• DocumentCode
    3213192
  • Title

    Soft breakdown effects on MOS switch and passive mixer

  • Author

    Sadat, Anwar ; Liu, Yi ; Yuan, Jiann ; Xie, Huikai

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    25-29 April 2004
  • Firstpage
    653
  • Lastpage
    654
  • Abstract
    On wafer 0.16 μm NMOS transistors are stressed and measured. Soft breakdown effects on MOS switch and passive mixer are evaluated. Time constant for the switch increases. Conversion gain and LO feed-through of the mixer degraded.
  • Keywords
    capacitor switching; dielectric thin films; electric breakdown; field effect transistor switches; mixers (circuits); semiconductor device breakdown; semiconductor device reliability; 0.16 micron; MOS switch; passive mixer; soft breakdown effects; time constant; Breakdown voltage; Capacitance; Degradation; Electric breakdown; Electrical resistance measurement; MOSFETs; Mixers; Stress measurement; Switches; Switching circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium Proceedings, 2004. 42nd Annual. 2004 IEEE International
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8315-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RELPHY.2004.1315435
  • Filename
    1315435