In earlier transistors, these charges interfered with the gate’s ability to block current, resulting in a constant flow of leakage current.

This so-called "leakage current" wastes precious power and becomes even more of a problem as transistors get smaller and more numerous.

In conclusion, there are multiple sources of leakage current and parasitic capacitance that can cause DRAM failures. These failure modes need to be carefully evaluated during DRAM development and ...

Leakage current components in an NMOS transistor. A new post-placement simulation methodology and flow using stress-enhanced fill (SEF) cells reduces I^sub by introducing mechanical stress in the ...

In many cases, standby power was not an issue. When switching activity stopped, standby power was negligible, with the reverse-biased junctions between the drain and base of the transistors accounting ...

Small leakage currents with big effects A transistor can be compared to a water tap -- only instead of a stream of water, electric current is switched on and off.

What a digital designer might dismiss as leakage current is a predictable and useful operation mode of CMOS transistors. Pease knew this in 1999, but many analog engineers appreciated this fact.

The layers act as vertical tunnelling barriers that minimize current leakage – even at room temperature. Called a vertical field-effect tunnelling transistor, the device is the first ever made from ...

Using a two-dimensional material to electrically connect to high-power semiconductor transistors improves device performance.

While transistor counts continue to grow, we're increasingly running into the physical and thermal limits of silicon. Leakage current rises as transistors shrink, and the heat generated per square ...

Chips for mobile phones and handhelds will be built using different manufacturing techniques designed to contain power leakage at the expense of transistor switching speeds.