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Publication
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Paper
Monitoring hot-carrier degradation in SOI MOSFET's by hot-carrier luminescence techniques
Abstract
This paper addresses the problem of hot-carrier degradation and lifetime monitoring in SOI MOSFET's by means of hot-carrier-induced luminescence measurements. The peculiar emission behavior of SOI devices is clarified over a broad range of bias conditions by means of comparison with that of BULK MOSFET's. It is shown that detailed analysis of hot-carrier luminescence measurements at different photon energies provides a noninvasive monitoring tool for various aspects of degradation, such as worst case bias conditions, threshold voltage shift, and variations of the electric field and hot-carrier population in the damaged region. The measured light intensity represents also a sensitive acceleration factor for the extrapolation of lifetimes to real operating conditions. © 1998 IEEE.