Subthreshold currents in CMOS transistors made on oxygen-implanted silicon
- 18 August 1983
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 19 (17) , 684-685
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19830466
Abstract
Kinks have been observed in subthreshold current plots of mesa-shaped n-channel transistors made on oxygen implanted silicon substrates. The kinks represent additional current flow and are due to overlapping fields from the gate electrode causing early corner inversion and to a Qss side-wall effect. Subthreshold currents in n-channel transistors are dominated by the two effects which, as a consequence, reduce threshold voltages especially in narrow n-channel transistors. The subthreshold characteristics of p-channel transistors were not affected in the same way.Keywords
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