Countering Aging Effects through Field Gate Sizing

Transistor aging through negative bias temperature instability (NBTI) has become a major lifetime constraint in VLSI circuits. We propose a technique that uses antifuses to widen PMOS transistors later in a circuit?s life cycle to combat aging. Using HSPICE and 70nm BPTM process numbers, we simulate...

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Main Author: Henrichson, Trenton D.
Other Authors: Hu, Jiang
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2008-12-100
http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2008-12-100