Microelectronics, Volume. 51, Issue 3, 399(2021)
Study on the Effects of Mechanical Stress on β of Bipolar Transistors
In chip manufacturing process, the mechanical stress has a great influence on common-emitter current gain β of vertical NPN. By slotting on metal 2, the value of β rebounded. A compressive stress layer of Si3N4 was added into the IMD between metal 1 and metal 2, and the β of the largest NPN had returned to normal mode. At the same time, the β of the other size NPN and PNP still increased. The influence mechanism of stress was analyzed using energy band theory. The results showed that the stress in (100) crystal plane had a great influence on the β of the vertical NPN and vertical PNP, and it had been verified by experiments.
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LIU Yong, LIU Jian, ZHANG Peijian, WANG Fei, XIAO Tian. Study on the Effects of Mechanical Stress on β of Bipolar Transistors[J]. Microelectronics, 2021, 51(3): 399
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Received: Jan. 11, 2021
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Published Online: Mar. 11, 2022
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