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MOS capacitance measurements for high-leakage thin dielectrics

Yang et al., 1999

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6171671938332132083
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Yang K
Hu C
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IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

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As oxide thickness is reduced below 2.5 nm in MOS devices, both series and shunt parasitic resistances become significant in capacitance-voltage (CV) measurements. A new technique is presented which allows the frequency-independent device capacitance to be …
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