Time-dependent dielectric breakdown (TDDB) testing is an indispensable step in qualifying semiconductor gate-oxide integrity, and vendors are responding with the instrumentation and probing ...
Advanced, short-geometry CMOS processes are subject to aging that causes major reliability issues that degrade the performance of integrated circuits (ICs) over time. Degradation effects causing aging ...
Today’s complex IC designs can lead to different voltages being placed in close proximity. This requires the addition of spacing rules to protect against time ...