N-channel FinFETs With 25-nm Gate Length and Schottky-Barrier Source and Drain Featuring Ytterbium Silicide

We have fabricated n-channel 25-nm gate length FinFETs with Schottky-barrier source and drain featuring a self-aligned ytterbium silicide (YbSi_1.8). A low-temperature silicidation process was developed for the formation of the low electron barrier height YbSi _1.8 phase, without reaction with SiO₂ isolation or SiN spacer materials, enabling integration in a CMOS fabrication process flow. The fabricated device exhibits good device characteristics with a drive current of 241 muA/mum at V_DS=V_GS-V_t=1 V, I_on/I_off=10⁴ at V_DS=1.1 V, subthreshold swing of 125 mV/decade, and drain-induced barrier lowering of 0.26 V/V