{"title":"A SOI current memory for analog signal processing at high temperature","authors":"L. Portmann, M. Declercq","doi":"10.1109/SOI.1999.819837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOI.1999.819837","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a current memory cell integrated in a fully depleted SOI process. The circuit was designed to maintain its performance up to 225/spl deg/C. An application of the memory is demonstrated by measurements of a current doubler for an A/D converter.","PeriodicalId":117832,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International SOI Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36345)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122323668","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}
O. Rozeau, J. Jomaah, C. Boussey, C. Raynaud, J. Pelloie, F. Balestra
{"title":"Comparison between fully- and partially-depleted SOI MOSFET's for low-power radio-frequency applications","authors":"O. Rozeau, J. Jomaah, C. Boussey, C. Raynaud, J. Pelloie, F. Balestra","doi":"10.1109/SOI.1999.819839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOI.1999.819839","url":null,"abstract":"During the past decade, several works have shown that SOI technologies are very promising for radiofrequency applications (Eggert et al., 1997). In this work, we compare two different types of SOI architecture, i.e. fully- and partially-depleted MOSFETs, operating at RF range and under low-voltage conditions.","PeriodicalId":117832,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International SOI Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36345)","volume":"72 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117157162","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":"Buried oxide fringing capacitance: a new physical model and its implication on SOI device scaling and architecture","authors":"T. Ernst, S. Cristoloveanu","doi":"10.1109/SOI.1999.819847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOI.1999.819847","url":null,"abstract":"Fringing fields into the buried oxide and substrate depletion region stand as a key limiting factor for SOI MOSFET channel length reduction beyond 0.1 /spl mu/m. In fully-depleted (FD) SOI transistors, they cause a strong DIBL enhancement and a parasitic back channel conduction. On the other hand, in partially-depleted (PD) devices, the back channel control is even more difficult. The understanding and modeling of this phenomenon is of major interest, especially for RF SOI applications on high resistivity substrates where the depleted substrates behave as dielectrics. Various solutions to reduce these drawbacks are envisaged, such as buried oxide shrinking or double gate devices (Colinge, 1997; Cristoloveanu and Li, 1995). Thus far, the fringing field effect was ignored or merely included in FD analytical models by use of adjustable parameters. This paper presents a simple physical model for the evaluation of short channel effects induced by the BOX and substrate depletion. We analyze the lateral drain field penetration in the BOX and substrate, and calculate the related fringing capacitances. The model serves to anticipate the buried oxide scaling and substrate resistivity effects and to suggest the \"ground plane\" (GP) concept (Ernst and Cristoloveanu, 1999; Wong et al, 1998) as a suitable architecture for deep sub-micron SOI MOSFETs.","PeriodicalId":117832,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International SOI Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36345)","volume":"200 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114312770","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}
C. Raynaud, O. Faynot, J. Pelloie, F. Martin, S. Tedesco, J. Cluzel, A. Grouillet, B. Dal'zotto, D. Vanhoenacker
{"title":"Scalability of fully-depleted SOI technology into 0.13 /spl mu/m 1.2 V-1 V CMOS generation","authors":"C. Raynaud, O. Faynot, J. Pelloie, F. Martin, S. Tedesco, J. Cluzel, A. Grouillet, B. Dal'zotto, D. Vanhoenacker","doi":"10.1109/SOI.1999.819865","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOI.1999.819865","url":null,"abstract":"Scalability of SOI technology into 0.13 /spl mu/m 1.2 V CMOS has been demonstrated for partially-depleted (PD) devices (Leobandung et al., 1998). Propagation delay versus active power can be greatly reduced by using fully-depleted (FD) devices, because threshold voltage (V/sub t/) and junction capacitance (increased by halo implant in case of bulk and PD devices) are lower. However, this advantage is possible only if transconductance is not degraded by high S/D resistance and if SCE and DIBL are well controlled, essentially by reducing silicon thickness. Furthermore, sensitivity of electrical parameters to silicon thickness (tsi) for FD devices is often mentioned as a critical process issue due to SOI substrate thickness nonuniformity. In this paper, we show (with both 2D simulations and measurements) that