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Gay, Roméric. "Développement de composants analogiques embarqués dans des microcontrôleurs destinés à l'Internet des Objets (loT)." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Aix-Marseille, 2022. http://www.theses.fr/2022AIXM0218.
Full textThe aim of this work is to improve the performance, cost and area of a microcontroller manufactured in a 40 nm CMOS embedded memory technology (eNVM), by developing new transistor architectures suitable for the IoT market. The context is first presented with a focus on the technological and economical limitations of the CMOS technology. In a second part, the eNVM manufacturing process as well as the architecture and operation mode of a new component called triple gate transistor are presented. Based on this new architecture which provides independent control gates, various multigate transistors are manufactured and their electrical behaviour is analysed. Reliability studies are then carried out, to assess the reliability of the gate’s oxides. The objective is to study the impact of an electrical stress applied to one transistor gate on the gates not subject to this same stress. Electrical characterizations and TCAD simulations are also conducted to improve the understanding. Finally, the structure of the triple gate transistor is modelled using a compact PSP transistor model. The aim is to evaluate the behaviour but also the electrical performance of this transistor at the circuit level
Ouaida, Rémy. "Vieillissement et mécanismes de dégradation sur des composants de puissance en carbure de silicium (SIC) pour des applications haute température." Thesis, Lyon 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LYO10228/document.
Full textSince 2000, Silicon Carbide (SiC) power devices have been available on the market offering tremendous performances. This leads to really high efficiency power systems, and allows achieving significative improvements in terms of volume and weight, i.e. a better integration. Moreover, SiC devices could be used at high temperature (>200°C). However, the SiCmarket share is limited by the lack of reliability studies. This problem has yet to be solved and this is the objective of this study : aging and failure mechanisms on power devices for high temperature applications. Aging tests have been realized on SiC MOSFETs. Due to its simple drive requirement and the advantage of safe normally-Off operation, SiCMOSFET is becoming a very promising device. However, the gate oxide remains one of the major weakness of this device. Thus, in this study, the threshold voltage shift has been measured and its instability has been explained. Results demonstrate good lifetime and stable operation regarding the threshold voltage below a 300°C temperature reached using a suitable packaging. Understanding SiC MOSFET reliability issues under realistic switching conditions remains a challenge that requires investigations. A specific aging test has been developed to monitor the electrical parameters of the device. This allows to estimate the health state and predict the remaining lifetime.Moreover, the defects in the failed device have been observed by using FIB and SEM imagery. The gate leakage current appears to reflect the state of health of the component with a runaway just before the failure. This hypothesis has been validated with micrographs showing cracks in the gate. Eventually, a comparative study has been realized with the new generations of SiCMOSFET
Le, Roux Claire. "Etude de la fiabilité des mémoires non volatiles à grille flottante." Aix-Marseille 1, 2008. http://theses.univ-amu.fr.lama.univ-amu.fr/2008AIX11046.pdf.
Full textThe increasing scaling-down of non volatile memories induces new reliability issues. Some applications of these memories, especially automotive ones, need very strict reliability specifications to guarantee that the product works at 150°C. In this context, it is essential to understand the failure mechanisms of the non volatile memories with a floating gate. In this thesis, we studied the intrinsic charge loss in a Flash technology, which allowed us a better understanding and modeling of the phenomenon. The principal reliability issue of EEPROM cells is the extrinsic charge loss. We studied the influence of different parameters of the cells in order to reduce this extrinsic charge loss. At last, we presented two new experimental methods to quantify the extrinsic cells of a CAST (Cell Array Structure Test), and a study of the ionic contamination effects on Flash and EEPROM cells’ retention
Rebuffat, Benjamin. "Etude de la fiabilité des mémoires non-volatiles à grille flottante." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015AIXM4383.
