Symposium on VLSI Technology · 2013 · 34 citations · 0 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMaterials ScienceMicroelectronicsSemiconductor DevicesSemiconductor MaterialsIntegrated Circuit DesignMetal-oxide-semiconductor Field-effect TransistorsNanoelectronicsSemiconductor Device MaterialsSemiconductor PhysicsThin-film TransistorsDrain-induced Barrier LoweringFabricationGate-all-around TransistorsPolycrystalline SemiconductorsPolycrystalline SiliconPolycrystalline Silicon Thin-film TransistorsSub-threshold OperationSubthreshold Swing
A junctionless (JL) gate-all-around (GAA) nanosheet polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) 2nm channel thin-film transistor (TFT) has been successfully demonstrated. The sub-threshold swing (SS) of 61 mV/decade has been the record reported to date in JL TFTs, and the Ion/Ioff current ratio is 108. The cumulative distribution in nanosheet 2-nm channel is small. JL-GAA TFTs show a low drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL) value of 6 mV/V for LG=60nm, excellent gate control and reduced sensitivity to temperature in terms of VTH and SS. The JL-GAA TFTs of good device characteristics along with simple fabrication are highly promising for future (system-on-panel) SOP and system-on-chip (SOC) applications.