Physically-based threshold voltage determination for MOSFET's of all gate lengths

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作者
Tsuno, M [1 ]
Suga, M [1 ]
Tanaka, M [1 ]
Shibahara, K [1 ]
Miura-Mattausch, M [1 ]
Hirose, M [1 ]
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[1] Hiroshima Univ, Res Ctr Nanodevices & Syst, Dept Engn, Higashihiroshima 7398527, Japan
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10.1109/16.772487
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A reliable method to determine the threshold voltage V-th for MOSFET's with gate length down to the sub-0.1 mu m region is proposed. The method determines V-th by linear extrapolation of the transconductance g(m) to zero and is therefore named "GMLE method." To understand the physical meaning of the method and to prove its reliability for different technologies 2-D simulation was applied. The results reveal that determined V-th values always meet the threshold condition, i.e., the onset of inversion layer buildup.
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