Full textMany specific applications used in automotive, medical and spatial activity domains, require a high reliability level. In this context, this thesis focuses on the study of floating gate non-volatiles memories reliability more precisely in NOR Flash architecture. After an introduction mixing the state of art of non-volatiles memories and the electrical characterization of Flash memories, a study on the polarization signals effect has been led. A model has been developed in order to model the threshold voltage kinetic during an erase operation. The erasing ramp effect has been shown on kinetics and also on cycling. Then, a study on the tunnel oxide lifetime has shown the importance of relaxation during stress. This dependence has been characterized as a function of duty cycle and the electric field applied. Finally, Flash memory cell endurance has been explored and the relaxation effects during the cycling has been analyzed
Rebuffat, Benjamin. "Etude de la fiabilité des mémoires non-volatiles à grille flottante." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Aix-Marseille, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015AIXM4383.
Full textMany specific applications used in automotive, medical and spatial activity domains, require a high reliability level. In this context, this thesis focuses on the study of floating gate non-volatiles memories reliability more precisely in NOR Flash architecture. After an introduction mixing the state of art of non-volatiles memories and the electrical characterization of Flash memories, a study on the polarization signals effect has been led. A model has been developed in order to model the threshold voltage kinetic during an erase operation. The erasing ramp effect has been shown on kinetics and also on cycling. Then, a study on the tunnel oxide lifetime has shown the importance of relaxation during stress. This dependence has been characterized as a function of duty cycle and the electric field applied. Finally, Flash memory cell endurance has been explored and the relaxation effects during the cycling has been analyzed
Arfaoui, Wafa. "Fiabilité Porteurs Chauds (HCI) des transistors FDSOI 28nm High-K grille métal." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015AIXM4335.
Full textAs the race towards miniaturization drives the industrial requirements to more performances on less area, MOSFETs reliability has become an increasingly complex topic. To maintain a continuous miniaturization pace, conventional transistors on bulk technologies were replaced by new MOS architectures allowing a better electrostatic integrity such as the FDSOI technology with high-K dielectrics and metal gate. Despite all the architecture innovations, degradation mechanisms remains increasingly pronounced with technological developments. One of the most critical issues of advanced technologies is the hot carrier degradation mechanism (HCI) and Bias Temperature Instability (BTI) effects. To ensure a good performance reliability trade off, it is necessary to characterize and model the different failure mechanisms at device level and the interaction with Bias Temperature Instability (BTI) that represents a strong limitation of scaled CMOS nodes. This work concern hot carrier degradation mechanisms on 28nm transistors of the FDSOI technology. Based on carrier’s energy, the energy driven model proposed in this manuscript can predict HC degradation taking account of substrate bias dependence (VB) including the channel length effects (L), gate oxide thickness (TOX) , back oxide BOX (TBox) and silicon film thickness (TSI ). This thesis opens up new perspectives of the model Integration into a circuit simulator, to anticipate the reliability of future technology nodes and check out circuit before moving on to feature design steps
Boujamaa, Rachid. "Caractérisations physico-chimiques et électriques d’empilements de couches d’oxyde à forte permittivité (high-k) / grille métallique pour l’ajustement du travail effectif de la grille : application aux nouvelles générations de transistors." Thesis, Grenoble, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013GRENT100.
Full textThis thesis is part of the development of CMOS technologies 32/28nm STMicroelectronics. It focuses on the study of stacks of metal / high-k dielectric prepared by an integration strategy Gate First , where the couple TiN / HfSiON gate is introduced with an interfacial layer SiON and encapsulation of TiN gate polysilicon by . The study was mainly focused on the analysis of interactions between the various layers forming the stacks , in particular lanthanum and aluminum additives , used for modulating the threshold voltage Vth of the PMOS and NMOS transistors respectively . The physico-chemical analyzes in this work helped to highlight the depth distribution of the elements La and Al through the HfSiON gate dielectric under the influence of dopant activation annealing at 1065 ° C. The results obtained showed that this diffusion process causes a reaction of lanthanum and aluminum with the interfacial layer of SiON to form a stable silicate La ( or Al ) SiO benefit of the SiON layer . The analysis of electrical properties of MOS structures revealed that the presence of the atoms near the Al or HfSiON / SiON interface leads to the presence of a dipole generated at this interface , which has the effect of shifting actual output work of the metal gate
Carmona, Marion. "Fiabilité des transistors MOS des technologies à mémoires non volatiles embarquées." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015AIXM4709/document.
