Title

Revisiting MOSFET threshold voltage extraction methods

Authors

Authors

A. Ortiz-Conde; F. J. Garcia-Sanchez; J. Muci; A. T. Barrios; J. J. Liou;C. S. Ho

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Microelectron. Reliab.

Keywords

DIFFERENCE OPERATOR METHOD; FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; EFFECTIVE; CHANNEL-LENGTH; PARAMETER EXTRACTION; SERIES RESISTANCE; SUBTHRESHOLD; BEHAVIOR; MOBILITY DEGRADATION; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; SUBMICRON MOSFETS; ACCURATE METHOD; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Physics, Applied

Abstract

This article presents an up-to-date review of the several extraction methods commonly used to determine the value of the threshold voltage of MOSFETs. It includes the different methods that extract this quantity from the drain current versus gate voltage transfer characteristics measured under linear operation conditions for crystalline and non-crystalline MOSFETs. The various methods presented for the linear region are adapted to the saturation region and tested as a function of drain voltage whenever possible. The implementation of the extraction methods is discussed and tested by applying them to real state-of-the-art devices in order to compare their performance. The validity of the different methods with respect to the presence of parasitic series resistance is also evaluated using 2-D simulations. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Microelectronics Reliability

Volume

53

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

90

Last Page

104

WOS Identifier

WOS:000314258600012

ISSN

0026-2714

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