A simple and accurate method to measure the threshold voltage of a mosfet using an mos active attenuator

International Journal of Electronics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 49-58

  Tsay, Jiann Horng ^a   Liu, Shen Iuan ^a   Wu, Yan Pei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; MOS DEVICES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

BIAS CONDITIONS; MOS ACTIVE ATTENUATOR; SOFTWARE PACKAGE HSPICE; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE EXTRACTION;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 0030190920     PISSN: 00207217     EISSN: 13623060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002072196136922     Document Type: Article

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