Abstract: | The body current lowering effect of 130 nm partially depleted silicon-on-insulator(PDSOI) input/output(I/O)n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors(NMOSFETs) induced by total-ionizing dose is observed and analyzed. The decay tendency of current ratio of body current and drain current I_b/I_d is also investigated.Theoretical analysis and TCAD simulation results indicate that the physical mechanism of body current lowering effect is the reduction of maximum lateral electric field of the pinch-off region induced by the trapped charges in the buried oxide layer(BOX). The positive charges in the BOX layer can counteract the maximum lateral electric field to some extent. |