V/sub t/ control can be improved by a low energy S/D implant for enhancement-mode (EM) devices. S/D resistance can also be maintained at a low enough level by using a recessed-channel process, which allows the proper reduction of tsi exactly under the gate (Raynaud et al., 1998). Using a TiSi/sub 2/ salicide process on gate and elevated S/D regions, we have measured a maximum oscillation frequency f/sub max/ of 48 GHz at 0.9 V for 0.25 /spl mu/m NMOS. Finally, we show that, due to a balance between different physical effects, the distribution of critical parameters for digital applications (saturation and off currents, propagation delay and power consumption) is not degraded by silicon thickness nonuniformity.","PeriodicalId":117832,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International SOI Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36345)","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124831423","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":"Study of Cu diffusion in ultra thin bonded SOI wafers evaluated by using radioactive isotope tracers","authors":"J. Furihata, M. Nakano, K. Mitani","doi":"10.1109/SOI.1999.819884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOI.1999.819884","url":null,"abstract":"The behavior in silicon for heavy metal elements, which have great influence on device process yield, has been studied for polished wafers and epitaxial wafers. Since thickness uniformity and crystal quality of SOI (silicon on insulator) layers have been improved for thin film SOI wafers, they will be applied to CMOS LSI devices in the near future. However, the behavior of impurities such as heavy metal elements in thin film SOI has not been investigated because of the difficulty of chemical analysis due to the thin film silicon layer and due to addition of contamination during evaluation. In this work, the behavior of Cu in thin film SOI and the BOX (buried oxide layer) was investigated for the first time by using radioactive isotope tracers, which can avoid the evaluation error by contamination from circumstances and step etching.","PeriodicalId":117832,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International SOI Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36345)","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116461623","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":"High frequency losses in transmission lines made on SIMOX, bulk silicon and depleted silicon/silicon structures formed by wafer bonding","authors":"M. Johansson, M. Bergh, S. Bengtsson","doi":"10.1109/SOI.1999.819843","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOI.1999.819843","url":null,"abstract":"Wafer bonding and etch-back has been used to manufacture a silicon material intended as substrate for high frequency applications. The space charge region surrounding the bonded silicon/silicon interface depletes the silicon, thereby causing semi-insulating behaviour at high frequencies. The formed material was characterized using measurements on metal transmission lines and the results were compared to similar measurements on SIMOX and bulk silicon wafers.","PeriodicalId":117832,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International SOI Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36345)","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126264220","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":"Thinning of Si in SOI wafers by the SC1 standard clean","authors":"G. Celler, D. Barr, J. Rosamilia","doi":"10.1109/SOI.1999.819879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOI.1999.819879","url":null,"abstract":"SOI structures are becoming progressively thinner as device dimensions are scaled down. Although thinner layers of Si and SiO/sub 2/ can be made directly by (a) reducing the dose and energy of oxygen ions in the SIMOX process, and (b) using lower H/sup +/ implant energy in the SmartCut/sup TM/ wafer (Bruel, 1995), there are limits to how thin Si films can be made in that way. Therefore, direct thinning methods are often used to obtain the final thickness of Si on the buried oxide (BOX) layer. Sacrificial oxidation is frequently used, a process in which oxidation consumes Si and the oxide is removed by wet etching in a HF solution. Direct wet etching of Si is not used since the etch rates are not as well controlled as oxidation rates, and significant roughening of the surface may occur. In this paper, we discuss application of a conventional SC1 surface cleaning procedure for adjusting silicon film thickness. We also note that silicon removal during cleaning steps must be taken into account when processing thin SOI films.","PeriodicalId":117832,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International SOI Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36345)","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127426152","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}