Full textThis thesis focuses on various degradation phenomena that can impact MOS transistors according to their applications on CMOS technologies with embedded non-volatile memories. The transistors used in order to apply potentials greater than 10V in programming and erasing steps of charge storage non-volatile memories have been studied. These transistors are impacted by specific degradation mechanisms due to the use of high voltage. Moreover, manufacturing processes can be modified in order to improve MOSFETs performances, and thus, these variations may have an impact on the degradation mechanisms of MOS transistors. Therefore, several process steps of digital transistor for low power application were changed in order to increase carrier mobility. Furthermore, due to limitations of MOS transistors conventional architecture, new architectures have been proposed for analog and digital transistors in order to remove the "hump" effect or reduce the total area of transistor by moving the gate contact over active area
Ille, Adrien. "Fiabilité des oxydes de grille ultra-minces sous décharges électrostatiques dans les technologies CMOS fortement sub-microniques." Phd thesis, Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille I, 2008. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00407545.
Full textNguyen, Théodore. "Caractérisation, modélisation et fiabilité des diélectriques de grille à base de HfO2 pour les futures technologies CMOS." Lyon, INSA, 2009. http://theses.insa-lyon.fr/publication/2009ISAL0067/these.pdf.
Full textThe downscaling of CMOS transistors has yielded better device performances, improved integration densities and driven down the average price of electronic devices. As of today, however, the enduring push toward miniaturization has hit a performance wall, where it becomes necessary to replace the traditional thermal gate oxide with a high-permittivity one. The semiconductor industry has chosen hafnium oxide as the best candidate to replace SiO2. Although hafnium oxide is effective at reducing gate leakage currents, its integration poses new challenges concerning device reliability, which is related to the oxide/channel interface and to the charge injected and trapped in the gate oxide. This work aims to investigate these points. In order to ensure that hafnium oxide-based devices are reliable, this work studies ways to characterize and modeling of defects within the gate stack, as well as the conduction mechanisms through the gate oxide. It also discusses the mechanisms of defects generation by PBTI. The understanding of the physical phenomena that affect device reliability is fundamental for high-k oxide integration
Ille, Adrien Benoît. "Fiabilité des oxydes de grille ultra-minces sous décharges électrostatiques dans les technologies CMOS fortement sub-microniques." Aix-Marseille 1, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008AIX11040.
Full textElectrostatic Discharges (ESD) is a major reliability concern for semiconductor companies. To prevent the ICs from failures caused by ESD events, on-chip ESD protections concepts are implemented. With the down-scaling of the CMOS technologies, the boundary conditions defined by application and process is getting extremely challenging for the conception of robust protection elements. In this work the emerging issues of the thin oxide failures due to ESD is addressed. The work contributes also to the understanding of thin oxide dielectrics and device reliability degradation mechanisms under ESD events. A new characterization approach for thin gate oxides under short pulse stresses (down to 20 ns) is introduced; it allows complete modeling of the time-to-breakdown. An universal time-to-fail voltage power law acceleration is reported. This is an extremely important result for the ESD designs with regard to all kinds of ESD stress events. From the modeling package established in this work, a novel ESD development kit is described, aiming to improve the ESD robustness and reliability of products based on advanced sub-micron CMOS technologies
De, Salvo Barbara. "Étude du transport électrique et de la fiabilité dans les isolants des mémoires non volatiles a grille flottante." Grenoble INPG, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999INPG0008.
Full textMarinoni, Mathias. "Étude des modifications morphologiques induites par un ion lourd unique sur des structures SiO2-Si : fiabilité des dispositifs MIS." Nice, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008NICE4104.
Full textHeavy ion effects on the reliability of on-board satellite MOS devices have been investigated in this PhD dissertation. In order to give some elements to understand better the physical mechanisms leading to electrical effects, such as the reduction of the device lifetime, this new approach is based on the material response to heavy ion irradiation. The obtained results led to find out a physical origin to latent defects formation that is known to result in a device lifetime decrease. Using both thermal annealing experiments and electrical stress procedures, structural modifications induced by heavy ions in silicon dioxide have been shown to possibly act as an extra contribution leading to premature gate oxide breakdown of MOS devices. Those results could have implications on MOSFET devices, in terms of radiation assurance and for tests standards
Mamy, Randriamihaja Yoann. "Etude de la fiabilité des technologies CMOS avancées, depuis la création des défauts jusqu'à la dégradation des transistors." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012AIXM4781/document.
