Fast and precise subthreshold slope method for extracting gate capacitive coupling coefficient in flash memory cells
A fast and precise subthreshold slope method for extraction of gate capacitive coupling coefficient is substantially confirmed by experimental data from three types of flash memory cells: stacked gate, sidewall source-side injection (SSI), and split-gate cells. This new method furnishes promising potentials: (i) it can eliminate the effect of process variations; (ii) the traditional source or drain capacitive coupling measurement becomes unnecessary; (iii) only a few DC measurements are needed; and (iv) even dummy transistors can be removed. Therefore, the method is highly suitable as an in-line process monitor.
Abstract Peptide and protein samples are often complex mixtures that contain a number of individual compounds. The initial HPLC separation of such samples typically results in the poor resolution of one or more band pairs. Various means have been suggested tor varying separation selectivity so as to minimize this problem. In this study of a tryptic digest of recombinant human growth hormone, the simultaneous variation of temperature and gradient steepness was found to be a convenient and effective means of varying selectivity and optimizing the separation. The use of computer simulation greatly facilitated this investigation.