Electron spin resonance study of high field stressing in metal‐oxide‐silicon device oxides

We find that two paramagnetic ‘‘trivalent silicon’’ centers appear to be responsible for damage resulting from Fowler–Nordheim injection of electrons into thermal oxides on silicon.

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