Process Technology Variation
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...Comparison of recent random variation (AVT) values from the literature, illustrating improvement with high-k/metal gate and undoped structures, and the relative equivalence of all fully depleted technologies [63]....
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...Small diameter nanowire devices may operate in a regime where conduction moves from the surface of the device to the center [63]....
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...The distributions of threshold-voltage (VT) in the three FinFET designs show that the overall VT variability is dramatically reduced compared to planar bulk MOSFETs [1][2], but the new variability source, fin-edge roughness, contributes considerable variability....
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...The statistical variability and reliability introduced by RDD, LER, MGG, and random ITC in nanoscale MOSFETs is becoming one of the major concerns for CMOS scaling and integration [1][2]....
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...Thus, random dopant fluctuation, a major contributor to device variation, is eliminated [37]....
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...supply voltage fluctuations) and particle strikes are some of the most prevalent causes of such concerns [Borkar 2005], [McPherson 2006], [Kuhn et al. 2011], [Aitken et al....
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...Inherent time-zero and time-dependent device variability, noise (e.g., supply voltage fluctuations), and particle strikes are some of the most prevalent causes of such concerns (Borkar 2005; McPherson 2006; Kuhn et al. 2011; Aitken et al. 2013)....
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...[31], where σΔVT is plotted versus 1/ √ LeffWeff , and the slope of the resulting line is termed AVT (see Fig....
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...Random variation analyses of static noise margin (SNM), dynamic read stability, and writability can be performed to model the Vccmin of a 6-T SRAM cell in a large cache design [27]....
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...A LTHOUGH there has been a trend in the complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) literature in recent years to describe process variation as a new challenge associated with advanced CMOS technologies [1], process...
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...variation has always been a critical aspect of semiconductor fabrication [2]....
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...(Right) “Constant current” method [32] of VT measurement, showing the arbitrary selection of current....
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...(Left) ELR method [32] of VT measurement, showing sensitivity to external parasitic resistance Rext....
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...1) Methods for the Measurement of VT : There are a number of measurement techniques for VT [32]....
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