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Ionizing-radiation-induced oxide-trapped charges and interface states cause the current and 1/f noise degradation in bipolar junction transistors. In order to better understand these two degradation mechanisms and develop hardening approaches for a specific process technology, it is necessary to measure the effect of each mechanism separately. In recent years, several techniques have been developed, but no charge-separation approach based on 1/f noise for NPN bipolar junction transistors is available. In this paper, the effects of ionizing-radiation-induced oxide trapped charges and interface states on base current and 1/f noise in NPN bipolar junction transistors are studied in detail. Firstly, a new model of base surface current of NPN bipolar junction transistors is presented with some approximations, based on an available model for the base surface current under certain conditions; this model can identify the physical mechanism responsible for the current degradation. Secondly, combining the theory of carrier number fluctuation and the new model of base surface current another model is developed which can well explain the 1/f noise degradation. This model suggests that the induced oxide-trapped charges would make more carriers, involving the dynamic trapping-detrapping, which leads to the 1/f noise to increase; and the induced oxide-trapped charges and interface states can also bring about an increase in base surface current which can also cause the l/f noise increase. These two models suggest that the current and1/f noise degradations can be attributed to the same physical origin, and these two kinds of degradations are the result of accumulation of oxide-trapped charges and interface states. According to these two models, simple approaches for quantifying the effects of oxide-trapped charges and interface states are proposed. The base surface current can be extracted from the base current using the available method. The oxide-trapped charge density is estimated using the amplitude of 1/f noise (10-100 Hz) and the base surface current. Given the estimated oxide-trapped charge density, the interface state density can be estimated using the base surface current. These methods are simple to implement and can provide insight into the mechanisms and magnitudes of the radiation-induced damage in NPN bipolar junction transistors.
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Keywords:
- radiation /
- 1/f noise /
- oxide-trapped charge /
- interface state
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[1] Fleetwood D M, Riewe L C, Schwank J R, Witczak, Schrimpf R D 1996 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 43 2537
[2] Petrov A S, Ulimov V N 2012 Miroelectron. Reliab. 52 2435
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[4] Kosier S L, Schrimpf R D, Nowlin R N, Fleetwood D M 1993 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 40 1276
[5] Belyakov V V, Pershenkov V S, Shalnov A V, Shvetzov-Shilovsky I N 1999 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 46 1660
[6] Barnaby H J, Cirba C, Schrimpf R D, Kosier S, Fouillat P, Montangner X 1999 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 46 1652
[7] Ball D R, Schrimpf R D, Barnaby H J 2002 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 49 3185
[8] Minson E, Sanchez I, Barnaby H J, Pease R L, Platteter D G, Dunham G 2004 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 51 3723
[9] Nowlin R N, Pease R L, Platteter D G, Dunham G W, Seiler J E 2005 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 52 2609
[10] Hughart D R, Schrimpf R D, Fleetwood D M, Chen X J, Barnaby H J, Holbert K E, Pease R L, Platteter D G 2009 IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. 56 3361
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[12] Adell P C, Esqueda I S, Barnaby H J, Rax B, Johnston A H 2012 IEEE Trans.Nucl. Sci. 59 3081
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[15] Ma W Y, Wang Z K, Lu W, Xi S B, Guo Q, He C F, Wang X, Liu M H, Jiang K 2014 Acta Phys. Sin. 63 116101 (in Chinese) [马武英, 王志宽, 陆妩, 席善斌, 郭旗, 何承发, 王信, 刘默寒, 姜柯 2014 63 116101]
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[17] Liu Y A, Zhuang Y Q, Ma X H, Du M, Bao J L, Li C 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 020701
[18] Jayaraman R, Sodini C G 1989 IEEE Trans Electron Dev. 36 1773
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[20] Zhuang Y Q, Sun Q, Hou X 1996 Journal of Semiconductors 17 446 (in Chinese) [庄奕琪, 孙青, 侯洵 1996 半导体学报 17 446]
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[24] Deen M J, Rumyantsev S L, Schroter M 1999 J. Appl. Phys. 85 1192
[25] Green C T, Jones B K 1985 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 18 77
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