• DocumentCode
    1221530
  • Title

    MOSFET linearity performance degradation subject to drain and gate voltage stress

  • Author

    Yu, Chuanzhao ; Yuan, J.S. ; Yang, Hong

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    681
  • Lastpage
    689
  • Abstract
    Device parameters degradation of nonlinear elements subject to drain and gate voltage stress is examined experimentally. Analysis of metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor linearity degradation due to stress is given. Effects on radio frequency (RF) circuit linearity are investigated systematically through a SpectreRF simulation based on measured device data.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; Volterra series; circuit simulation; hot carriers; mixers (circuits); semiconductor device breakdown; Gilbert cell; SpectreRF simulation; Volterra series; complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor mixers; device parameters degradation; drain voltage stress; gate oxide breakdown; gate voltage stress; hot carriers; linearity performance degradation; metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor; nonlinear elements; radio frequency circuit linearity; Capacitance; Degradation; FETs; Linearity; MOSFET circuits; Performance analysis; Radio frequency; Stress; Taylor series; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Device and Materials Reliability, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1530-4388
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TDMR.2004.838407
  • Filename
    1388441