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MOSFETs with 9 to 13 A thick gate oxides

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In this paper, an improved methodology of gate oxide thickness extraction from the MOSFET gate currents in the accumulation regime is proposed, and experimental evidence for a mobility reduction mechanism, namely Remote Charge Scattering, has been presented.
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In this work, NMOSFETs with gate oxides between 9 to 13 A have been fabricated and its behavior analyzed. An improved methodology of extracting gate oxide thickness from the MOSFET gate currents in the accumulation regime is proposed. Experimental evidence for a mobility reduction mechanism, namely Remote Charge Scattering, has been presented. The mobility was found to be degraded because of scattering by ionized impurities in the poly-gate.

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