Full textReliability study is a milestone of microelectronic industry technology qualification. It is usually studied by following the degradation of transistors parameters with time, used to build physical models explaining transistors aging. We decided in this work to study transistors reliability at a microscopic scale, by focusing on atomic-bond-breaking mechanisms, responsible of defects creation into the gate-oxide. First, we identified defects nature and modeled their charge capture dynamics in order to reproduce their impact on complex electrical measurements degradation. This has allowed us developing a new methodology of defects localization, along the Si/SiO2 interface, and in the volume of the gate-oxide. Defects creation dynamics measurement, for Hot Carrier stress and stress conditions leading to the gate-oxide breakdown, has allowed us developing gate-oxide degradation models, predicting generated defect profiles at the interface and into the volume of the gate-oxide. Finally, we established an accurate link between a transistor degradation impact on circuit functionality loss.Reliability study and modeling at a microscopic scale allows having more physical models, granting a better confidence in transistors and products lifetime extrapolation
Marchand, Bertrand. "Génération des porteurs chauds et fiabilité des transistors mos sub-0,1 µm : influence de l'architecture des composants." Grenoble INPG, 1999. http://www.theses.fr/1999INPG0081.
Full textJalabert, Laurent. "Ingénierie de grille pour application à la micro-électronique MOS sub-micronique." Phd thesis, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, 2001. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00142309.
Full textMonsieur, Frédéric. "Etude des mécanismes de dégradation lors du claquage des oxydes de grille ultra minces : application à la fiabilité des technologies CMOS SUB - 0.12 [mu]m." Grenoble INPG, 2002. http://www.theses.fr/2002INPG0120.
Full textBoyer, Ludovic. "Analyse des propriétés de l'oxyde de grille des composants semi-conducteurs de puissance soumis à des contraintes électro-thermiques cycliques : vers la définition de marqueurs de vieillissement." Thesis, Montpellier 2, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010MON20028/document.
Full textPower semi-conductor devices are increasingly used as key parts of embedded power conversion systems in critical applications such as aerospace industry and ground transport. In such critical applications, these devices are submitted to harsh electrical, thermal and mechanical environments stresses which may significantly alter their reliability. An embedded power conversion system failure due to a power semi-conductor device breakdown may induce catastrophic results in terms of human safety, as well as economical dimensions. There is, indeed, a continuous demand on an increasing knowledge concerning the failure modes and the ageing mechanisms of power semi-conductor devices, as well as for development of new characterization techniques for ageing monitoring. The greatest part of the present work is focused on the monitoring of gate oxide properties evolutions of samples structures using the Capacitance-Voltage method (C-V method) -mainly employed in microelectronics- and the Thermal Step Method (TSM) -developed in Energy and Materials Group of IES-, as well as applying them to power semi-conductor devices. Coupling TSM and C-V method has allowed to approximately locate injected charges in the gate oxide of sample devices when submitted to electrical stresses comparable to the ones submitted to power semi-conductor devices
Dabla, Essi Ahoefa. "Approche bayesienne multiéchelle pour la modélisation de la fiabilité d'un module de puissance en environnement ferroviaire." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019INPT0102.
