Some Considerations on Tunneling Losses in Field-Effect Devices for Low-Voltage Microcontrollers
Author(s) -
M. Grado-Caffaro
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
active and passive electronic components
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.144
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1026-7034
pISSN - 0882-7516
DOI - 10.1155/1998/45270
Subject(s) - quantum tunnelling , microcontroller , oxide , gate voltage , electric field , optoelectronics , voltage , electrical engineering , materials science , current (fluid) , current density , low voltage , power (physics) , gate oxide , engineering physics , engineering , physics , transistor , thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , metallurgy
The loss power density associated with the tunneling current in a typical MOS cell with afloating gate is evaluated for high electric-field strengths in the oxide layer. Furthermore,problems related to oxide thickness are discussed
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