Title :
Origin of Device Performance Enhancement of Junctionless Accumulation-Mode (JAM) Bulk FinFETs With High-
Gate Spacers
Author :
Ji Hun Choi ; Tae Kyun Kim ; Jung Min Moon ; Young Gwang Yoon ; Byeong Woon Hwang ; Dong Hyun Kim ; Seok-Hee Lee
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon, South Korea
Abstract :
In this letter, we investigated the junctionless accumulation-mode (JAM) bulk FinFETs with high-κ gate spacers showing enhanced device performance in SS, DIBL, and ON/OFF current ratio. We found that origin of the ON-state current enhancement was reduction of the initial energy barrier between the source and channel, and reason for the OFF-state current reduction was LG extension caused by the fringing field through high-κ gate spacers. The OFF-state leakage current decreased by over one order of magnitude. The ON-state current was remarkably enhanced by 180% over that of low-κ gate spacers. The high-κ gate spacer is indispensable for enhancing the performance of the JAM field-effect transistor in a sub 20-nm -gate length regime.
Keywords :
MOSFET; high-k dielectric thin films; leakage currents; DIBL; JAM field-effect transistor; OFF-state current reduction; OFF-state leakage current; ON-state current enhancement; ON/OFF current ratio; SS; device performance enhancement; energy barrier reduction; high-κ gate spacers; junctionless accumulation-mode bulk FinFETs; low-κ gate spacers; Doping; Energy barrier; FinFETs; High K dielectric materials; Performance evaluation; Fringing field; JAM FET; fringing field; high- $kappa$ gate spacers; high-κ gate spacers; junctionless (JL) FET;
Journal_Title :
Electron Device Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LED.2014.2364093