Goiffon, Vincent and Virmontois, Cédric and Magnan, Pierre and Girard, Sylvain and Paillet, Philippe Analysis of total dose-induced dark current in CMOS image sensors from interface state and trapped charge density measurements. (2010) IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 57 (6). 3087-3094. ISSN 0018-9499
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2010.2077653
Abstract
The origin of total ionizing dose induced dark current in CMOS image sensors is investigated by comparing dark current measurements to interface state density and trapped charge density measurements. Two types of photodiode and several thick-oxide-FETs were manufactured using a 0.18-µm CMOS image sensor process and exposed to 10-keV X-ray from 3 krad to 1 Mrad. It is shown that the radiation induced trapped charge extends the space charge region at the oxide interface, leading to an enhancement of interface state SRH generation current. Isochronal annealing tests show that STI interface states anneal out at temperature lower than 100°C whereas about a third of the trapped charge remains after 30 min at 300°C.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | Thanks to IEEE editor. The definitive version is available at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org |
Audience (journal): | International peer-reviewed journal |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Active pixel sensors - APS - Annealing - CMOS image sensors - CIS - Current measurement - Dark current - FOXFET - Interface states - Junctions - Logic gates - PMDFET - Photodiodes - Dark current - Deep submicrometer process - Interface states - Ionizing radiation - Shallow trench isolation - STI - Total ionizing dose - TID - Trapped charge |
Institution: | French research institutions > Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux énergies alternatives - CEA (FRANCE) Université de Toulouse > Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace - ISAE-SUPAERO (FRANCE) |
Laboratory name: | Département d'Electronique, Optronique et Signal - DEOS (Toulouse, France) - Conception d’Imageurs Matriciels Intégrés - CIMI |
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Deposited On: | 16 Dec 2010 15:52 |
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