Which limitation to output drive strength arises due to velocity saturation in short-channel MOSFETs?

💡 Explanation

Drain current plateaus because velocity saturation caps carrier velocity at high fields, limiting current increase despite further gate voltage increase via the drift-diffusion mechanism. Therefore current saturates, rather than increasing without bound, because limited velocity restricts carrier flux.

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