Statistical MOSFET current variation due to variation in surface roughness scattering

Abstract

An efficient and accurate method to include surface roughness scattering from a general, realistic synthesized surface in 3D Monte Carlo simulation is presented with verification. The method is then applied to study drain current variation due to variation in surface roughness scattering in an 18nm bulk Silicon nMOSFET, highlighting substantially increased variation at low drain bias compared with electrostatic drift diffusion simulation.