E, Kufluoglu H, Varghese D, et al. Recent issues in negative-bias temperature instability: initial degradation, field dependence of interface trap generation, hole trapping effects, and relaxation. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2007, 54(9): 2143 doi: 10.1109/TED.2007.902883
[2]	Grasser T, Reisinger H, Wagner P, et al. Time-dependent defect spectroscopy for characterization of border traps in metal-oxide-semiconductor transistors. Phys Rev B, 2010, 82(24): 1771
[3]	Huard V, Denais M, Parthasarathy C. NBTI degradation: From physical mechanisms to modelling. Microelectron Relia, 2006, 46(1): 1 doi: 10.1016/j.microrel.2005.02.001
[4]	Mahapatra S, Alam M A. Defect generation in p-MOSFETs under negative-bias stress: an experimental perspective. IEEE Trans Device Mater Reliab, 2008, 8(1): 35 doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2007.912261
[5]	Tu R H, Rosenbaum E, Chan W Y, et al. Berkeley reliability tools-BERT. IEEE Trans Comput-Aided Des Integr Circuits Syst, 1993, 12(10): 1524 doi: 10.1109/43.256927
[6]	Bogdan, Tudor, Joddy, et al. MOSRA: An efficient and versatile MOS aging modeling and reliability analysis solution for 45nm and below. IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 2010: 1645
[7]	Ma C, Li X, Sun F, et al. Investigation of the NBTI induced mobility degradation for precise circuit aging simulation. IEEE Nanoelectronics Conference, 2016: 1
[8]	Zhang L N, Ma C Y, Chan M S. Reliability-aware device compact, modeling and implications on circuit aging simulations. Workshop on Compact Modeling (WCM), Washington D.C., USA, 2016
[9]	Semenov O, Vassighi A, Sachdev M. Impact of self-heating effect on long-term reliability and performance degradation in CMOS circuits. IEEE Trans Device Mater Reliab, 2006, 6(1): 17 doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2006.870340
[10]	Grasser T, Kaczer B. Evidence that two tightly coupled mechanisms are responsible for negative bias temperature instability in oxynitride MOSFETs. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2009, 56(5): 1056 doi: 10.1109/TED.2009.2015160
[11]	Ma C. Universal NBTI compact model for circuit aging simulation under any stress conditions. IEEE Trans Device Mater Reliab, 2014, 14(3): 818 doi: 10.1109/TDMR.2014.2322673
[12]	Ma C, Zhang L, Lin X, et al. Universal framework for temperature dependence prediction of the negative bias temperature instability based on microscope pictures. Jpn J Appl Phys, 2016, 55(4): 044201 doi: 10.7567/JJAP.55.044201
[13]	Takagi S, Toriumi A, Iwase M, et al. On the universality of inversion layer mobility in Si MOSFET's: Part I-effects of substrate impurity concentration. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2002, 41(12): 2357
[14]	Cheng B, Woo J. A temperature-dependent MOSFET inversion layer carrier mobility model for device and circuit simulation. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2002, 44(2): 343
[15]	Villa S, Lacaita A L, Perron L M, et al. A physically-based model of the effective mobility in heavily-doped n-MOSFETs. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 1998, 45(1): 110 doi: 10.1109/16.658819
[16]	Islam A E, Maheta V D, Das H, et al. Mobility degradation due to interface traps in plasma oxynitride PMOS devices. Reliability Physics Symposium, 2008: 87
[17]	Fukuda K, Masubuchi S, Masubuchi K. A physical and SPICE mobility degradation analysis for NBTI. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 2013, 60(7): 2096 doi: 10.1109/TED.2013.2259493
[18]	Song M, Macwilliams K P, Woo J C S. Comparison of NMOS and PMOS hot carrier effects from 300 to 77 K. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 1997, 44(2): 268 doi: 10.1109/16.557714
[19]	Doyle B S, Mistry K R. A lifetime prediction method for hot-carrier degradation in surface-channel p-MOS devices. IEEE Trans Electron Devices, 1990, 37(5): 1301 doi: 10.1109/16.108192
[20]	Ma C, Mattausch H J, Miyake M, et al. Compact reliability model for degradation of advanced p-MOSFETs due to NBTI and hot-carrier effects in the circuit simulation. IEEE Reliability Physics Symposium, 2013: 2A.3.1
[21]	Li X, Ma C, Zhang L, et al. Dynamic NBTI simulation coupling with self-heating effect in SOI MOSFETs. IEEE Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, 2016

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