Title :
TSNWFET for SRAM cell application: Performance variation and process dependency
Author :
Suk, Sung Dae ; Yeoh, Yun Young ; Li, Ming ; Yeo, Kyoung Hwan ; Kim, Sung-Han ; Kim, Dong-Won ; Park, Donggun ; Lee, Won-Seoung
Author_Institution :
Adv. Technol. Dev. Team 1, R&D Center, Yongin
Abstract :
ION is increased about 25 % with the width/height (W/H) of 12/24 nm nanowire (NW) in comparison with the W/H of 12/12 nm at VG-VTH = 1 V. With these results, we have successfully fabricated NW SRAM arrays with the W/H of 5/15 nm and LG of 40 nm for the first time. Static noise margin (SNM) of 325 mV is achieved at VD = 1 V. NW height and gate oxide thickness dependency of n-ch twin silicon nanowire MOSFET (TSNWFET) on device variations is investigated. Line edge roughness and size variation are more critical than random dopant fluctuation in TSNWFET.
Keywords :
MOSFET; SRAM chips; nanowires; SRAM cell application; line edge roughness; performance variation; process dependency; random dopant fluctuation; size 40 nm; static noise margin; twin silicon nanowire MOSFET; voltage 325 mV; Controllability; Fluctuations; Gate leakage; Hot carriers; MOSFET circuits; Nanoscale devices; Potential well; Random access memory; Research and development; Resource description framework;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Technology, 2008 Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1802-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1803-9
DOI :
10.1109/VLSIT.2008.4588555