Statistical Analysis of Random Telegraph Noises of MOSFET Subthreshold Currents Using a 1M Array Test Chip in a 40 nm Process
It is difficult to measure the random telegraph noises (RTN) of MOSFET subthreshold currents at the sub-pA level directly and accurately. In this work, we used a charge integration method similar to the operation of the CMOS image sensors (CIS) to characterize the RTN of subthreshold currents approx...
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| author | Calvin Yi-Ping Chao Meng-Hsu Wu Shang-Fu Yeh Chin-Hao Chang Chi-Lin Lee Chin Yin Kuo-Yu Chou Honyih Tu |
| author_facet | Calvin Yi-Ping Chao Meng-Hsu Wu Shang-Fu Yeh Chin-Hao Chang Chi-Lin Lee Chin Yin Kuo-Yu Chou Honyih Tu |
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| description | It is difficult to measure the random telegraph noises (RTN) of MOSFET subthreshold currents at the sub-pA level directly and accurately. In this work, we used a charge integration method similar to the operation of the CMOS image sensors (CIS) to characterize the RTN of subthreshold currents approximately from 1 fA to 1 nA, using a test chip of 1M cell array in a 40 nm process. We found that each RTN trap was active only within a specific window of gate voltages. The trap became less active or inactive outside the corresponding window of operations. We showed that the sets of RTN-active devices under different gate voltages were different. Furthermore, the choice of sampling frequency in measuring RTN and the number of sampled data points determined the observable range of RTN emission and capture time constants. For the data measured by sampling periods of 3.82 s, 299 ms, and 372 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu {\mathrm{ s}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, different sets of RTN traps were observed with different spans of time constants. The combined time constants range was about 7 orders of magnitude. For single-trap RTN, we found and verified a relation between the probability of trap occupancy (PTO) and the ratio of root-mean-square random noise (RN) versus the RTN amplitude. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-16be69d937ef4c6a980e1bb88730f4e92022-12-21T19:32:13ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society2168-67342021-01-01997298410.1109/JEDS.2021.31207399577145Statistical Analysis of Random Telegraph Noises of MOSFET Subthreshold Currents Using a 1M Array Test Chip in a 40 nm ProcessCalvin Yi-Ping Chao0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1495-576XMeng-Hsu Wu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8056-1945Shang-Fu Yeh2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2690-4887Chin-Hao Chang3Chi-Lin Lee4Chin Yin5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6245-3561Kuo-Yu Chou6Honyih Tu7Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Hsinchu, TaiwanTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Hsinchu, TaiwanTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Hsinchu, TaiwanTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Hsinchu, TaiwanTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Hsinchu, TaiwanTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Hsinchu, TaiwanTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Hsinchu, TaiwanTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Hsinchu, TaiwanIt is difficult to measure the random telegraph noises (RTN) of MOSFET subthreshold currents at the sub-pA level directly and accurately. In this work, we used a charge integration method similar to the operation of the CMOS image sensors (CIS) to characterize the RTN of subthreshold currents approximately from 1 fA to 1 nA, using a test chip of 1M cell array in a 40 nm process. We found that each RTN trap was active only within a specific window of gate voltages. The trap became less active or inactive outside the corresponding window of operations. We showed that the sets of RTN-active devices under different gate voltages were different. Furthermore, the choice of sampling frequency in measuring RTN and the number of sampled data points determined the observable range of RTN emission and capture time constants. For the data measured by sampling periods of 3.82 s, 299 ms, and 372 <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\mu {\mathrm{ s}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, different sets of RTN traps were observed with different spans of time constants. The combined time constants range was about 7 orders of magnitude. For single-trap RTN, we found and verified a relation between the probability of trap occupancy (PTO) and the ratio of root-mean-square random noise (RN) versus the RTN amplitude.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9577145/Random noise (RN)random telegraph noise (RTN)random telegraph signal (RTS)CMOS image sensor (CIS)correlated double sampling (CDS)subthreshold current |
| spellingShingle | Calvin Yi-Ping Chao Meng-Hsu Wu Shang-Fu Yeh Chin-Hao Chang Chi-Lin Lee Chin Yin Kuo-Yu Chou Honyih Tu Statistical Analysis of Random Telegraph Noises of MOSFET Subthreshold Currents Using a 1M Array Test Chip in a 40 nm Process IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society Random noise (RN) random telegraph noise (RTN) random telegraph signal (RTS) CMOS image sensor (CIS) correlated double sampling (CDS) subthreshold current |
| title | Statistical Analysis of Random Telegraph Noises of MOSFET Subthreshold Currents Using a 1M Array Test Chip in a 40 nm Process |
| title_full | Statistical Analysis of Random Telegraph Noises of MOSFET Subthreshold Currents Using a 1M Array Test Chip in a 40 nm Process |
| title_fullStr | Statistical Analysis of Random Telegraph Noises of MOSFET Subthreshold Currents Using a 1M Array Test Chip in a 40 nm Process |
| title_full_unstemmed | Statistical Analysis of Random Telegraph Noises of MOSFET Subthreshold Currents Using a 1M Array Test Chip in a 40 nm Process |
| title_short | Statistical Analysis of Random Telegraph Noises of MOSFET Subthreshold Currents Using a 1M Array Test Chip in a 40 nm Process |
| title_sort | statistical analysis of random telegraph noises of mosfet subthreshold currents using a 1m array test chip in a 40 nm process |
| topic | Random noise (RN) random telegraph noise (RTN) random telegraph signal (RTS) CMOS image sensor (CIS) correlated double sampling (CDS) subthreshold current |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9577145/ |
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