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Manut, AB, Zhang, JF, Duan, M, Ji, Z, Zhang, WD, kaczer, B, Schram, T, Horiguchi,, N and Groeseneken, G (2015) Impact of Hot Carrier Aging on Random Telegraph Noise and Within a Device Fluctuation. IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society. ISSN 2168-6734
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Abstract
For nanometer MOSFETs, charging and discharging a single trap induces random telegraph noise (RTN). When there are more than a few traps, RTN signal becomes complex and appears as within a device fluctuation (WDF). RTN/WDF causes jitters in switch timing and is a major challenge to low power circuits. In addition to RTN/WDF, devices also age. The interaction between RTN/WDF and aging is of importance and not fully understood. Some researchers reported aging increasing RTN/WDF, while others showed RTN/WDF being hardly affected by aging. The objective of this work is to investigate the impact of hot carrier aging (HCA) on the RTN/WDF of nMOSFETs. For devices of average RTN/WDF, it is found that the effect of HCA is generally modest. For devices of abnormally high RTN/WDF, however, for the first time, we report HCA reducing RTN/WDF substantially (>50%). This reduction originates from either a change of current distribution or defect losses.
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| Subjects: | T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | Electronics & Electrical Engineering (merged with Engineering 10 Aug 20) |
| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Nov 2015 07:46 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2021 13:48 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/2353 |
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