{"title":"Machine learning augmented TCAD assessment of corner radii in nanosheet FET","authors":"Jyoti Patel , Bathula Satwik , Navjeet Bagga , Ishani Bais , Chirag Arora , Vivek Kumar , Ankit Dixit , Naveen Kumar , Vihar Georgiev , S. Dasgupta","doi":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109114","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we proposed a machine learning approach to assist the TCAD results in realizing a local cost and time-effective simulator for analyzing the performance metric of the vertically stacked Nanosheet FET (NSFET). The corners are responsible for field crowding inside the sheets, which significantly affects the parasitic capacitance and thereby reduces the I<sub>ON</sub>/C<sub>gg</sub> ratio. Thus, a detailed insight into corner radii optimization is worth needed. We used Sentaurus TCAD to obtain the results and further realized a local simulator using an XGBoost model to analyze process variations and the role of uneven radii corners in NSFET. In addition, a data augmentation strategy is proposed that leverages the powers of stacked autoencoders (SAE) and InfoGANs to enhance data generalization, improving model robustness and predictive reliability.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21909,"journal":{"name":"Solid-state Electronics","volume":"227 ","pages":"Article 109114"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Solid-state Electronics","FirstCategoryId":"101","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038110125000590","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this paper, we proposed a machine learning approach to assist the TCAD results in realizing a local cost and time-effective simulator for analyzing the performance metric of the vertically stacked Nanosheet FET (NSFET). The corners are responsible for field crowding inside the sheets, which significantly affects the parasitic capacitance and thereby reduces the ION/Cgg ratio. Thus, a detailed insight into corner radii optimization is worth needed. We used Sentaurus TCAD to obtain the results and further realized a local simulator using an XGBoost model to analyze process variations and the role of uneven radii corners in NSFET. In addition, a data augmentation strategy is proposed that leverages the powers of stacked autoencoders (SAE) and InfoGANs to enhance data generalization, improving model robustness and predictive reliability.
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It is the aim of this journal to bring together in one publication outstanding papers reporting new and original work in the following areas: (1) applications of solid-state physics and technology to electronics and optoelectronics, including theory and device design; (2) optical, electrical, morphological characterization techniques and parameter extraction of devices; (3) fabrication of semiconductor devices, and also device-related materials growth, measurement and evaluation; (4) the physics and modeling of submicron and nanoscale microelectronic and optoelectronic devices, including processing, measurement, and performance evaluation; (5) applications of numerical methods to the modeling and simulation of solid-state devices and processes; and (6) nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices, photovoltaics, sensors, and MEMS based on semiconductor and alternative electronic materials; (7) synthesis and electrooptical properties of materials for novel devices.