Abstract
A thorough investigation of hot carrier effects is made in mesa-isolated SOI nMOSFETs operating in the Bi-MOS mode (abbreviated as Bi-nMOSFETs). As a result of its unique hybrid operation mechanism, significant reduction of hot carrier induced maximum transconductance degradation and threshold voltage shift in the Bi-nMOSFET is observed in comparison with that in the conventional SOI nMOSFETs. Device lifetime of SOI Bi-nMOSFETs and conventional SOI nMOSFETs was roughly estimated for comparison. In view of the analysis of the degradation mechanism, the devices were stressed under different conditions. The post-stress body current and stress body current in Bi-nMOSFETs as a function of the stress time and stress drain voltage were evaluated as further proofs of the aging reasons. The hot electron injection is found to be the dominant degradation process in the SOI Bi-nMOSFETs. Compared with SOI nMOSFETs, SOI Bi-nMOSFETs show better immunity to the parasitic bipolar transistor action due to the body contact. In addition, the positive body bias can result in lowered hot hole injection into the gate oxide due to the provision of the generated hole leakage path, and thus decreased interface traps.
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