Intrinsic Dielectric Reliability in Semiconductor Materials: A Structural Admissibility Condition for Long-Term Electrical Integrity

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Authors: Jorge Vasconcelos
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Abstract

Description This prior-art / structural admissibility analysis establishes intrinsic dielectric reliability as a necessary condition for semiconductor materials, dielectrics, insulators, and interface layers that claim long-term electrical integrity, stability, or industrial deployability. The document is strictly non-constructive: it discloses no compositions, stacks, device structures, fabrication steps, annealing protocols, operating voltages, geometries, or reliability metrics. Instead, it formalizes domain-independent invariants under which claimed dielectric reliability must arise as an identity-level property rather than from operational defect annealing, charge trapping or leakage compensation, conditioning cycles, or predictable corrective intervention. The condition constrains patentability at the level of enablement/sufficiency, inventive step, and industrial applicability.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Semiconductor materials and devices Copper Interconnects and Reliability Dielectric properties of ceramics

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
11 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint