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stress  occurs at the interfaces between materials featuring different crystallographic structure and/or different thermal expansion coefficient resulting from different chemical composition.
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bias-temperature stress  see BTS
BTS  bias-temperature stress; reliability test in which device is electrically stressed at increased temperature; commonly used in C-V characterization of MOS devices.
capacitance-voltage, C-V, measurements  several parameters of semiconductor materials and structures can be determined by measuring C-V characteristics; routinely used for process diagnostics and monitoring in MOS technology; allows determination of interface trap density, fixed charge and oxide charge.
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constant - current stress, CCS  technique used to study time dependent breakdown of gate oxide; constant current featuring predetermined density is injected into the oxide until it breaks down (gate voltage drops to zero).
TDDB  Time Dependent Dielectric Breakdown; common technique to evaluate reliability of gate oxides in MOS devices; either time needed to break an oxide stressed with high voltage is measured (CVS - Constant Voltage Stress), or time of current injection into the oxide after which oxide fails (CCS -Constant Current Stress).
constant voltage stress, CVS  technique used to study time dependent breakdown of gate oxide; constant voltage is applied to the gate until oxide breaks down (rapid, irreversible increase of the gate current).
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constant voltage stress, CVS  technique used to study time dependent breakdown of gate oxide; constant voltage is applied to the gate until oxide breaks down (rapid, irreversible increase of the gate current).
constant - current stress, CCS  technique used to study time dependent breakdown of gate oxide; constant current featuring predetermined density is injected into the oxide until it breaks down (gate voltage drops to zero).
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Jerzy Ruzyllo is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Penn State University.



This book gives a complete account of semiconductor engineering covering semiconductor properties, semiconductor materials, semiconductor devices and their uses, process technology, fabrication processes, and semiconductor materials and process characterization.


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