8.5 - Challenges of Deep Submicron Scaling
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Practice Questions
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What are Short-Channel Effects?
💡 Hint: Think about how channel length affects gate influence.
What is DIBL?
💡 Hint: Focus on the impact of the drain voltage.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is a major consequence of Short-Channel Effects?
💡 Hint: Think about how scale affects the gate's control.
Is Drain-Induced Barrier Lowering a phenomenon affecting the threshold voltage?
💡 Hint: Link the drain voltage to the threshold behavior.
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Challenge Problems
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Consider a MOSFET at 50 nm vs 100 nm. Calculate the expected change in leakage current due to SCE. Discuss the implications of this change.
💡 Hint: Use your understanding of how SCE affects current.
Propose a design change to mitigate DIBL in a given transistor design where DIBL influences are observed. Justify your reasoning.
💡 Hint: Think about architecture impacts on voltage threshold.
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