• DocumentCode
    2441744
  • Title

    Experimental investigation of the impact of line-edge roughness on MOSFET performance and yield

  • Author

    Croon, J.A. ; Leunissen, L.H.A. ; Jurczak, M. ; Benndorf, M. ; Rooyackers, R. ; Ronse, K. ; Decoutere, S. ; Sansen, W. ; Maes, H.E.

  • Author_Institution
    IMEC vzw, Leuven, Belgium
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    16-18 Sept. 2003
  • Firstpage
    227
  • Lastpage
    230
  • Abstract
    This work experimentally investigates the impact of line-edge roughness (LER) on the intrinsic transistor performance of the MOS transistor. Examined gate lengths range down to 50 nm. To emphasize the impact of LER, transistors with extra rough poly gates are created by e-beam lithography. Assumptions of models, that describe the effects of LER, are tested on transistors with sinusoidal gate-shapes. For the first time, the impact of LER on transistor yield is reported.
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; electron beam lithography; semiconductor device measurement; semiconductor device models; 50 nm; LER; MOS transistor; MOSFET performance; MOSFET yield; e-beam lithography; gate length; line-edge roughness; sinusoidal gate-shapes; sinusoidally shaped transistors; Cause effect analysis; Degradation; Fluctuations; Lithography; MOSFET circuits; Power measurement; Shape; Smoothing methods; Spectral analysis; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    European Solid-State Device Research, 2003. ESSDERC '03. 33rd Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Estoril, Portugal
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7999-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ESSDERC.2003.1256855
  • Filename
    1256855