Full textThe reliability control of critical electronic components is one of the challenges to be faced by railway stakeholders. IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors) power modules belong to this list of components. They are subject to high stresses corresponding to those encountered in harsh railway environments. The environmental conditions encountered in rail operations and the demanding availability requirements impose high levels of reliability on IGBT. In order to improve their reliability, an evaluation methodology has been developed based on a probabilistic approach and supported by a Bayesian network. For the implementation of the model, several working elements were assembled. First, an original approach called "U-Cycle" was proposed, highlighting in a one-to-one way a system level associated with the train and a component level similar to the IGBT considered simultaneously according to functional and dysfunctional views. In this context, the work led, first, to highlight the mechanisms characterizing, in a top-down logic, the influence of train loading on component stress and, in a bottom-up logic, the dysfunctional impact of the failure at component level on system reliability. In a second step, the results of this analysis led to the implementation of the structure of a Bayesian model whose generic nature allows it to be deployed for the reliable modelling of any type of rail system. The modelling work based on Bayesian networks is used to support the reconciliation between analytical models (failure physics) and data from the use of the elementary component in its operating environment. The model was used to model the reliability of an IGBT in an application framework corresponding to the metro in the city of Chennai, India. The data and expert knowledge collected on the project made it possible to determine the probability tables of the Bayesian network. The probabilistic results of the model have been translated into reliability indicators
Burignat, Stéphane. "Mécanismes de transport, courants de fuite ultra-faibles et rétention dans les mémoires non volatiles à grille flottante." Phd thesis, INSA de Lyon, 2004. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00143276.
Full textDurant cette thèse, dans l'objectif d'obtenir des mesures fiables des courants SILC, nous avons mis en \oe uvre un banc de mesure très bas niveau permettant d'atteindre la résolution ($10^{-15}\,A$) des appareillages de mesures les plus performants du marché. Nous avons ensuite implémenté la technique dite "de la grille flottante" qui permet d'atteindre de façon indirecte des niveaux de courant inférieurs à $10^{-16}\,A$. À partir de nombreuses mesures expérimentales réalisées sur des oxydes tunnel de $7 - 8\,nm$ issus d'une technologie FLOTOX\ EEPROM, un modèle de conduction tunnel assisté par pièges a été développé permettant, à l'aide d'une nouvelle méthodologie, d'extraire les profils de distributions spatiale et énergétique des défauts dans l'oxyde. Le chargement stable de ces défauts permet de rendre compte de la dérive de la loi Fowler-Nordheim responsable de la fermeture de fenêtre de programmation des cellules mémoires. Le modèle développé conduit finalement à une bonne simulation des caractéristiques de conduction de l'oxyde tunnel dans tous les domaines de champ électrique et en fonction du niveau de dégradation.
Finalement, les structures à grille flottante ont été modélisées d'un point de vue dynamique. L'influence des pulses de programmation sur les différentes grandeurs électriques dans les cellules mémoire a été analysée ainsi que les cinétiques de perte de charge en fonction du courant de fuite dans l'oxyde tunnel. A partir des mesures réalisées sur des structures de test grille flottante, les temps de rétention sur cellule élémentaire ont été extrapolés.
Bezza, Anas. "Caractérisation et modélisation du phénomène de claquage dans les oxydes de grille à forte permittivité, en vue d’améliorer la durée de vie des circuits issus des technologies 28nm et au-delà." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016GREAT097.
Full text.Today, in the race for miniaturization, the microelectronics industry faces new challenges. In addition to the strong competition of other component manufacturers, new constraints related to the reliability of devices have emerged. Indeed, the transition from the "all silicon" technology relatively simple to the high-k/metal gate technology has generated a reduction in reliability margins of gate oxides. As such, it becomes necessary to investigate new approaches that can provide more gain in lifetime for the MOS transistors. In this respect, this work gives firstly an overview of different methods of characterization used for the study of aging high-k metal gate devices. In this context, the need to develop and implement new fast techniques essential to the study of the oxide breakdown is exposed. Afterwards, in order to show that the estimated lifetimes today are pessimistic, we presented a reliability study based on understanding and modeling the mechanism of TDDB (Time Dependent Dielectric Breakdown) on advanced high-k/metal gate stacks based technology. Finally, the manuscript focuses on a number of investigation areas that could provide a significant margin for the TDDB lifetime
Candelier, Philippe. "Contribution à l'amélioration de la fiabilité des mémoires non volatiles de type flash EEPROM." Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble ; 1971-2015), 1997. http://www.theses.fr/1997GRE10245.
Full textBouguerra, Mohamed slim. "Tolérance aux pannes dans des environnements de calcul parallèle et distribué : optimisation des stratégies de sauvegarde/reprise et ordonnancement." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00910358.
Full textZéanh, Adrien. "Contribution à l'amélioration de la fiabilité des modules IGBT utilisés en environnement aéronautique." Phd thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2009. http://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/11959/1/zeanh.pdf.
