A new charge pumping (CP) technique is proposed to obtain the spatial profile of interface-state density (N-it) and oxide charges (N-ot) near the drain junction of hot-carrier stressed MOSFETs. Complete separation of N-it from N-ot is achieved by using a direct noniterative method. The pre-stress CP edge is corrected for the charges associated with both the generated N-it and N-ot. A closed form model is developed to predict the stress-induced incremental CP current. The damage distributions are obtained after fitting the model with experimental data. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.