Acronym · Process Technology
PD-SOI (Partially Depleted Silicon On Insulator)
An SOI flavour with a silicon film thick enough that part of the body stays neutral and electrically floating. The floating body causes history-dependent threshold shifts that circuit designers must account for.
- Also known as
- PDSOI
- Type
- Acronym
- Domain
- Process Technology, Transistor architecture
Notes
IBM used PD-SOI for POWER and game-console processors through the 2000s before the industry shifted to FinFET on bulk.
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