Full textBouguerra, Mohamed Slim. "Tolérance aux pannes dans des environnements de calcul parallèle et distribué : optimisation des stratégies de sauvegarde/reprise et ordonnancement." Thesis, Grenoble, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012GRENM023/document.
Full textThe parallel computing platforms available today are increasingly larger. Typically the emerging parallel platforms will be composed of several millions of CPU cores running up to a billion of threads. This intensive growth of the number of parallel threads will make the application subject to more and more failures. Consequently it is necessary to develop efficient strategies providing safe and reliable completion for HPC parallel applications. Checkpointing is one of the most popular and efficient technique for developing fault-tolerant applications on such a context. However, checkpoint operations are costly in terms of time, computation and network communications. This will certainly affect the global performance of the application. In the first part of this thesis, we propose a performance model that expresses formally the checkpoint scheduling problem. Two variants of the problem have been considered. In the first variant, the objective is the minimization of the expected completion time. Under this model we prove that when the failure rate and the checkpoint cost are constant the optimal checkpoint strategy is necessarily periodic. For the general problem when the failure rate and the checkpoint cost are arbitrary we provide a numerical solution for the problem. In the second variant if the problem, we exhibit the tradeoff between the impact of the checkpoints operations and the lost computation due to failures. In particular, we prove that the checkpoint scheduling problem is NP-hard even in the simple case of uniform failure distribution. We also present a dynamic programming scheme for determining the optimal checkpointing times in all the variants of the problem. In the second part of this thesis, we design several fault tolerant scheduling algorithms that minimize the application makespan and in the same time maximize the application reliability. Mainly, in this part we point out that the growth rate of the failure distribution determines the relationship between both objectives. More precisely we show that when the failure rate is decreasing the two objectives are antagonist. In the second hand when the failure rate is increasing both objective are congruent. Finally, we provide approximation algorithms for both failure rate cases
Sow, Amadou Tidiane. "Evaluation de la fiabilité d'un générateur à rayons X pour application médicale." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014BORD0120/document.
Full textMedical imaging systems, mainly X-rays imaging systems, have become essential in the diagnosis and treatment of complex diseases. X-rays generator is one of the critical subsystems of a medical system. Its technology became more complex and constraints seen by the components increase. An assessment of X-rays generator reliability is therefore necessary to optimize its lifetime. In this thesis, a reliability assessment method of an X-rays generator is proposed. The methodology is based on the assessment of the reliability from component to system. Aging tests are first performed for X-rays generator critical components in order to identify failure mechanisms and build lifetime curves for performing reliability prediction. FIDES guide parameters were also used to construct critical components lifetime curves. A reliability prediction method based on the assumption of cumulative damage with Miner's rule is proposed to evaluate critical components lifetime under thermomechanical stresses. This method uses rainflow counting rules for the temperature cycles distribution of critical components. A reliability block diagram is finally used to estimate the lifetime of each X-ray generator subsystem through its critical components
Pomès, Emilie. "Amélioration et suivi de la robustesse et de la qualité de MOSFETs de puissance dédiés à des applications automobiles micro-hybrides." Thesis, Toulouse, INSA, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012ISAT0039/document.
Full textIn the current ecologic context, the European automotive suppliers have to develop innovating systems inorder to reduce greenhouse gas rejects produce by vehicles. The new mild-hybrid electronic applications require the development of new strategies due to their integration and the reduction of power losses.Thereby, a proposition consisted in creating power modules constituted by MOSFETs characterized by alow blocking voltage under high current. The starter alternator reversible application also named “Stop &Start” requires robust and reliable components in order to support a high current solicitation in avalanche mode for temperatures up to 175°C.Research work presented in this thesis concerns the robustness and reliability enhancement of MOSFET components. First of all, the important part is about avalanche mode understanding and their issues. Inthis context, the fabrication process is a main part for quality and reliability requirements. Then, the workis focused on gate oxide process quality in order to hold gate-source and gate-drain stress modes.Moreover, the development of an innovating test at wafer level derivate from QBD test, allowed the precise evaluation of process modification thanks to the correlation with reliability campaign results. Finally, theMOSFET life cycle needs a quality monitoring constituted by two main steps. The first one is the monitoring of electrical parameters in time with a post-processing statistical analysis. The second one is the use of a traceability tool between the power module and the silicon die in order to highlight possible defects in the final starter alternator application, and understand failure root causes. The innovations presented in this thesis are included in the continued improvement approach for MOSFETs quality and robustness enhancement
Roder, Raphaël. "Intégration et fiabilité d'un disjoncteur statique silicium intelligent haute température pour application DC basse et moyenne tensions." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015BORD0287/document.
