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    Transient simulation of the erase cycle of floating gate EEPROMs

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    The validity of a steady-state approach to the simulation of the WRITE/ERASE cycles of floating gate EEPROM cells is discussed. It is shown that, while the WRITE cycle can be always accurately modeled in such a framework, the simulation of the ERASE cycle sometimes requires a transient analysis to correctly account for the deep depletion of the drain during the leading edge of the ERASE pulse. An approximate method for the fast transient simulation of the ERASE cycle is presented. A comparison of experiments and simulations demonstrates the relevance of the non-steady-state effects, and supports the validity of the presented transient solution. In addition, it is shown that an accurate simulation of WRITE/ERASE cycles requires a reliable model for Fowler-Nordheim injection from an accumulated semiconductor

    Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis

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    The present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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