C. Pacha, B. Martin, K. von Arnim, R. Brederlow, D. Schmitt-Landsiedel, P. Seegebrecht, J. Berthold, R. Thewes
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Abstract
Leakage currents in 120 nm CMOS technology are dependent on STI-induced stress (STIS), inverse narrow-width effect (INWE), and statistical threshold voltage variations. In this paper, we analyze the impact of these effects on the gate-width dependence of the device off-current density. A threshold voltage model is proposed to describe the observed off-current minimum. STIS dominates the device behavior for large gate widths while INWE determines the off-current for gate widths below 1 /spl mu/m. Statistical threshold voltage variations are relevant for minimum-sized devices.