A review of techniques for ageing detection and monitoring on embedded systems

L Lanzieri, G Martino, G Fey, H Schlarb… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Embedded digital devices, such as Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Systems
on Chip (SoCs), are increasingly used in dependable or safety-critical systems. These …

Positive-bias temperature instability (PBTI) of GaN MOSFETs

A Guo, JA del Alamo - 2015 IEEE International Reliability …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have investigated the stability of the gate stack of GaN n-MOSFETs under positive gate
stress. Devices with a gate dielectric that consists of pure SiO 2 or a composite SiO 2/Al 2 O …

Investigation of Sidewall High-k Interfacial Layer Effect in Gate-All-Around Structure

D Ryu, M Kim, J Yu, S Kim, JH Lee… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, structure optimization of high-k interfacial layer (IL), deposited between the
gate and the gate sidewall spacer, was performed in a 5-nm node nanosheet field-effect …

A Survey of Electromagnetic Radiation Based Hardware Assurance and Reliability Monitoring Methods in Integrated Circuits

MY Vutukuru, JM Emmert, R Jha - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electromagnetic (EM) radiation-based hardware assurance methods are gaining
prominence due to their non-invasive nature of monitoring the chip activity and the potential …

Aging mitigation in memory arrays using self-controlled bit-flipping technique

A Gebregiorgis, M Ebrahimi, S Kiamehr… - The 20th Asia and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With CMOS technology downscaling into the nanometer regime, the reliability of SRAM
memories is threatened by accelerated transistor aging mechanisms such as Bias …

Investigation of NBTI and PBTI induced aging in different LUT implementations

S Kiamehr, A Amouri, MB Tahoori - … Conference on Field …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transistor aging mostly due to Negative and Positive Bias Temperature Instability (NBTI and
PBTI) is a major reliability threat for VLSI circuits fabricated in nanometer technology nodes …

Aging-aware timing analysis considering combined effects of NBTI and PBTI

S Kiamehr, F Firouzi, MB Tahoori - International Symposium on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transistor aging due to Bias Temperature Instability (BTI) and Hot Carrier Injection (HCI) is
one of the major reliability issues of VLSI circuits fabricated at nanometer technology nodes …

Power-aware minimum NBTI vector selection using a linear programming approach

F Firouzi, S Kiamehr, MB Tahoori - IEEE Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Transistor aging is a major reliability concern for nanoscale CMOS technology that can
significantly reduce the operation lifetime of very large-scale integration chips. Negative bias …

A Review of Techniques for Ageing Detection and Monitoring on Embedded Systems

L Lanzieri, G Martino, G Fey, H Schlarb… - ACM Computing …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Embedded digital devices are progressively deployed in dependable or safety-critical
systems. These devices undergo significant hardware ageing, particularly in harsh …

Extending standard cell library for aging mitigation

S Kiamehr, M Ebrahimi, F Firouzi… - IET Computers & Digital …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Transistor aging, mostly due to bias temperature instability (BTI), is one of the major
unreliability sources at nano‐scale technology nodes. BTI causes the circuit delay to …