TY - JOUR
T1 - Hot-carrier effects in depletion-mode MOSFETs
AU - Ong, T. C.
AU - Ko, P. K.
AU - Hu, Chen-Ming
PY - 1989/1/1
Y1 - 1989/1/1
N2 - Under the same gate and drain bias, the substrate current in a depletion-mode MOSFET is smaller than in an enhancement-mode MOSFET. The difference, however, is gate bias dependent, being larger at low gate voltages and smaller at high gate bias. The phenomenon can be understood in terms of an effective gate-oxide thickness concept. Other hot-carrier effects in the depletion-mode MOSFET, such as gate current and hot-carrier-induced breakdown, can also be understood on the same basis. On the other hand, hole injection into the oxide at very low VG is larger in a depletion-mode device. Such large hole injection leads to a more negative Vt after stressing. The maximum shift in Vt (negative ΔVt) is comparable to that in an enhancement-mode device.
AB - Under the same gate and drain bias, the substrate current in a depletion-mode MOSFET is smaller than in an enhancement-mode MOSFET. The difference, however, is gate bias dependent, being larger at low gate voltages and smaller at high gate bias. The phenomenon can be understood in terms of an effective gate-oxide thickness concept. Other hot-carrier effects in the depletion-mode MOSFET, such as gate current and hot-carrier-induced breakdown, can also be understood on the same basis. On the other hand, hole injection into the oxide at very low VG is larger in a depletion-mode device. Such large hole injection leads to a more negative Vt after stressing. The maximum shift in Vt (negative ΔVt) is comparable to that in an enhancement-mode device.
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U2 - 10.1016/0038-1101(89)90045-2
DO - 10.1016/0038-1101(89)90045-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0024482021
VL - 32
SP - 33
EP - 36
JO - Solid-State Electronics
JF - Solid-State Electronics
SN - 0038-1101
IS - 1
ER -