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Extremely scaled high-k gate dielectrics with high quality electrical interfaces with arsenide (As) and antimonide (Sb) channels are used to demonstrate complimentary ‘all III–V’ Heterojunction Vertical Tunnel FET (HVTFET) with record performance at |VDS|=0.5V. The p-type TFET (PTFET) has ION =30µA/µm and ION/IOFF =105, whereas the n-type TFET (NTFET) has ION =275µA/µm and ION/IOFF=3×105, respectively...
This work presents experimental demonstration of InAs single and dual quantum well (DQW) heterostructure FinFETs (FF) and their superior performance over In0.7Ga0.3As QW FF. Peak mobility of 3,531 cm2/V-sec and 3,950 cm2/V-sec are obtained for InAs single QW FF and InAs DQW FF, respectively, at a fin width (Wfin) of 40nm and LG = 2µm. Peak gm of 480 µS/µm, 541 µS/um; IDSAT of 121 µA/µm, 135 µA/µm;...
FinFET has become the mainstream logic device architecture in recent technology nodes due to its superior electrostatic and leakage control [1,2,3,4]. However, parasitic capacitance has been a key performance detractor in 3D FinFETs. In this work, a novel low temperature ALD-based SiBCN material has been identified, with an optimized spacer RIE process developed to preserve the low-k value and provide...
We report a comprehensive evaluation of different device architectures from a device and circuit performance viewpoint: gate-all-around (GAA) nanowire (NW) FETs vs. triple-gate finFETs, both built using various doping schemes. GAA devices are obtained via a fins release process, high density compatible, at replacement metal gate (RMG) module, and outperform others per footprint. Junctionless (JL)...
Strained Ge p-channel FinFETs on Strain Relaxed SiGe are integrated for the first time on high density 45nm Fin pitch using a replacement channel approach on Si substrate. In comparison to our previous work on isolated sGe FinFETs [1], 14/16nm technology node compatible modules such as replacement metal gate and germanide-free local interconnect were implemented. The ION/IOFF benchmark shows the high...
The further growth of billions of wirelessly connected devices requires a technology infrastructure that can handle a massive increase in storage, computing power and bandwidth, some of it available via cloud computing, to enable number crunching at very large scale and at high volume, low cost and low power. The IoT applications or ‘smart devices’ require the following technology enablers: ultra-low...
Random variation of threshold voltage (Vt) in MOSFETs plays a central role in determining the minimum operating voltage of products in a given process technology. Properly characterizing Vt variation requires a large volume of measurements of minimum size devices to understand the high sigma behavior. At the same time, a rapid measurement approach is required to keep the total measurement time practical...
We report on the first demonstration of ultra-thin body (50 nm), low defectivity 200 mm InGaAs-on-insulator (-OI) fabricated by direct wafer bonding technique (DWB) as well as a replacement gate process for self-aligned fully depleted InGaAs MOSFETs. These combined achievements highlight the viability of our approach for the VLSI integration of InGaAs at advanced nodes. Short channel replacement gate...
A novel RMG process in which the n-type work function metal (nWFM) is deposited first and then selectively removed from the pMOS devices is presented for the first time. The key benefit of this nMOS 1st process lies in increased gate-fill space which results in about 10× improvement in the pMOS effective gate resistivity at gate lengths (LG) around 22 nm, an improvement which is predicted by modeling...
High voltage I/O FinFET device optimization for a 16nm system-on-a-chip (SoC) technology is presented. After careful optimization through high electric field (E-field) mitigation by junction engineering, I/O FinFET devices with leakage current reduction by 1∼2 orders, hot carrier injection (HCI) lifetime improvement by 2.8×/1.2× for N- and PMOS, respectively, and junction breakdown voltage (Vbd) improvement...
We demonstrate a process flow for creating gate-all-around (GAA) Si nanowire (SiNW) MOSFETs with minimal deviation from conventional replacement metal gate (RMG) finFET technology as used in high-volume manufacturing. Using this technique, we demonstrate the highest DC performance shown for GAA SiNW MOSFETs at sub-100 nm gate pitch, and functional high-speed ring oscillators.
We demonstrate Si-cap-free SiGe p-channel FinFETs and gate-all-around (GAA) FETs in a replacement metal gate (RMG) process, for Ge contents of 25% and 45%. We show that the performance of these devices is substantially improved by high-pressure (HP) deuterium (D2) anneal, which is ascribed to a 2x reduction in interface trap density (DIT). Furthermore, it is found that (1) TMAH treatment of SiGe prior...
Adding functionality to a passive Si interposer used in 2.5/3D integration, can result in system cost reductions. In this work, active components (diodes, BJT, …) have been integrated on Si interposer using a new low-mask process flow. This low-cost process enables: (1) to move part of the area hungry ESD protection from the stacked dies to the interposer; (2) the realization of pre-bond testable...
We demonstrate scaled High-Ge-Content (HGC) SiGe-OI finFET with Ge up to 71%, using a CMOS-compatible approach. For the first time, aggressively scaled HGC relatively-tall fins with vertical sidewalls and sub-10nm widths have been demonstrated using an enhanced 3D-Ge-condensation technique. An improved Si-cap-free HK/MG process featuring optimized IL has been developed resulting in scaled EOT and...
We compare As and P extension implants for NMOS Si bulk FinFETs with 5nm wide fins. P implanted FinFETs shows improved ION, +15% with Room Temperature (RT) ion implantation (I/I) and +9% with hot I/I, keeping matched Short Channel Effects (SCE) for gate length (LG) of 30nm compared with As implanted FinFETs. Based on TCAD work, P increases activated dopant concentration in extension compared with...
3D VLSI integration is a promising alternative path towards CMOS scalability. It requires Low Temperature (LT) processing (≤600°C) for top FET fabrication. In this work, record performance is demonstrated for LT TriGate and FDSOI devices using Solid Phase Epitaxy (SPE). Optimization guidelines for further performance improvement are given for FD, TriGate and FinFET on insulator with the constraint...
A new production ready compact model for future FinFETs is presented. This single unified model can model FinFETs with realistic fin shapes including rectangle, triangle, circle and any shape in between. New mobility models support Ge p-FinFETs and InGaAs n-FinFETs. A new quantum effects model enables accurate modeling of III–V FinFETs. Special attention is paid to shape agnostic short-channel effect...
We report the first experimental demonstration of Ge 3D CMOS circuits, based on the recessed fin structure. Both n-FinFETs and p-FinFETs with channel length (Lch) from 200 to 20 nm and fin width (WFin) from 60 to 10 nm are realized on a Ge-on-insulator (GeOI) substrate. The Ge FinFETs show superior gate electrostatic control over planar devices and sub-threshold slope (SS) as low as 93 and 73 mV/dec...
Based on physically-extended methodology, measurements and simulations show that implementing high-mobility materials and particularly alloys, such as a SiGe buffer for mobility enhancement in a Ge channel, can result in a 115% increase in self heating in the N7 node, compared to standard Si FinFETs.
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