D. Mohata, R. Bijesh, V. Saripalli, T. Mayer, S. Datta
{"title":"Self-aligned gate nanopillar In0.53Ga0.47As vertical tunnel transistor","authors":"D. Mohata, R. Bijesh, V. Saripalli, T. Mayer, S. Datta","doi":"10.1109/DRC.2011.5994498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2011.5994498","url":null,"abstract":"Tunnel field effect transistors (TFET) have gained interest recently owing to their potential in achieving sub-kT/q steep switching slope, thus promising low Vcc operation[1–5]. Steep switching slope has already been demonstrated in Silicon TFET [2]. However, it has been theoretically shown and experimentally proved that Si or SixGe1−x based homo-junction or hetero-junction TFETs would not meet the drive current requirement for future low power high performance logic applications [3]. III–V based hetero-junction TFETs have shown promise to provide MOSFET like high drive currents at low operating Vcc while providing the sub-kT/q steep switching slope[1,4,5]. However, the device design demands extremely scaled EOT and ultra-thin body double-gate geometry in order to achieve the desired transistor performance [4]. In this paper, we discuss a vertical TFET fabrication process with self-aligned gate [6] which can ultimately lead to the ultra-thin double-gate device geometry in order to achieve the desired TFET performance.","PeriodicalId":107059,"journal":{"name":"69th Device Research Conference","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114959543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
N. Nidhi, S. Dasgupta, J. Lu, F. Wu, S. Keller, J. Speck, U. Mishra
{"title":"Trap-related delay analysis of self-aligned N-polar GaN/InAlN HEMTs with record extrinsic gm of 1105 mS/mm","authors":"N. Nidhi, S. Dasgupta, J. Lu, F. Wu, S. Keller, J. Speck, U. Mishra","doi":"10.1109/DRC.2011.5994531","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2011.5994531","url":null,"abstract":"Ga-polar InAlN-based charge-inducing barrier for HEMTs have been recently demonstrated as a viable technology for high frequency applications due to high polarization charge and hence, low resistance channels [1,2]. In this paper, we report on MBE-grown N-polar GaN/InAlN HEMTs with excellent DC and RF performance. There exists a discrepancy in the DC and RF data for N-polar MBE InAlN devices which is explained through several measurements and analysis and possible solutions are discussed.","PeriodicalId":107059,"journal":{"name":"69th Device Research Conference","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128392607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Fallahazad, Kayoung Lee, Seyoung Kim, C. Corbet, E. Tutuc
{"title":"Gate capacitance scaling and graphene field-effect transistors with ultra-thin top-gate dielectrics","authors":"B. Fallahazad, Kayoung Lee, Seyoung Kim, C. Corbet, E. Tutuc","doi":"10.1109/DRC.2011.5994409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2011.5994409","url":null,"abstract":"Graphene has emerged recently as an attractive channel material for high frequency analog device applications. High carrier mobility and large gate capacitance are both desirable attributes for such devices. A main obstacle however in depositing thin dielectrics on graphene, with high dielectric constant is its chemical inertness. This obstacle can be overcome by either directly depositing the dielectric, e.g. using sputtering or e-beam evaporation, or by using a seed layer which provides nucleation sites for atomic layer deposition (ALD). The interfacial layer however reduces the gate capacitance and can also impact the quality of the ALD dielectric subsequently grown. Here we provide a systematic study of gate capacitance scaling of graphene field effect transistors with Al2O3 gate dielectric with two seed layers, oxidized aluminum and oxidized titanium. Our results show the oxidized Ti film on graphene provides a smooth surface, which allows us to use a Ti nucleation layer as thin as 6Å, and achieve uniform coverage required for the subsequent ALD. The k-value of the ALD Al2O3 grown on graphene using oxidized Ti as nucleation layer is 12.7, a value 2.5 times larger than the ALD Al2O3 grown using oxidized Al. We demonstrate graphene devices with ultra-thin top gate dielectrics, with EOT values as low as 3.5 nm.","PeriodicalId":107059,"journal":{"name":"69th Device Research Conference","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128732830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Medjdoub, M. Zegaoui, D. Ducatteau, N. Rolland, P. Rolland
{"title":"First AlN/GaN HEMTs power measurement at 18 GHz on Silicon substrate","authors":"F. Medjdoub, M. Zegaoui, D. Ducatteau, N. Rolland, P. Rolland","doi":"10.1109/DRC.2011.5994506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2011.5994506","url":null,"abstract":"AlN/GaN heterostructure is an ideal candidate to push the limits of microwave GaN-based devices owing to the maximum theoretical spontaneous and piezoelectric difference between the epitaxial AlN barrier and the underlying GaN layer. If the tricky growth conditions of this binary can be controlled, AlN/GaN HEMTs promise breakthrough performances, superior to any other III-V nitride-based heterostructure [1]. In particular, this structure should allow the extension of the GaN-based frequency operation due to the possibility to significantly reduce the gate length while maintaining