Quantum-wire effects in thin and narrow SOI MOSFETs

Abstract

If the dimensions of a semiconductor sample are reduced sufficiently, low-dimensionality effects involving quantization effects start to appear. These effects manifest themselves in the form of conductance oscillations. They appear at nanometer-scale dimensions at room temperature. However, it is possible to observe quantization effects in 100-nm-scale devices when the temperature is reduced sufficiently. In this paper measurements and simulations have been applied to SOI quantum wire MOSFETs.