Title :
Suppression of VT variability degradation induced by NBTI with RDF control
Author :
Tsunomura, T. ; Nishimura, J. ; Kumar, A. ; Nishida, A. ; Inaba, S. ; Takeuchi, K. ; Hiramoto, T. ; Mogami, T.
Author_Institution :
MIRAI-Selete, Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
VT variability degradation induced by negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) and its relation with random dopant fluctuation (RDF) are investigated by a special large-scale (16000 PFETs) device matrix array (DMA) TEG exclusive for NBTI variability measurements. It is clarified that VT variability degradation is suppressed by reducing channel or halo dopant concentration. The suppression mechanism is discussed in terms of channel potential fluctuation caused by RDF.
Keywords :
VLSI; integrated circuit reliability; DMA TEG; NBTI; RDF control; channel potential fluctuation; device matrix array; halo dopant concentration; negative bias temperature instability; random dopant fluctuation; variability degradation suppression; Degradation; Fluctuations; Resource description framework; Stress; Stress measurement; Time measurement; Very large scale integration; Channel dopant; Halo; NBTI; VT variability;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Technology (VLSIT), 2011 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9949-6