Electrostatic discharge (ESD) robustness of the Sub-10 nm diameter gate-all-around nanowire field-effect transistor (NW FET) was characterized and compared with sub 65nm MOS devices and FinFETs. Failure mechanisms of NW FETs subject to ESD stresses are investigated by DC current-voltage measurements carried out before and after stressing the devices with ESD equivalent pulses generated from the transmission line pulsing (TLP) tester.
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Nanoelectronics Conference (INEC), 2011 IEEE 4th International
Date of Conference: 21-24 June 2011