US 11,537,768 B2Granted

Method for aging simulation model establishment

AssigneeNanya Technology Corporation

InventorJei-Cheng Huang

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Abstract

A method for aging simulation model establishment includes following operations. Provide a planar p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (pMOSFET) having a source and a drain. Measure a first reliability degradation data of the pMOSFET. Select a model for the pMOSFET with modeling parameters related to hot carrier induced punch-through (HEIP). The modeling parameters comprise hot carrier injection (HCI) parameters used to fix a simulated current relation between the source and the drain. Construct the modeling parameters by aging parameters multiplied corresponding flags. Perform a simulation of the pMOSFET with the model to have a second reliability degradation data. Update the aging parameters and re-performing the simulation if the first reliability degradation data and second reliability degradation data are not matched. Collect the aging parameters when the first reliability degradation data and the second reliability degradation data are matched to establish the aging simulation model for the pMOSFET.

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A method for aging simulation model establishment in semiconductor integrated circuit, comprising:

providing a planar p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (pMOSFET) having a source and a drain;
measuring a current from the source to the drain of the pMOSFET to serve as a first reliability degradation data of the pMOSFET;
selecting a model for the pMOSFET with modeling parameters related to hot carrier induced punch-through (HEIP), wherein the modeling parameters comprise hot carrier injection (HCI) parameters used to fix a simulated current relation between the source and the drain, the HCI parameters comprise adjustable numbers to be inputted;
constructing the modeling parameters by multiplying aging parameters by corresponding flags, wherein each adjustable number of the HCI parameters is a summation of the aging parameters multiplied by the corresponding flags;
performing a simulation of the pMOSFET with the model by the modeling parameters to have a second reliability degradation data;
updating the aging parameters and re-performing the simulation if the first reliability degradation data and second reliability degradation data are not matched;
collecting the aging parameters when the first reliability degradation data and the second reliability degradation data are matched to establish an aging simulation model for the pMOSFET;
and
performing a HEIP aging phenomenon in a short channel pMOSFET of an integrated circuit, wherein when a simulation of the integrated circuit with the short channel pMOSFET is performed, HCI modeling parameters of the short channel pMOSFET are replaced by the flags multiplied by the corresponding aging parameters collected by the aging simulation model to obtain a simulated current of the integrated circuit with the HEIP aging phenomenon.

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A method for aging simulation model establishment in semiconductor integrated circuit, comprising:

providing a planar p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (pMOSFET) having a source and a drain;
measuring a current from the source to the drain of the pMOSFET to serve as a first reliability degradation data of the pMOSFET;
selecting a model for the pMOSFET with modeling parameters added for degradation;
performing a simulation of the pMOSFET with the model to have a simulated reliability degradation data;
constructing a fitting function with aging parameters related to hot carrier induced punch-through (HEIP), wherein the aging parameters is used to fix a simulated current relation between the source and the drain;
constructing a second reliability degradation data by the simulated reliability degradation data and the fitting function;
updating the aging parameters and re-calculating the fitting function to have an improved second reliability degradation data if the first reliability degradation data and second reliability degradation data are not matched;
collecting the fitting function and the aging parameters when the first reliability degradation data and the second reliability degradation data are matched to establish an aging simulation model for the pMOSFET;
and
performing a current from a source terminal to a drain terminal for a short channel pMOSFET of an integrated circuit, wherein when the simulation of the integrated circuit with the short channel pMOSFET is performed, the fitting function with the aging parameters collected by the aging simulation model is added to a current relation between the source and the drain of the short channel pMOSFET in a simulation result of the integrated circuit to obtain a simulated current of the integrated circuit with HEIP aging phenomenon.

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