Analysis of induced end-of-life failures in SRAM through nanoprobing

Wednesday, October 31, 2018: 1:55 PM
225AB (Phoenix Convention Center)
Mr. Oberon St John Dixon-Luinenburg , Thermo Fisher Scientific, Santa Barbara, CA
Mr. Jordan Fine, PhD , Thermo Fisher Scientific, Santa Barbara, CA

Summary:

We demonstrate the ability to induce and analyze read and hold margin reductions in 14nm 6T SRAM by using an 8-probe Hyperion II AFP nanoProber to apply elevated bias conditions for 20 minutes to a full cell and measure NBTI/PBTI degradation for the two inverters.