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The correlation of the current-voltage curve for the gate (Ig-Vg) with fatal events (abrupt fall-off of threshold voltage (VT) and subsequent gate-oxide destruction) under hot carrier stress in a lateral diffused PMOS transistor with shallow trench isolation (STI) is experimentally investigated. Time to failure caused by these events becomes shortest long before Ig reaches its first peak. In this...