an appropriate gate-to-channel aspect ratio to mitigate short channel effects. However, gate leakage current remains a serious issue with such ultrathin barrier heterostructure and gate dielectrics that often leads to device instability are generally used to overcome this problem. Furthermore, there is an increasing interest in the growth of GaN-on-Si substrates because of its low cost, large size, good thermal conductivity and the potential for integration with Si-based devices. In this work, we developed a novel AlN/GaN HEMT technology on Si substrate. The highest GaN-on-Si drain current density as well as a record transconductance together with excellent RF performance have been achieved. Additionally, AlN/GaN HEMT power measurements at 18 GHz have been performed for the first time. These results show the outstanding potential of this structure to extend GaN-on-Si performances to millimeter wave applications.","PeriodicalId":107059,"journal":{"name":"69th Device Research Conference","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129931935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Corrion, M. Chen, R. Chu, S. Burnham, S. Khalil, D. Zehnder, B. Hughes, K. Boutros
{"title":"Normally-off gate-recessed AlGaN/GaN-on-Si hybrid MOS-HFET with Al2O3 gate dielectric","authors":"A. Corrion, M. Chen, R. Chu, S. Burnham, S. Khalil, D. Zehnder, B. Hughes, K. Boutros","doi":"10.1109/DRC.2011.5994503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2011.5994503","url":null,"abstract":"GaN-based HFETs offer a combination of high breakdown field, high current densities, and low on-resistance, making them well-suited for power-switching applications. Normally-off FETs are preferred in power switching applications for circuit simplicity and safety. Recently, a new type of normally-off GaN device has been reported: the hybrid metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS)- or metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS)-HFET, consisting of an MOS-type structure under the gate for normally-off operation and an HFET-like structure in the access regions for low on-resistance [1–6]. Optimization of the insulator-epi interface and insulator quality is critical for this type of device, since the electrons under gate electrode are in direct contact with the gate insulator. Previous reports of hybrid MOS-HFETs used SiO2 or SiN gate dielectrics deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD). However, alternative deposition methods such as atomic layer deposition (ALD) have been shown to result in superior thickness control, uniformity, conformality, and film quality, while ALD high-k gate dielectrics such as Al2O3 have generated significant interest for GaN HFETs due to excellent GaN interface quality. In this work, we fabricated normally-off AlGaN/GaN hybrid MOS-HFETs on (111) Si substrates using gate recess etching combined with an ALD Al2O3 gate dielectric for low gate leakage, low on-resistance, and high breakdown voltage. The gate fabrication process was optimized to reduce the trap density associated with the dielectric and eliminate threshold voltage hysteresis, which can result from slow traps in the dielectric or at the dielectric-epi interface [7]. A three-terminal breakdown voltage (VB) of 1370V was measured at a gate bias of 0 V on a device with a 20 mm gate periphery and a low specific on-resistance (Ron) of 9.0 mΩ-cm2. The resulting VB2/Ron figure of merit of 208 MW/cm2 is among the highest values reported to-date for normally-off GaN-on-Si HFETs.","PeriodicalId":107059,"journal":{"name":"69th Device Research Conference","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123450748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Ganguly, J. Verma, Guowang Li, T. Zimmermann, H. Xing, D. Jena
{"title":"Barrier height, interface charge & tunneling effective mass in ALD Al2O3/AlN/GaN HEMTs","authors":"S. Ganguly, J. Verma, Guowang Li, T. Zimmermann, H. Xing, D. Jena","doi":"10.1109/DRC.2011.5994445","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2011.5994445","url":null,"abstract":"Atomic layer deposited (ALD) high band gap (∼6.5eV) [1], high k (∼9.1) Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> has emerged as an attractive candidate to support vertical scaling of AlN/GaN HEMTs [2] and its variants owing to its outstanding dielectric, thermal, and chemical properties. Integration of ALD oxides with GaN will enable lower gate leakage currents, high breakdown voltages, and surface passivation. In this work we present a comprehensive characterization of AlN/GaN MOS-HEMT gate stacks with ALD Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> of various thicknesses. Through capacitance-voltage and Hall-effect measurements, we find the presence and propose an origin of benign donor-type interface charge (Q<inf>int</inf>) at the AlN/Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> junction, and relate its presence to the polarization charges in AlN. By studying tunneling transport in corresponding (Ni/Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>/Ni) M-I-M diodes, we extract the Ni/Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> surface barrier height (Ф<inf>B</inf>), the electron tunneling effective mass in Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>, and discuss the resulting HEMTs.","PeriodicalId":107059,"journal":{"name":"69th Device Research Conference","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124583620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sung Hwan Kim, Z. Jacobson, P. Patel, C. Hu, T. Liu
