Semiconductors & Electronic Devices

Semiconductor device structure, electrostatics, charge transport and the operating conditions used to interpret electronic-device behavior.

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MOSFET threshold voltage illustration comparing continuous conduction, the TI CSD16301Q2 small-current threshold test, its separate on-resistance test, a bounded weak-inversion current-ratio example, and inversion charge added by gate overdrive.

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MOSFET Threshold Voltage: Why It Does Not Mean Fully On

Understand MOSFET threshold voltage, weak inversion, and subthreshold swing, with separate datasheet criteria for threshold and on-resistance.

Floating-body effects infographic showing a partially depleted SOI transistor, hole-generation feedback and charge-removal paths, matched-voltage current histories, stored-charge relaxation and the effect of added body-contact conductance.

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Why floating-body effects can change transistor current after earlier operation

Compare floating-body effects at matched terminal voltages, model charge relaxation, and distinguish stored electrical state from changing device parameters.