Challenges and solutions to the defect-centric modeling and circuit simulation of time-dependent variability

Time-Dependent Variability (TDV) phenomena represent a serious concern for device and circuit reliability. To address the TDV impact at circuit level, Reliability-Aware Design (RAD) tools can be used by circuit designers to achieve more reliable circuits. However, this is not a straightforward task,...

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Autores: Martin Martinez, Javier|||0000-0001-5938-5898, Diaz-Fortuny, Javier|||0000-0002-8186-071X, Saraza-Canflanca, Pablo|||0000-0003-2155-8305, Rodríguez Martínez, Rosana|||0000-0002-4565-6703, Castro-Lopez, Rafael|||0000-0002-6247-3124, Roca, Elisenda|||0000-0001-6260-6495, Fernandez, Francisco V.|||0000-0001-8682-2280, Nafria, Montserrat|||0000-0002-9549-2890
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:291214
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/291214
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1109/irps48203.2023.10118334
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Aging
Array
Bias Temperature Instability (BTI)
Characterization
CMOS
Degradation
Hot Carrier Injection (HCI)
Random Telegraph Noise (RTN)
Reliability
Reliability-Aware Design (RAD)
Variability
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Sumario:Time-Dependent Variability (TDV) phenomena represent a serious concern for device and circuit reliability. To address the TDV impact at circuit level, Reliability-Aware Design (RAD) tools can be used by circuit designers to achieve more reliable circuits. However, this is not a straightforward task, since the development of RAD tools comprises several steps such as the characterization, modeling and simulation of TDV phenomena. Furthermore, in deeply-scaled CMOS technologies, TDV reveals a stochastic nature that can complicate those steps. In this invited paper, we review some of the main challenges that appear in each step of the flow towards the development of RAD tools, providing our solutions to them.