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For CMOS circuits, the increase in power consumption has been curtailed in recent years by introducing mechanical stress to achieve device speed gain over and above the traditional speed vs. power tradeoffs achieved only by scaling gate lengths. Starting with the 90 nm silicon node, induced compressive stress by embedded SiGe is being used to increase the hole mobility in PMOS. Because of the context...