The effects of the physical damages induced by heavy ion irradiation on the performance of partiallydepleted SOI devices are experimentally investigated. After heavy ion exposure, different degradation phenomena are o...
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The effects of the physical damages induced by heavy ion irradiation on the performance of partiallydepleted SOI devices are experimentally investigated. After heavy ion exposure, different degradation phenomena are observed due to the random strike of heavy ions. A decrease of the saturation current and transconductance,and an enhanced gate-induced drain leakage current are observed, which are mainly attributed to the displacement damages that may be located in the channel, the depletion region of the drain/body junction or the gate-to-drain overlap region. Further, PDSOI devices with and without body contact are compared, which reveals the differences in the threshold voltage shift, the drain-induced barrier lowing effect, the transconductance and the kink effect. The results may provide a guideline for radiation hardened design.
This paper presents a low-complexity calibration-free digital PLL architecture. The PLL adopts a fractional frequency divider with a harmonic rejection current steering phase interpolator which is free from pre- and b...
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(纸本)9781509037018
This paper presents a low-complexity calibration-free digital PLL architecture. The PLL adopts a fractional frequency divider with a harmonic rejection current steering phase interpolator which is free from pre- and background-calibration. The harmonic rejection technology could improve linearity of interpolator. A simplified glitch-free control logic for fractional operation is proposed to lower architecture complexity and minimal design effort. A high frequency resolution digitally-controlled oscillator with an equivalent variable inductor is also utilized. A 2.2-GHz digital PLL has been implemented in a 55-nm CMOS technology. The frequency resolution of DCO is 1.58 kHz, and in-band phase noise of PLL is -104.4 dBc/Hz. The PLL consumes 2.43 mA from a 1.2-V supply voltage and occupies an active area of 0.216 mm 2 .
This paper presents a temperature and supply voltage variation-tolerant CMOS relaxation oscillator which is suitable for ultra-low power systems. A low-power low-cost half-period pre-charge compensation scheme is prop...
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(纸本)9781479953424
This paper presents a temperature and supply voltage variation-tolerant CMOS relaxation oscillator which is suitable for ultra-low power systems. A low-power low-cost half-period pre-charge compensation scheme is proposed to eliminate influences of the delay of the comparator and the RS latch on the frequency stability of the relaxation oscillator. In a clock period consisting of four working stages including normal charge, discharge, pre-charge and hold stage, the threshold voltage of comparators is adjusted dynamically. A 32.7-kHz relaxation oscillator with the proposed half-period pre-charge compensation scheme is implemented in a TSMC 0.18-μm CMOS process, occupying a silicon area of 0.048 mm2. Simulation results show that the proposed relaxation oscillator consumes 51-nW at room temperature from 0.6-V power supply, and temperature stability of 43.1 ppm/°C from -55 °C to 125 °C and ±0.60% frequency variation with supply voltage from 0.5 V to 1.0 V are achieved.
The impact of process induced variation on the response of SOI Fin FET to heavy ion irradiation is studied through 3-D TCAD simulation for the first time. When Fin FET biased at OFF state configuration(Vgs D0, Vds DV...
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The impact of process induced variation on the response of SOI Fin FET to heavy ion irradiation is studied through 3-D TCAD simulation for the first time. When Fin FET biased at OFF state configuration(Vgs D0, Vds DVdd/ is struck by a heavy ion, the drain collects ionizing charges under the electric field and a current pulse(single event transient, SET) is consequently formed. The results reveal that with the presence of line-edge roughness(LER), which is one of the major variation sources in nano-scale Fin FETs, the device-to-device variation in terms of SET is observed. In this study, three types of LER are considered: type A has symmetric fin edges, type B has irrelevant fin edges and type C has parallel fin edges. The results show that type A devices have the largest SET variation while type C devices have the smallest variation. Further, the impact of the two main LER parameters,correlation length and root mean square amplitude, on SET variation is discussed as well. The results indicate that variation may be a concern in radiation effects with the down scaling of feature size.
Transient behaviors of the diode-triggered silicon controlled rectifiers (DTSCRs) under very-fast transmission line pulse (VF-TLP) testing are investigated in this paper. The underlying physics needs to be comprehensi...
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Transient behaviors of the diode-triggered silicon controlled rectifiers (DTSCRs) under very-fast transmission line pulse (VF-TLP) testing are investigated in this paper. The underlying physics needs to be comprehensively investigated and 2D/3D device simulations are well performed and compared. Analysis uncovers that the turn-on process of intrinsic SCR is ascribed to Darlington effect as well as junction breakdown.
In this paper, the improved recrystallization of ultra-thin amorphous silicon (α-Si) film was realized by two-dimensionally confined lattice regrowth with normal rapid thermal annealing process. By experimental inves...
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In this paper, the improved recrystallization of ultra-thin amorphous silicon (α-Si) film was realized by two-dimensionally confined lattice regrowth with normal rapid thermal annealing process. By experimental investigation, the α-Si films with thickness of 400 Å were found to be recrystallized even at 850°C for only 35s rapid thermal annealing (RTA). With capped Si 3 N 4 layer, the lattice regrowth was confined more strictly to along the film plane so that smoother and higher-quality polycrystalline silicon film was obtained which is suitable for future monolithic three dimensional (3D) stacked integration processes.
A novel low-power and high-speed dual-modulus prescaler based on extended true single-phase clock (E-TSPC) scheme is presented. By restricting the short-circuit current in noncritical branchs, the design reduces the m...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781479953424
A novel low-power and high-speed dual-modulus prescaler based on extended true single-phase clock (E-TSPC) scheme is presented. By restricting the short-circuit current in noncritical branchs, the design reduces the major source of power dissipation in E-TSPC scheme. The presented design enhances the maximum working frequency with shorter critical path and lower load capacitances. Simulation results in SMIC 40nm process show that compared with referenced E-TSPC based designs at least 61.2% (divide-by-2) and 41.1% (divide-by-3) reduction in power delay product (PDP) can be achieved by the proposed design.
In this paper, the newly-found time-dependent layout dependent effects (LDE) due to layout dependency of device aging is presented. BTI and HCI degradation in nanoscale HKMG devices exhibits evident layout dependency,...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781509003211
In this paper, the newly-found time-dependent layout dependent effects (LDE) due to layout dependency of device aging is presented. BTI and HCI degradation in nanoscale HKMG devices exhibits evident layout dependency, which will significantly complicate the circuit design. With the analysis on circuit level, the time-dependent LDE should be considered to ensure enough design margin, especially at end of life. This work is helpful to design-technology co-optimization at nanoscale nodes.
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