Title :
CMOS-Compatible Vertical-Silicon-Nanowire Gate-All-Around p-Type Tunneling FETs With
-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
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);
Journal_Title :
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LED.2011.2165331