{"title":"Tunnel FET-based pass-transistor logic for ultra-low-power applications","authors":"Sung Hwan Kim, Z. Jacobson, P. Patel, C. Hu, T. Liu","doi":"10.1109/DRC.2011.5994452","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2011.5994452","url":null,"abstract":"Germanium-source tunnel-FET-based pass-transistor logic gates are proposed and benchmarked against conventional CMOS logic gates via mixed-mode simulations, for 15 nm LG. For low throughput applications (>100 ps gate delay), TPTL is advantageous for reductions in dynamic energy and leakage power.","PeriodicalId":107059,"journal":{"name":"69th Device Research Conference","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121585392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Bijesh, I. Ok, M. Baykan, C. Hobbs, P. Majhi, R. Jammy, S. Datta
{"title":"Hole mobility enhancement in uniaxially strained SiGe FINFETs: Analysis and prospects","authors":"R. Bijesh, I. Ok, M. Baykan, C. Hobbs, P. Majhi, R. Jammy, S. Datta","doi":"10.1109/DRC.2011.5994513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2011.5994513","url":null,"abstract":"Experimental and theoretical hole mobility study in uniaxially strained (110)<110> Si0.75Ge0.25 pFINFETs shows that alloy scattering contributes only a small fraction of the overall mobility at 300K but plays a bigger role limiting 77K hole mobility. Increasing the Ge content to 50% increases the strain level. However, the extent of strain relaxation depends on the length of the fin. Fig. 10 shows the measured and projected hole mobility for SiGe FINFETs with 25% and 50% Ge mole fraction. Higher strain induced reduction of effective mass compensates for the increased interface charge density, Dit, in SSGOI0.5 pFINFET and alloy disorder and results in 157% increase in the hole mobility observed at Ns=1×1013 cm−2 and T=300K. Fig. 11 benchmarks the hole mobility in SSGOI0.25 and SSGOI0.5 pFINFETs as a function of electrical oxide thickness (TOXE) and shows its advantage over relaxed Ge channel MOSFETs. However strain relaxation for shorter length fins need to be addressed using careful layout techniques. High mobility combined with excellent short channel behavior make these devices a promising candidate for future technology node.","PeriodicalId":107059,"journal":{"name":"69th Device Research Conference","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134099661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Kalblein, B. Fenk, K. Hahn, U. Zschieschang, K. Kern, H. Klauk
{"title":"Aluminum top-gate ZnO nanowire transistors with improved transconductance","authors":"D. Kalblein, B. Fenk, K. Hahn, U. Zschieschang, K. Kern, H. Klauk","doi":"10.1109/DRC.2011.5994518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2011.5994518","url":null,"abstract":"Field-effect transistors (FETs) based on semiconducting nanowires are potentially useful to replace thin-film transistors (TFTs) in active-matrix displays, since the larger mobility and smaller footprint of nanowire FETs compared with a-Si:H and organic TFTs provide faster pixel charging and larger aperture ratio. Nanowire growth often requires high temperatures, but if the nanowires can be grown on a temperature-compatible substrate and then be transferred to the target substrate for FET fabrication, and if the temperature during FET fabrication is below ∼150 °C, nanoscale FETs can be fabricated on polymeric substrates for flexible displays.","PeriodicalId":107059,"journal":{"name":"69th Device Research Conference","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132628908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Orientation dependent complex bandstructure of Si1−xGex alloys","authors":"A. Ajoy, K. Murali, S. Karmalkar, S. Laux","doi":"10.1109/DRC.2011.5994441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/DRC.2011.5994441","url":null,"abstract":"Over the last decade, Si<inf>1−x</inf>Ge<inf>x</inf> has increasingly been used as a channel material in MOSFETs. Though many studies have dealt with the real bandstructure of Si<inf>1−x</inf>Ge<inf>x</inf>, the effect of germanium mole fraction x on complex bandstructure has been unexplored. Complex bands fundamentally determine band to band tunneling (BTBT) current. For example, using the orientation dependent complex bandstructure of silicon [1], it has been shown [2] that the BTBT current in the [110] direction is an order of magnitude larger than that along the [100] direction. BTBT contributes significantly to off-current I<inf>off</inf> in conventional MOSFETs, via the mechanism of gate induced drain leakage (GIDL). Additionally, BTBT determines the on current I<inf>on</inf> in tunneling FETs, which have been suggested as next generation devices. Further, BTBT is more dominant in Si<inf>1−x</inf>Ge<inf>x</inf> than silicon, owing to a narrower bandgap. In this work, we determine the orientation dependent complex bandstructure of Si<inf>1−x</inf>Ge<inf>x</inf> along common crystallographic directions and predict trends in BTBT current.","PeriodicalId":107059,"journal":{"name":"69th Device Research Conference","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133852740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}