CORRELATED FLUCTUATIONS AND NOISE SPECTRA OF TUNNELING AND SUBSTRATE CURRENTS BEFORE BREAKDOWN IN THIN-OXIDE MOS DEVICES

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SALETTI, R
NERI, B
OLIVO, P
MODELLI, A
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[1] UNIV PISA,IST ELETTR & TELECOMUN,I-56100 PISA,ITALY
[2] UNIV BOLOGNA,DIPARTIMENTO ELETTR INFORMAT & SISTEMIST,I-40126 BOLOGNA,ITALY
[3] SGS THOMSON MICROELECTR,I-20041 AGRATE BRIANZA,ITALY
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10.1109/16.62302
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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
The fluctuations of the tunnel and substrate currents in thin-oxide MOS devices biased at high fields have been investigated. It has been shown that both the currents are characterized by multi-level random fluctuations which are sometimes correlated. The correlation is complete before breakdown. © 1990 IEEE
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