High-performance 0.10- mu m CMOS devices operating at room temperature

The authors have fabricated 0.10- mu m gate-length CMOS devices that operate with high speed at room temperature. Electron-beam lithography was used to define 0.10- mu m polysilicon gate patterns. Surface-channel type p- and n-channel MOSFETs were fabricated using an LDD structure combined with a self-aligned TiSi/sub 2/ process. Channel doping was optimized so as to suppress punchthrough as well as to realize high transconductance and low drain junction capacitance. The fabricated 0.10- mu m CMOS devices have exhibited high transconductance as well as a well-suppressed band-to-band tunneling current, although the short-channel effect occurred somewhat. The operation of a 0.10- mu m gate-length CMOS ring oscillator has been demonstrated. The operation speed was 27.7 ps/gate for 2.5 V at room temperature, which is the fastest CMOS switching ever reported.<>