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New methodology for on-chip RF reliability assessment

Heiß et al., 2016

Document ID
17808392166286975064
Author
Heiß L
Lachmann A
Schwab R
Panagopoulos G
Baumgartner P
Virupakshappaa M
Schmitt-Landsiedel D
Publication year
Publication venue
2016 IEEE International Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS)

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This work presents a systematic approach to investigate transistor reliability at high frequencies with on-chip stress circuits. The problem of state-of-the art on-chip stress circuits is that the actual stress signal at the device cannot be verified by measurements. However …
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