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"Double-Hump" in Id-vg Curves
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It is known that "divot" will degrade the inverse narrow width effect of pass transistor and result in “double hump”. SiN pull-back in STI indeed eliminates "double-hump" in Id-vg curves of pass transistors. [1]

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[1] C. H. Li, K.C. Tu, H. C. Chu, I. H. Chang, W. R. Liaw, H. F. Lee, W.Y. Lien, M. H. Tsai, W. J. Liang, W.G. Yeh, H. M. Chou, C.Y. Chen, and M. H. Chi, A robust shallow trench isolation (STI) with SiN pull-back process for advanced DRAM technology, , 13th Annual IEEE/SEMI Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference. Advancing the Science and Technology of Semiconductor Manufacturing, ASMC, DOI: 10.1109/ASMC.2002.1001567, 2002.

 

 

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