Title
Investigation of charging mechanisms in metal-insulator-metal structures
Abstract
In this paper we have investigated the temperature dependence of the charging effects in Metal-Insulator-Metal structures, aiming to obtain a better insight on the charging mechanism of RF-MEMS switch insulating layer. The accumulated charge kinetics have been monitored through the transient response of the depolarization current. The transient response is shown to follow rather a stretched exponential law. The time scale of the process is found to be thermally activated with activation energy determined by Arrhenius plot. The results have been compared to thermally stimulated depolarization current assessment.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1016/j.microrel.2005.07.094
Microelectronics Reliability
Keywords
Field
DocType
kinetics,transient response,activation energy
Transient response,Exponential function,Arrhenius plot,Dielectric,Chemistry,Electronic engineering,Depolarization,Metal-insulator-metal,Kinetics,Activation energy
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
45
9
0026-2714
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
1.15
0
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M. Exarchos163.15
V. Theonas221.15
P. Pons34918.02
G.J. Papaioannou4148.35
S. Melle521.15
D. Dubuc673.17
F. Cocetti721.15
R. Plana821.15