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 Gianluca Boselli 2001 dessis.
 
 Contents
 Chapter 1 Electrostatic Discharge Phenomenology........................................... 1
 1.I Problem description: what is ESD? .................................................................... 2
 1.II On-chip protection against ESD: principles and devices ................................ 3
 1.II.a ggnMOSt’s....................................................................................................... 4
 1.II.b Silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) ....................................................................... 6
 1.II.c Lateral npn...................................................................................................... 7
 1.II.d Diodes.............................................................................................................. 8
 1.II.e Protection networks........................................................................................... 8
 1.III Testing ESD protection elements: how robust are they? ................................ 9
 1.III.a Human Body Model (HBM) ........................................................................... 9
 1.III.b Machine Model (HBM)................................................................................. 10
 1.III.c Charged Device Model (CDM) ...................................................................... 10
 1.III.d Square pulse testing ........................................................................................ 10
 1.IV EOS/ESD induced failure mechanisms and criteria...................................... 11
 1.IV.a Junction burnout............................................................................................. 11
 1.IV.b Metallization burnout..................................................................................... 12
 1.IV.c Oxide breakdown........................................................................................... 12
 1.IV.d Leakage current as failure criterion ................................................................. 12
 1.V Motivation of the work....................................................................................... 13
 1.VI Thesis outline ....................................................................................................... 14
 1.VII References ............................................................................................................ 16
 Chapter 2 High Injection Basics in Semiconductors....................................... 19
 2.I One type carrier injection................................................................................... 20
 2.I.a Current in a system without thermal free carriers ............................................. 21
 2.I.b Current in a system with thermal free carriers .................................................. 23
 2.I.c Current in a system with thermal free carriers and traps................................... 25
 2.II Two-carrier currents............................................................................................ 26
 2.II.a The semiconductor injected plasma................................................................... 27
 2.III Analytical approach to injection in semiconductors....................................... 29
 2.III.a Low injection level .......................................................................................... 33
 2.III.b High injection level ......................................................................................... 33
 2.IV Numerical approach to injection in semiconductors...................................... 34
 2.IV.a The Poisson Equation .................................................................................... 34
 2.IV.b The Continuity Equations.............................................................................. 35
 2.IV.c Current Relations........................................................................................... 36
 2.IV.d Mobility ......................................................................................................... 36
 2.IV.e Heat Conduction Equation ............................................................................ 37
 2.IV.f Thermally generated carriers............................................................................ 38
 2.V Conclusions.......................................................................................................... 39
 2.VI References ............................................................................................................ 39
 Chapter 3 Diffused Resistors under High Injection Conditions .................. 41
 3.I Introduction ......................................................................................................... 42
 3.II Region 1: Linear regime...................................................................................... 44
 3.III Region 2: Saturation regime............................................................................... 44
 3.III.a High resistivity structure ................................................................................. 46
 3.III.b Low resistivity structure .................................................................................. 49
 3.IV Region 3: Negative differential resistivity regime............................................ 53
 3.V Region 4: High current regime .......................................................................... 56
 3.VI Non-isothermal conditions ................................................................................ 58
 3.VII Conclusions.......................................................................................................... 62
 3. VIII References ............................................................................................................ 63
 Chapter 4 High Injection Mechanisms in P+-N--N+ Substrate
 Diodes: Theory Validation................................................................... 65
 4.I Introduction ......................................................................................................... 66
 4.II Analysis of P+-N--N+ structures........................................................................ 67
 4.II.a Low injection conditions.................................................................................. 68
 4.II.b High injection conditions................................................................................. 68
 4.II.c Auger recombination....................................................................................... 79
 4.III Simulations vs. measurements under high injection conditions ................... 81
 4.III.a Carriers concentration ..................................................................................... 82
 4.III.b Electric field and potential .............................................................................. 83
 4.III.c Recombination currents................................................................................... 85
 4.III.d Simulated IA(VA) characteristic...................................................................... 86
 4.III.e Experimental verifications .............................................................................. 86
 4.IV Conclusions..........................................................................................................87
 4.V References ............................................................................................................ 87
 Chapter 5 P+-N--N+ Substrate Diodes under Ultra High
 Injection Conditions .............................................................................. 89
 5.I Introduction ......................................................................................................... 90
 5.II Simulations vs. measurements under ultra high injection conditions .......... 91
 5.II.a Measured and simulated IA(VA) .................................................................... 91
 5.II.b Carriers concentration ..................................................................................... 92
 5.II.c Electric field ................................................................................................... 95
 5.II.d Potential......................................................................................................... 97
 5.II.e Recombination currents................................................................................... 98
 5.II.f Ultra high injection conditions....................................................................... 100
 5.II.g Modeling issues............................................................................................. 103
 5.III TLP Characterization........................................................................................ 104
 5.IV Process and layout variations........................................................................... 108
 5.IV.a Base region length effects................................................................................ 108
 5.IV.b Base region doping effects............................................................................... 108
 5.IV.c Lifetime effects.............................................................................................. 109
 5.IV.d End regions doping effects.............................................................................. 110
 5.IV.e End regions length ........................................................................................ 111
 5.IV.f Carrier-carrier scattering effects...................................................................... 112
 5.V Conclusions........................................................................................................ 112
 5.VI References .......................................................................................................... 114
 Chapter 6 LDMOS Transistors under High Current Conditions ............... 115
 6.I Introduction ....................................................................................................... 116
 6.II Experimental results.......................................................................................... 118
 6.II.a Poly length variation effects............................................................................ 119
 6.II.b CO-PS spacing variation effects .................................................................... 120
 6.II.c W variation effects........................................................................................ 120
 6.III Simulation results ..............................................................................................121
 6.III.a Simulation approach..................................................................................... 121
 6.III.b Drift region length ........................................................................................ 123
 6.III.c Another point of view: the Kirk effect ............................................................ 125
 6.III.d DIBL effect.................................................................................................. 129
 6.III.e Breakdown behavior of LDMOSt................................................................ 130
 6.III.f Application of a gate voltage ......................................................................... 135
 6.III.g CO-PS distance ........................................................................................... 136
 6.III.h Temperature effects and failure analysis ......................................................... 137
 6.IV Conclusions........................................................................................................139
 6.V References ..........................................................................................................140
 Chapter 7 Transient Phenomena in ggnMOSt’s under
 TLP Conditions..................................................................................... 143
 7.I Introduction ....................................................................................................... 144
 7.II Simulated devices .............................................................................................. 145
 7.III Results and discussion: LDD option.............................................................. 147
 7.IV Results and discussion: non-LDD implant.................................................... 152
 7.V Overlap capacitance evaluation ....................................................................... 154
 7.VI VMAX versus VT1.................................................................................................. 158
 7.VII Soft failures.........................................................................................................160
 7.VIII Latency aspects .................................................................................................. 162
 7.IX Conclusions........................................................................................................ 163
 7.X References .......................................................................................................... 164
 Chapter 8 Conclusions ............................................................................................ 167
 8.I Summary ............................................................................................................. 168
 8.II Conclusions........................................................................................................169
 8.III Recommendations for future research ........................................................... 171
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