A. Spessot, M. Aoulaiche, M. Cho, J. Franco, T. Schram, R. Ritzenthaler, B. Kaczer
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Abstract
In this work we have investigated the impact of Off State Stress (OSS) on nMOSFETs in High-K/Metal Gate (HKMG) technology. Although in standard poly-SiO2/SiON devices the impact of OSS is relatively limited and causes an increase in VTH, in the case of HKMG larger degradation is observed, with negative VTH shift. A significant increase of the device Off state leakage is observed, causing a serious issue for high voltage and low power oriented circuits.