Full textThis thesis presents a study about a smart solid state circuit breaker which can work at 200°C forlow and medium voltage continuous applications. Some applications in aeronautics, automotive,railways, petroleum extraction push power semiconductor devices to operate at high junctiontemperature. However, current commercially available Si-IGBT and Si-CoolMOS have basically amaximum junction temperature specified and rated at 150°C and even 175°C. Indeed, the main problemin conventional DC-DC converters is the switching losses of power semiconductor devices (linked to thetemperature influence on carrier lifetime, on-state voltage, on-resistance and leakage current) whichdrastically increase with the temperature rise and may drive to the device failure. Then, the use of wideband gap semiconductor like SiC or GaN devices allows higher junction temperature operation (intheory about 500°C) and higher integration (smaller heatsink, higher switching frequency, smallconverter), but are still under development and are expensive technologies. In order to keep theadvantage of low cost silicon devices, a solution is to investigate the feasibility to operate such devicesat junction temperature up to 200°C.Before starting the first starting chapter is a stat of the art of protectives circuit technics as well asmechanics as statics in order to identify essentials elements to develop the protective circuit. Hybridprotective circuits are approached too.From the precedent chapter, a smart and low power solid state circuit breaker is realized to identifyproblems which are linked with this type of circuit breaker. Solid state circuit breaker is developed withanalog components in a way that is autonomous and low cost. It’s follow that stray inductance andtemperature have an important impact when a default occurs.Chapter III give an analyze on different silicon power semiconductor dice towards temperature5relying on statics and dynamics characteristics in order to find the best silicon power switch which beused in the chapter IV. It has been shown that super junction MOSFET has the same behavior at lowpower than silicon carbide MOSFET.Solid state circuit breaker (400V/63A) has been studied and developed, in order to use all theknowledge previously acquired and to show the competitively of the silicon for this power range
Della, marca Vincenzo. "Characterization and modeling of advanced charge trapping non volatile memories." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013AIXM4721/document.
Full textThe silicon nanocrystal memories are one of the most attractive solutions to replace the Flash floating gate for nonvolatile memory embedded applications, especially for their high compatibility with CMOS process and the lower manufacturing cost. Moreover, the nanocrystal size guarantees a weak device-to-device coupling in an array configuration and, in addition, for this technology it has been shown the robustness against SILC. One of the main challenges for embedded memories in portable and contactless applications is to improve the energy consumption in order to reduce the design constraints. Today the application request is to use the Flash memories with both low voltage biases and fast programming operation. In this study, we present the state of the art of Flash floating gate memory cell and silicon nanocrystal memories. Concerning this latter device, we studied the effect of main technological parameters in order to optimize the cell performance. The aim was to achieve a satisfactory programming window for low energy applications. Furthermore, the silicon nanocrystal cell reliability has been investigated. We present for the first time a silicon nanocrystal memory cell with a good functioning after one million write/erase cycles, working on a wide range of temperature [-40°C; 150°C]. Moreover, ten years data retention at 150°C is extrapolated. Finally, the analysis concerning the current and energy consumption during the programming operation shows the opportunity to use the silicon nanocrystal cell for low power applications. All the experimental data have been compared with the results achieved on Flash floating gate memory, to show the performance improvement
Lakhdhar, Hadhemi. "Reliability assessment of GaN HEMTs on Si substrate with ultra-short gate dedicated to power applications at frequency above 40 GHz." Thesis, Bordeaux, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017BORD0941/document.
