Impact of Nitridation on Bias Temperature Instability and Hard Breakdown Characteristics of SiON MOSFETs

S Tyaginov, B O'Sullivan, A Chasin, Y Rawal… - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
We study how nitridation, applied to SiON gate layers, impacts the reliability of planar metal-
oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) subjected to negative and positive …

Simulation study on the optimization and scaling behavior of LDMOS transistors for low-voltage power applications

A Saadat, ML Van de Put, H Edwards… - … on Electron Devices, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a systematic investigation of device optimization for laterally diffused metal-
oxide-semiconductor (LDMOS) field-effect transistors in terms of subthreshold leakage …

Building blocks of past, present and future BCD technologies

F Hébert, P Parvarandeh, M Li, G Zhang… - … Devices and ICs …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The critical building blocks that have enabled high-performance and high-reliability BCD
technologies optimized for power management applications over the past 30 years are …

Compact Physics Hot-Carrier Degradation Model Valid over a Wide Bias Range

S Tyaginov, E Bury, A Grill, Z Yu, A Makarov… - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
We develop a compact physics model for hot-carrier degradation (HCD) that is valid over a
wide range of gate and drain voltages (V gs and V ds, respectively). Special attention is paid …

DC to AC Analysis of HC vs. BTI damage in N-EDMOS used in Single Photon Avalanche Diode cell

H Pitard, A Bravaix, X Federspiel, R Fillon… - Microelectronics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract N-channel Extended Drain Metal Oxide Semiconductor (EDMOS) device is
analysed through its sensitivity to Hot-Carrier (HC), hot hole (HH) injections and Positive …

Algorithmic optimization of transistors applied to silicon LDMOS

PJ Chuang, A Saadat, ML Van De Put… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a pioneering approach that integrates optimization algorithms and technology
computer-aided design to automatically optimize laterally-diffused metal-oxide …

A compact physics analytical model for hot-carrier degradation

S Tyaginov, A Grill, M Vandemaele… - 2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We develop and validate a fully analytical model for hot-carrier degradation based on a
thorough description of the physical picture behind this reliability phenomenon. This …

Hot-carrier degradation in power LDMOS: Drain bias dependence and lifetime evaluation

AN Tallarico, S Reggiani, R Depetro… - … on Electron Devices, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this brief, we present an analysis of the degradation induced by hot-carrier stress in new
generation power lateral double-diffused MOSFET (LDMOS) transistors. When a relatively …

A novel 'IV spectroscopy'technique to deconvolve threshold voltage and mobility degradation in LDMOS transistors

YP Chen, BK Mahajan, D Varghese… - 2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Although the CMOS-compatible Laterally Diffused MOSFET (LDMOS) is widely used in
various applications as a versatile and efficient power electronic device, its hot carrier …

LDMOS drift region with field oxides: Figure-of-merit derivation and verification

A Saadat, ML Van de Put, H Edwards… - IEEE Journal of the …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We analytically and numerically investigate the performance of Laterally-Diffused Metal-
Oxide-Semiconductor (LDMOS) transistors with Semi-circular Field OXide (S-FOX) focusing …