Sub-10-nm Extremely Thin Body InGaAs-on-Insulator MOSFETs on Si Wafers With Ultrathin $\hbox{Al}_{2}\hbox{O}_{3}$ Buried Oxide Layers

Abstract

We have demonstrated sub-10-nm extremely thin body (ETB) InGaAs-on-insulator (InGaAs-OI) nMOSFETs on Si wafers with Al <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub> O <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> ultrathin buried oxide (UTBOX) layers fabricated by direct wafer bonding process. We have fabricated the ETB InGaAs-OI nMOSFETs with channel thicknesses of 9 and 3.5 nm. The 9-nm-thick ETB InGaAs-OI n MOSFETs with a doping concentration (N <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">D</sub> ) of 10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">19</sup> cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-3</sup> exhibit a peak electron mobility of 912 cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> /V·s and a mobility enhancement factor of 1.7 times against the Si nMOSFET at a surface carrier density (N <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">s</sub> ) of 3 ×10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">12</sup> cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-2</sup> . In addition, it has been found that, owing to Al <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sub> O <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> UTBOX layers, the double-gate operation improves the cutoff properties. As a result, the highest on-current to the lowest off-current (I <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">on</sub> /I <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">off</sub> ) ratio of approximately 10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">7</sup> has been obtained in the 3.5-nm-thick ETB InGaAs-OI nMOSFETs. These results indicate that the high-mobility III-V nMOSFETs can be realized even in sub-10-nm-thick channels.