Vertex channel array transistor (VCAT) featuring sub-60nm high performance and highly manufacturable trench capacitor DRAM

Novel vertex channel array transistor (VCAT) fabricated on bulk silicon substrate is applied to trench capacitor DRAM cell for the first time. VCAT utilizes the vertexes as channel between top surface and (111) facet of selective epitaxial Si on active areas. It can be fabricated with much simpler process than FIN array transistor reported previously and fit to the process integration of trench capacitor DRAM cell. Almost 2 times higher on-current, smaller sub-threshold swing and less body effect than a conventional planar array transistor are demonstrated.