Summary of Catherine Barros' thesis
 

Title : Evaluation of MOS technologies by measurements of conduction and ground noise. Application in the hardening

     This report is dedicated to the evaluation of MOS technologies by measures of conduction and ground noise.
     The developed techniques of measure were tested on various technologies of manufacture of CMOS components on massive silicon or of TFT (Thin Film Transistor) type on amorphous silicon.
     From the equations of functioning of capacities and MOS transistors, a methodology of characterization of these structures allowed to extract a set of electric and geometrical parameters reporting in a satisfactory way the functioning of the component. These parameters are also representative of the used technology and allow so to qualify the process of manufacture.
     On the fundamental plan, the study of the electric noise allowed to clarify the origin of the 1/f noise and to put in evidence new sources of noise connected to the phenomena of conduction proper to the transistors of geometry of submicronic grid.
     On the practical plan, the electric noise was used to qualify the MOS technologies. It allows to show the role played by the parasite elements inherent to these technologies. Being a not destructive mean of investigation, the ground noise also allowed to put in evidence a correlation between the 1/f noise presented by MOS transistors before irradiation and the evolution of their conduction's parameters after irradiation.

Keywords :
MOS Capacities, MOS Transistors, Thin Film Transistors, 1/f noise, Random Telegraph Signal, Low Frequencies, Radiation Co-60, Hardening.
 
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