J. Benson, W. Redman-White, C. Easson, N. D'Halleweyn, M. Uren
{"title":"Circuit simulator and compact model requisites for accurate simulation of AC floating body behaviour in PD SOI","authors":"J. Benson, W. Redman-White, C. Easson, N. D'Halleweyn, M. Uren","doi":"10.1109/SOI.1999.819889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOI.1999.819889","url":null,"abstract":"Investigations of floating body behaviour of partially depleted (PD) SOI MOSFETs have established the presence of frequency-dependent drain conductance behaviour below the onset of the kink effect (Howes and Redman-White, 1992). This is due to capacitive coupling, and is not related to self-heating (Caviglia and Iliadis, 1992; Redman-White et al. 1992). As the conductances associated with the body node are extremely low in this region, we found that there are unexpected constraints on both the formulation of PD SOI compact models and their implementation in circuit simulation packages.","PeriodicalId":117832,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International SOI Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36345)","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125478886","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":"High performance sub-0.1 /spl mu/m SOI polysilicon spacer gate MOSFETs using large angle tilted implant for drain engineering","authors":"K. To, J. Woo","doi":"10.1109/SOI.1999.819869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOI.1999.819869","url":null,"abstract":"With the boom in the wireless communications market, RF CMOS has attracted a great deal of interest because of its low cost and compatibility with logic circuits. The SOI substrate is especially robust in this case due to the low power nature originating from the reduced junction capacitances. To achieve the high operating frequency that is required in RF applications, it is important to have high transconductance, and this can be realized by reducing the gate length. However, shortening the gate length could meanwhile increase the gate resistance and thus degrade the unit power gain frequency. While the gate resistance can be reduced by using thicker silicide, this approach is not feasible wherever shallow junctions exist, as in the case of SOI and sub-0.1 /spl mu/m MOSFETs. In this regard, the polysilicon spacer gate structure (Kun H. To et al., 1998; Johnson et al., 1997) can provide the best solution. This structure, however, imposes a great problem for drain engineering when high performance is needed. In this work, a large tilt angle implant is proposed to implement the drain engineering. Due to the buried oxide, the drain junction depth is well controlled by the silicon film thickness and thus the short channel behaviour can be suppressed by using thinner Si films.","PeriodicalId":117832,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International SOI Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36345)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122327474","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":"\"Gated-diode\" in SOI MOSFETs: a sensitive tool for characterizing the buried Si-SiO/sub 2/ interface","authors":"Xuejun Zhao, D. Ioannou","doi":"10.1109/SOI.1999.819854","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SOI.1999.819854","url":null,"abstract":"Summary form only given. A critical factor in the development of SOI wafers and related CMOS technologies is the quality of the buried Si-SiO/sub 2/ interface. Careful wafer preparation is necessary to obtain reduced surface state density in order to suppress back channel leakage and improve hot carrier reliability and radiation hardness. However, the measurement of the back interface properties and in particular the interface state density remains one of the most difficult parameters to measure in SOI transistors. This is because the large thickness of the buried oxide (relative to gate oxide) renders the usual techniques insensitive and very difficult to apply (Ioannou et al., 1991; Wuters et al., 1989). There has recently been renewed interest in an old technique based on the gated-diode concept (Grove and Fitzelard, 1966), new refinements and modifications of which are being used for the study of current bulk CMOS technologies (Cai and Sah, 1999; Guan et al., 1999). The purpose of this paper is to explain how the presence of two channels makes the adaptation of this technique particularly useful for SOI MOSFETs and suitable for evaluation of the buried interface. The present approach is distinct from and complementary to a recently published modification of the gated-diode technique applied to dual-gate SOI devices for measurement of the recombination lifetime (Ernst et al., 1999).","PeriodicalId":117832,"journal":{"name":"1999 IEEE International SOI Conference. Proceedings (Cat. No.99CH36345)","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130737020","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}