• DocumentCode
    2984884
  • Title

    Impact of BEOL, multi-fingered layout design, and gate protection diode on intrinsic MOSFET threshold voltage mismatch

  • Author

    Lim, G.H. ; Zhou, Xiaoxin ; Khu, K. ; Yoo, Y.K. ; Poh, F. ; See, G.H. ; Zhu, Z.M. ; Wei, C.Q. ; Lin, S.H. ; Zhu, G.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    20-22 Dec. 2007
  • Firstpage
    1059
  • Lastpage
    1062
  • Abstract
    Continued scaling down of MOSFETs, compounded with limitation in process variation control capabilities, has made MOSFET mismatch more significant for advanced technologies. In order to prevent over compensating for MOSFET mismatch in design margin, it is important to characterize the intrinsic MOSFET mismatch accurately. In this paper, test structures are designed to study the influence of back end of line (BEOL), multi-fingered layout, and gate protection diode (GPD) on MOSFET threshold voltage mismatch characterization.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; semiconductor diodes; BEOL; back end of line; gate protection diode; intrinsic MOSFET threshold voltage mismatch; multi-fingered layout design; process variation control; Diodes; MOSFET circuits; Monitoring; Probes; Process control; Protection; Routing; Testing; Threshold voltage; Tiles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits, 2007. EDSSC 2007. IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Tainan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0637-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-0637-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDSSC.2007.4450310
  • Filename
    4450310