• DocumentCode
    1657605
  • Title

    Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport in strained Si/Si1-xGex n-MOSFETs

  • Author

    Rashed, Mahbub ; Shih, W.K. ; Jallepalli, S. ; Kwan, T.J.T. ; Maziar, C.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Microelectron. Res. Center, Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    1995
  • Firstpage
    765
  • Lastpage
    768
  • Abstract
    Electron transport in the inversion layer of strained-silicon-channel n-MOSFETs is investigated using a Monte Carlo (MC) tool that takes into account the 2D nature of the electron gas. The subband structure is calculated using a bulk nonparabolic E-K relation, E(K)(1+αE(M))=γbulk(K), where α is the nonparabolicity coefficient. Single particle MC simulations are performed at room temperature by solving a 2D multi-subband BTE. The scattering mechanisms include phonon, surface roughness and alloy scattering. Agreement between calculated and experimental enhancement of effective mobility is presented
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; MOSFET; Monte Carlo methods; carrier mobility; elemental semiconductors; impurity scattering; inversion layers; semiconductor device models; semiconductor materials; silicon; surface topography; two-dimensional electron gas; 2D electron gas; 2D multi-subband BTE; Monte Carlo simulation; Si-SiGe; alloy scattering; bulk nonparabolic E-K relation; electron transport; inversion layer; nonparabolicity coefficient; scattering mechanisms; single particle MC simulations; strained-silicon-channel n-MOSFETs; subband structure; surface roughness; Carrier confinement; Electron mobility; Germanium alloys; Germanium silicon alloys; MOS devices; MOSFET circuits; Particle scattering; Phonons; Silicon germanium; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1995. IEDM '95., International
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • ISSN
    0163-1918
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-2700-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1995.499330
  • Filename
    499330