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Effects of inhomogeneous negative bias temperature stress on p-channel MOSFETs of analog and RF circuits

✍ Scribed by Christian Schlünder; Ralf Brederlow; Benno Ankele; Wolfgang Gustin; Karl Goser; Roland Thewes


Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
347 KB
Volume
45
Category
Article
ISSN
0026-2714

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✦ Synopsis


The effect of inhomogeneous negative bias temperature stress (NBTS) applied to p-MOS transistors under analog and RF CMOS operating conditions is investigated. Experimental data of a 0.18 and 0.25 lm standard CMOS process are presented and an analytical model is derived to physically explain the effect of stress on the device characteristics. The impact of inhomogeneous NBTS on device lifetime is considered and compared to the homogeneous case.