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The feasibility of a fabrication process depends on the stability of
the resulting integrated circuits. Defects of devices are mainly
related to a drift of the threshold voltage of CMOS devices caused
by hot carriers [8,14,33,34,97], electrostatic
discharge (ESD) [93], or electromigration
(EMG) [11].
Rudi Strasser
1999-05-27