A 14nm logic technology featuring 2<sup>nd</sup>-generation FinFET, air-gapped interconnects, self-aligned double patterning and a 0.0588 µm<sup>2</sup> SRAM cell size

Abstract

A 14nm logic technology using 2 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">nd</sup> -generation FinFET transistors with a novel subfin doping technique, self-aligned double patterning (SADP) for critical patterning layers, and air-gapped interconnects at performance-critical layers is described. The transistors feature rectangular fins with 8nm fin width and 42nm fin height, 4 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">th</sup> generation high-k metal gate, and 6 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">th</sup> -generation strained silicon, resulting in the highest drive currents yet reported for 14nm technology. This technology is in high-volume manufacturing.