2012 · 74 citations · 1 references
EngineeringComputer EngineeringElectrical EngineeringMicroelectronicsSemiconductor DevicesVlsi DesignCmos Circuit DesignDevice CharacterizationIntegrated Circuit DesignOscillatorsStrain EngineeringTiming AnalysisChannelsCmos OscillatorsFin Field-effect TransistorsGate Oxide Thickness EffectsHigh PerformanceHigh-speed Cmos DesignSilicon-based OscillatorsSilicon-on-insulator Technology
For the first time, we report high performance hybrid channel ETSOI CMOS by integrating strained SiGe-channel (cSiGe) PFET with Si-channel NFET at 22nm groundrules. We demonstrate a record high speed ring oscillator (fan-out = 3) with delay of 8.5 ps/stage and 11.2 ps/stage at V <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">DD</inf> = 0.9V and V <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">DD</inf> = 0.7V, respectively, outperforming state-of-the-art finFET results. A novel “STI-last” integration scheme is developed to improve cSiGe uniformity and enable ultra high performance PFET with narrow widths. Furthermore, cSiGe modulates device V <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">t</inf> , thus providing an additional knob to enable multi-V <inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">t</inf> while maintaining undoped channels for all devices.
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