DIELECTRIC-RELAXATION AS A LIMIT ON TRANSISTOR SWITCHING SPEED

Authors
LADBROOKE PH CARROLL JE
Citation
Ph. Ladbrooke et Je. Carroll, DIELECTRIC-RELAXATION AS A LIMIT ON TRANSISTOR SWITCHING SPEED, Electronics Letters, 32(16), 1996, pp. 1511-1513
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
32
Issue
16
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1511 - 1513
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1996)32:16<1511:DAALOT>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Charge re-arrangement in a semiconductor device by the process of diel ectric relaxation is reexamined accounting for carrier inertia. Where the length of the control region in contemporary transistors is of the order of 0.1 mu m dielectric relaxation, not transit time, is likely to be the frequency-limiting mechanism.