Negative bias temperature instability mechanism: The role of molecular hydrogen

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Krishnan, Anand T ^a   Chakravarthi, Srinivasan ^a   Nicollian, Paul ^a   Reddy, Vijay ^a   Krishnan, Srikanth ^a  

^a TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR HYDROGEN; NEGATIVE BIAS TEMPERATURE INSTABILITY (NBTI);

DIMERIZATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

KINETIC THEORY OF GASES;

EID: 33646147793     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2191828     Document Type: Article

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