MOSFET degradation due to hot-carrier effect at high frequencies

Abstract
Hot-carrier-induced degradation due to AC stress on short-channel MOSFETs is discussed. It is observed that pulsed gate voltage stressing with a short falltime (0.7 ns) can cause additional lifetime degradation in the form of drain-current reduction. The AC-enhanced degradation is more pronounced at higher frequencies.

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