• DocumentCode
    1333701
  • Title

    CMOS-Compatible Vertical-Silicon-Nanowire Gate-All-Around p-Type Tunneling FETs With \\leq 50 -mV/decade Subthreshold Swing

  • Author

    Gandhi, Ramanathan ; Chen, Zhixian ; Singh, Navab ; Banerjee, Kaustav ; Lee, Sungjoo

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microelectron., Agency for Sci., Technol. & Res., Singapore, Singapore
  • Volume
    32
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1504
  • Lastpage
    1506
  • Abstract
    We present a vertical-silicon-nanowire-based p-type tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET) using CMOS-compatible process flow. Following our recently reported n-TFET , a low-temperature dopant segregation technique was employed on the source side to achieve steep dopant gradient, leading to excellent tunneling performance. The fabricated p-TFET devices demonstrate a subthreshold swing (SS) of 30 mV/decade averaged over a decade of drain current and an Ion/Ioff ratio of >; 105. Moreover, an SS of 50 mV/decade is maintained for three orders of drain current. This demonstration completes the complementary pair of TFETs to implement CMOS-like circuits.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; field effect transistors; nanowires; silicon; tunnelling; CMOS-compatible vertical-silicon-nanowire gate-all-around p-type tunneling FET; SS; Si; TFET; complementary pair; drain current; low-temperature dopant segregation technique; subthreshold swing; tunneling performance; FETs; Junctions; Logic gates; Silicon; Tunneling; CMOS technology; gate all around (GAA); steep subthreshold slope; subthreshold swing (SS); top–down; tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET); vertical silicon nanowire (SiNW);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Device Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0741-3106
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LED.2011.2165331
  • Filename
    6029281