Full textThis Ph.D. work focuses on the reliability assessment of ultra-short gate AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) on silicon substrate dedicated to power applications at frequency above 40GHz. It was carried out within IMS Bordeaux and IEMN Lille laboratories.This work initially compares AlGaN/GaN HEMTs grown by MOCVD with those grown using MBE, through electrical characterization.In particular, the device geometry impact on the device performances has been studies by static electrical characterization.Step-stress experiments are performed to investigate reliability assessment of ultra-short gate AlGaN/GaN high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) on Si substrate. A methodology based on a sequence of step stress tests has been defined for in-situ diagnosis of a permanent degradation and of a degradation which is identified by a drain current transient occurring during each step of the ageing sequence . The same stress conditions were applied on HEMTs with different geometries. It is found no evolution of the drain current during non stressful steps. The value of the critical degradation voltage beyond which the stress drain current starts to decrease significantly is also found dependent on the stress bias conditions, the gate-drain distance and the gate length. Moreover, the safe operating area of this technology has been determined
Kumar, Pushpendra. "Impact of 14/28nm FDSOI high-k metal gate stack processes on reliability and electrostatic control through combined electrical and physicochemical characterization techniques." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018GREAT114/document.
Full textThis Ph.D. thesis is focused on the impact of the 14 and 28 nm FDSOI technologies HKMG stack processes on the electrical performance of MOS transistors. It concerns specifically the reliability aspect and the engineering of effective workfunction (WFeff ), through diffusion of lanthanum (La) and aluminum (Al) additives. This work combines electrical and physicochemical characterization techniques, and their development. The impact of La and Al incorporation, in the MOS gate stack, on reliability and device lifetime has been studied. La addition has a significant negative impact on device lifetime related to both NBTI and TDDB degradations. Addition of Al has a significant negative impact on lifetime related to PBTI, but on the contrary improves the lifetime for TDDB degradation. These impacts on device lifetime have been well correlated to the material changes inside the gate oxides. Moreover, diffusion of these additives into the HKMG stack with annealing temperature and time has been studied on different high-k materials. The diffused dose has been compared with the resulting shift in effective workfunction (WFeff), evidencing clear correlation. In addition, impact of TiN metal gate RF-PVD parameters on its crystal size and orientation, and device electrical properties has been studied. XRD technique has been used to obtain the crystal size and orientation information. These properties are significantly modulated by TiN process, with a low grain size and a unique crystal orientation obtained in some conditions. However, the WFeff modulations are rather correlated to the Ti/N ratio change, suggesting a change in the dipole at SiO2/high-k interface. Lastly, using specific test structures and a new test methodology, a robust and accurate XPS under bias technique has been developed to determine the relative band energy positions inside the HKMG stack of MOS devices. Using this technique, we demonstrated that WFeff shift induced by La and Al or by variations in gate thickness originates due to modifications of the dipole at SiO2/high-k interface
Ropars, Thomas. "Services et protocoles pour l'exécution fiable d'applications distribuées dans les grilles de calcul." Phd thesis, Université Rennes 1, 2009. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00456490.
Full textBaudon, Sylvain. "Etude de l'influence des contraintes appliquées sur l'évolution des propriétés diélectriques des couches minces isolantes dans les composants semi-conducteurs de puissance." Phd thesis, Université Montpellier II - Sciences et Techniques du Languedoc, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01001950.
Full textBenmansour, Adel. "Contribution à l'étude des mécanismes de défaillances de l'IGBT sous régimes de fortes contraintes électriques et thermiques." Thesis, Bordeaux 1, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008BOR13752/document.
Full textFor these last years, the IGBT (Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor) has occupied a dominating place comparing to other power components. Used in a multitude of applications, it became the component of reference in power electronics domain. In this thesis, I will be interested in operation of the IGBT in extreme thermal and electrical conditions. Using the simulation of a bi-dimensional physical model of a Punch Through Trench IGBT, I will be interested more particularly in the limits of the SOA (Safe Operating Area), and more precisely in the mechanisms which can lead to the failure of the component. An experimental study will present the behaviour of various structures of IGBT in various electrical and thermal operating conditions, more particularly the influence of the temperature and the gate resistance. Lastly, a proposal for an improvement of IGBT will be developed in simulation by implementing a layer SiGe in the N+ buffer layer of the IGBT