在此篇論文，我們取得業界的八吋晶元為作實驗的樣本，而因為元件逐漸微縮化的關係，因此一些像操作電壓以及一些原先的電性特徵值的改變比不上元件的縮小率，而且因為元件的氧化層面積及厚度也跟著變小，造成許多特徵值上的改變，因此氧化層的重要性逐漸的被人重視。而此實驗是要找出氧化層薄厚是否帶給元件那些特性表現上的不同處及找出崩潰前後電性上有何變化。
在一開始利用步階電壓及定電壓模式對元件做電性上的監控，並利用以往的崩潰定義，來做電性上的分析，以期找出氧化層薄厚之間對元件會有什麼影響，另外試著歸納是否有更確切的方式來定義元件是否崩潰。
以上的實驗我們以安捷倫科技公司(Agilent)所提供的軟體ICS(Interactive Characterization Software)來控制半導體參數分析儀(HP4155B)以及Keithley所提供的4200-SCS system做一連串的自動量測及參數擷取以達成我們的研究。

In this thesis, the sample is an 8inch wafer for 0.15μm technology n-MOSFET’s and p-MOSFET’s and we researched on oxide reliability. As devices scaling down, the device operational voltage and some characteristic still decreases slowly. The area and the thickness of the device oxide layer also decreased that varied the characteristic representation. So the dielectric oxide layer in MOSFET is to pay much attention to people. My experiment focuses on the difference between thin and thick oxide layer and finds the difference of the characteristic between before breakdown and after breakdown.
First, I use ramp voltage test and constant voltage test to confer the difference of the I-V changes. Then I use the past breakdown definition to analyze the I-V curve. I want to find what influence on device between thin and thick oxide layer. Besides, I try to generalize it has the more accurate way to define the device breakdown.
In these experiments, we used ICS (Interactive Characterization Software) to control HP4155B (Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer) produced by Agilent Technologies and 4200-SCS system produced by Keithley to finish various researches.

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