Can physical analysis aid in device characterization

Abstract Recent developments in electrical characterization and physical analysis techniques have led to new benefits from their combined application, especially in the investigation of device degradation and failure analysis. Drawing from two examples, one on silicon transistor devices and the other on III–V light-emitting diodes, results will be presented to illustrate that the combined application of such techniques does introduce interesting possibilities in analysing and understanding device degradation problems.

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