The radiation response of 90 nm bulk silicon MOS devices after heavy ion irradiation is experimentally investigated. Due to the random strike of the incident particle, different degradation behaviors of bulk silicon M...
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The radiation response of 90 nm bulk silicon MOS devices after heavy ion irradiation is experimentally investigated. Due to the random strike of the incident particle, different degradation behaviors of bulk silicon MOS devices are observed. The drain current and maximum transconductance degrade as a result of the displacement damage in the channel induced by heavy ion strike. The off-state leakage current degradation and threshold voltage shift are also observed after heavy ion irradiation. The results suggest that the radiation induced damage of sub-100 nm MOS devices caused by heavy ion irradiation should be paid attention.
A new static power clamp circuit integrated with input ESD protection is proposed in this paper. By skillfully incorporating traditional input ESD protection, the proposed circuit replaces the protection resistor by t...
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(纸本)9781467397209
A new static power clamp circuit integrated with input ESD protection is proposed in this paper. By skillfully incorporating traditional input ESD protection, the proposed circuit replaces the protection resistor by the active switch and merging the signal control circuit into trigger circuit of static power clamp. The proposed circuit is a whole-chip ESD protection scheme that has a low leakage and the excellent ESD performance.
The gate dielectrics reliability in Tunnel FETs (TFETs) has been thoroughly investigated for the first time, which is found to be the dominant device failure mechanism compared with bias temperature ins tability degra...
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(纸本)9781509039036
The gate dielectrics reliability in Tunnel FETs (TFETs) has been thoroughly investigated for the first time, which is found to be the dominant device failure mechanism compared with bias temperature ins tability degradation, and is much worse than MOSFETs with the same gate stacks due to a new stronger localized dielectric field peak at gate/source overlap region. The non-uniform electric field of dielectric in TFET also leads to the different mechanisms between soft breakdown and hard breakdown failure. Moreover, dielectric-field-associated parameters are discussed in detail, showing an intrinsic trade-off between dielectrics reliability and device performance optimization caused by the positive correlation between dielectric field and source junction field. A new robust design consideration is further proposed for reliability and performance co-optimization, which is experimentally realized by a new TFET design with both dramatically improved performance and reliability, indicating its great potentials for ultralow-power applications.
A physics-based compact model is developed to capture the essential resistive switching behaviors of conductive-bridge random access memory (CBRAM) under DC and AC operations. Three types of evolution modes of conduct...
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(纸本)9781509039036
A physics-based compact model is developed to capture the essential resistive switching behaviors of conductive-bridge random access memory (CBRAM) under DC and AC operations. Three types of evolution modes of conductive filament correlated with material properties and operation schemes are modeled based on experimental observations. By modeling the temperature and electric-field effects as well as the electrical conduction, the model can well reproduce the DC and AC switching characteristics in different material stacks and operation modes. The calibrated model can be further implemented into SPICE to evaluate and optimize the array performance of CBRAM as a device-circuit-system co-design tool.
Energy consumption has become the major concern of the IC industry. As a result, near-threshold-voltage (NTV) design has attracted a lot of attention for its superiority in energy efficiency. However, NTV design is fa...
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(纸本)9781509039036
Energy consumption has become the major concern of the IC industry. As a result, near-threshold-voltage (NTV) design has attracted a lot of attention for its superiority in energy efficiency. However, NTV design is faced with the key challenge - variability, especially for FinFET technology where device electrical FoMs are found to be strongly correlated. In this paper, new methodology of NTV design optimization for FinFET is proposed for the first time, and demonstrated based on silicon data. Significant improvements are achieved in the following three aspects: (1) Our newly proposed predictive compact variability models in all-region are accurately calibrated with experimental data, using a simple characterization method;(2) A new efficient approach for logic design space optimization is proposed based on a set of elaborately selected subthreshold FoMs, and the impacts of variation on energy efficiency, delay variation and failure probability are thoroughly investigated;(3) The conventional gate sizing method is also ameliorated specifically for FinFET NTV design. Based on silicon data, the proposed methodology is then demonstrated under V~(dd)=199mV and V_(dd)=145mV, targeting energy-efficiency priority and V_(dd) priority scenarios, respectively. This work provides helpful guidelines for FinFET variation-aware near-threshold design.
The InGaAs/InAIAs/InP high electron mobility transistor (HEM:F) structures with lattice-matched and pseudo- morphic channels are grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy. Effects of Si ^-doping condition and grow...
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The InGaAs/InAIAs/InP high electron mobility transistor (HEM:F) structures with lattice-matched and pseudo- morphic channels are grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy. Effects of Si ^-doping condition and growth interruption on the electrical properties are investigated by changing the Si-cell temperature, doping time and growth process. It is found that the optimal Si ^-doping concentration (Nd) is about 5.0 x 1012 cm-2 and the use of growth interruption has a dramatic effect on the improvement of electrical properties. The material structure and crystal interface are analyzed by secondary ion mass spectroscopy and high resolution transmission elec- tron microscopy. An InGaAs/InAiAs/InP HEMT device with a gate length of lOOnm is fabricated. The device presents good pinch-off characteristics and the kink-effect of the device is trifling. In addition, the device exhibits fT = 249 GHa and fmax 〉 400 GHz.
The silicon PIN radiation detectors are always used under high working voltages. The breakdown voltage improvement has been researched in this paper. The resistivity of the silicon is larger than 20,000 Ω cm and the ...
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A new leakage-tolerant true single-phase clock dual-modulus prescaler based on a stage-merged scheme is presented. Leakage-restricting transistors are used to reduce the leakage currents at critical nodes and leakage-...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9781479987689
A new leakage-tolerant true single-phase clock dual-modulus prescaler based on a stage-merged scheme is presented. Leakage-restricting transistors are used to reduce the leakage currents at critical nodes and leakage-related malfunctions are eliminated at minimal cost in terms of speed, power and area overheads. An HSPICE simulation in a 40 nm process shows that the proposed divide-by-2/3 divider can effectively enhance robustness against leakage currents to extend the low frequency limit of the circuit over wide temperature and threshold voltage ranges. Additionally, the proposed design shows speed and power performance that is comparable to the performance levels of referenced designs.
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