The Understanding and Compact Modeling of Reliability in Modern Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors: From Single-Mode to Mixed-Mode …

Z Sun, S Chen, L Zhang, R Huang, R Wang - Micromachines, 2024 - mdpi.com
With the technological scaling of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors
(MOSFETs) and the scarcity of circuit design margins, the characteristics of device reliability …

A Method to Isolate Intrinsic HCD and NBTI Contributions Under Self Heating During Varying VG/VD Stress in GAA Nanosheet PFETs

N Choudhury, S Mahapatra - IEEE Transactions on Electron …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gate-all-around stacked nano-sheet (GAA-SNS) p-channel field effect transistors (FETs)
having varying sheet widths are utilized for ultrafast measurements (delay) of negative bias …

Transient self-heating effects on mixed-mode hot carrier and bias temperature instability in FinFETs: Experiments and modeling

Z Sun, W Luo, Y Jiao, Z Zhang, J Song… - … on Electron Devices, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The self-heating effect (SHE) is a critical issue in nanoscale fin field effect transistors
(FinFETs) that has emerged as an essential concern for device reliability. In physical circuit …

Investigation of the impact of hot-carrier-induced interface state generation on carrier mobility in nMOSFET

Z Wu, J Franco, B Truijen, P Roussel… - … on Electron Devices, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A comprehensive investigation on the hot-carrier-induced interface state generation and its
impact on carrier mobility in nMOSFET is performed. IV compact modeling and charge …

Compact Physics Hot-Carrier Degradation Model Valid over a Wide Bias Range

S Tyaginov, E Bury, A Grill, Z Yu, A Makarov… - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
We develop a compact physics model for hot-carrier degradation (HCD) that is valid over a
wide range of gate and drain voltages (V gs and V ds, respectively). Special attention is paid …

Investigating Nanowire, Nanosheet and Forksheet FET Hot-Carrier Reliability via TCAD Simulations

M Vandemaele, B Kaczer, E Bury… - 2023 IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report TCAD simulation studies on nanowire (NW), nanosheet (NS) and forksheet (FS)
FET hot-carrier relia-bility. The simulations entail i) solving the Boltzmann transport equation …

DC to AC Analysis of HC vs. BTI damage in N-EDMOS used in Single Photon Avalanche Diode cell

H Pitard, A Bravaix, X Federspiel, R Fillon… - Microelectronics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract N-channel Extended Drain Metal Oxide Semiconductor (EDMOS) device is
analysed through its sensitivity to Hot-Carrier (HC), hot hole (HH) injections and Positive …

Novel low thermal budget CMOS RMG: Performance and reliability benchmark against conventional high thermal budget gate stack solutions

J Franco, H Arimura, JF de Marneffe… - … on Electron Devices, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low thermal budget gate stack fabrication is a key enabler for upcoming CMOS technology
innovations, such as sequential-3-D integration and CFETs. In this article, we discuss the …

Modeling hot carrier damage interaction between on and off modes for 28 nm AC RF applications

T Garba-Seybou, A Bravaix, X Federspiel… - Microelectronics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Improving device aging models requires to consider hot-carrier degradation (HCD) between
On/Off modes and interaction of these different damage rate mechanisms as well as the …

Trap** of hot carriers in the forksheet FET wall: a TCAD study

M Vandemaele, B Kaczer, S Tyaginov… - IEEE Electron …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We simulate the spatial profile of trapped charge in the forksheet FET wall under hot-carrier
stress by calculating carrier distribution functions and using a non-radiative multiphonon …