Title :
Can the subthreshold swing in a classical FET be lowered below 60 mV/decade?
Author :
Salahuddin, Sayeef ; Datta, Supriyo
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA
Abstract :
We show that by biasing a ferroelectric insulator in its negative capacitance region and using it on top of the gate of a classical FET, it should be possible to achieve a subthreshold swing significantly lower than 60 mV/decade at room temperature. We further show that this, in principle, does not change the transport properties of the FET so that the ON current of the FET remains unaffected. A simple analysis is used to describe the basic principle of device operation.
Keywords :
ferroelectric devices; field effect transistors; FET device operation; ferroelectric insulator; negative capacitance region; subthreshold swing; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Capacitance; Capacitors; Circuits; Computer networks; FETs; Ferroelectric materials; Insulation; Temperature; Tunneling; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Electron Devices Meeting, 2008. IEDM 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2377-4
Electronic_ISBN :
8164-2284
DOI :
10.1109/IEDM.2008.4796789