The characterization of hot carrier damage in p-channel transistors

Damage in surface channel p-MOS transistors arising from hot-carrier stress is examined using a recently proposed lifetime extraction method. It is shown that the p-MOS behavior with respect to hot-carrier stress runs counter to that of n-MOS transistors in many respects and has to be considered separately. Not only are the well-known post-stress gains in drive current obtained for p-MOS transistors, but also the measurement of the I-V characteristics with the stress damage at the source and drain ends shows effects opposite to those of n-MOS devices. This is attributed to coulombic screening by the channel charge. Stressing transistors in inverter-like and pass-transistor-like modes are also discussed, and it is found that p-MOS transistors are much more sensitive to pass-transistor-like damage than n-channel devices, due to increased channel length shortening in the pass transistor mode. It is shown that whereas at long gate lengths (>0.5 mu m) the degradation is limited to drain current changes, at shorter channel lengths ( >

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