Zhen Liu , ShuQing Deng , JianPing Liu , Yong Huang , Hui Yang
{"title":"Temperature-dependence of current gain and turn-on voltages of GaAs-based HBTs with different base layers grown by MOCVD","authors":"Zhen Liu , ShuQing Deng , JianPing Liu , Yong Huang , Hui Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109180","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109180","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Temperature-dependence of GaAs-based heterojunction bipolar transistors with GaAs, InGaAs and GaAsSb base layers were investigated. HBT with InGaAs base was found to have the best thermal stability of current gain of <em>Δβ/ΔT</em> = −0.0828/K. Both valence-band offset (<em>ΔE<sub>V</sub></em>) of emitter–base junction and defects activation energy (<em>ΔE<sub>a</sub></em>) of base layer were accounted for the low <em>Δβ/ΔT</em> coefficient by fitting the relationship between <em>1/β</em> and <em>1/T</em> using a proposed model. In addition, lower turn-on voltages of 1.038 V and 1.036 V were extracted for HBTs with narrower bandgap InGaAs and GaAsSb bases, respectively, in contrast to 1.075 V in HBT with GaAs base.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21909,"journal":{"name":"Solid-state Electronics","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 109180"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144314133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Application of explainable AI on deep learning-based gate length scalable IV parameter extractor for BSIM-IMG","authors":"Fredo Chavez , Jen-Hao Chen , Chien-Ting Tung , Chenming Hu , Sourabh Khandelwal","doi":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109154","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109154","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A new deep-learning(DL) based gate length scalable I-V parameter extraction technique for FDSOI technology on industry-standard BSIM-IMG compact model is presented. For the first time, the learning quality of DL extractors has been studied using an explainable AI technique called SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP). Through analysis, it is shown that the single-step DL parameter extraction can get deviated by less relevant relationships between the <span><math><mrow><mi>I</mi><mo>−</mo><mi>V</mi></mrow></math></span> region and the BSIM-IMG parameters. A multi-step DL extraction is then designed by applying expertise in BSIM-IMG model parameters. The multi-step DL extractor has a customized DL architecture that forces the DL model to learn the relevant relationship between the input <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>I</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>D</mi></mrow></msub></math></span> datapoint and the BSIM-IMG parameters. The single- and multi-step DL extraction has been tested for measured data with gate-lengths (<span><math><msub><mrow><mi>L</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>G</mi></mrow></msub></math></span>) ranging from 52 nm to 961 nm. The multi-step DL extractor shows better accuracy in I-V and better scaling to the key electrical parameters as compared to the single-step DL parameter extraction. The developed solution has improved the accuracy, shortened extraction time, reduced the complexity, and can assist in very fast scalable model generation for FDSOI technologies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21909,"journal":{"name":"Solid-state Electronics","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 109154"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144307232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mobility and intrinsic performance of silicon-based nanosheet FETs at 3 nm CMOS and beyond","authors":"Ankit Dixit , Ali Rezaei , Nikolas Xeni , Naveen Kumar , Tapas Dutta , Ismail Topaloglu , Preslav Aleksandrov , Asen Asenov , Vihar Georgiev","doi":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109172","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109172","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Nanosheet Field-Effect Transistors (NSFETs) have been introduced in the 3 nm CMOS technology due to their advantages over the FinFET technology. In this paper, using our in-house Nano Electronics Simulation Software (NESS), we explore the carrier mobility and the intrinsic performance of NSFETs for different channel orientations. The effective masses for different cross-sections and channel orientations are extracted from the first principal simulations. The mobility and the intrinsic performance are evaluated using the effective mass approximation based non-equilibrium Green’s function (NEGF) simulation module of NESS. The proposed work provides insight into the optimized NSFET design considerations suitable for 3 nm and further technology nodes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21909,"journal":{"name":"Solid-state Electronics","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 109172"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144290601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arka Halder, Martin Vanbrabant, Dimitri Lederer, Jean-Pierre Raskin, Valeriya Kilchytska
{"title":"Impact of Device Layout on Self-Heating Extraction in MOSFETs","authors":"Arka Halder, Martin Vanbrabant, Dimitri Lederer, Jean-Pierre Raskin, Valeriya Kilchytska","doi":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109175","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109175","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work analyses the impact of device layout on self-heating (SH) extraction and treats it in terms of parasitic series resistance and heat evacuation paths. Specifically, the impact of having four-terminal (4T) gate access structures used in gate resistance technique for SH characterization is investigated. To evaluate the SH parameters, the RF characterization technique is utilized, which includes measuring S-parameters over a wide frequency range. Two devices are compared in this study based on the same core MOSFET: one with the 4T gate access structure and one without these additional accesses. It is experimentally demonstrated that a lower thermal resistance is observed for the 4T device. Apart from cooling through the 4T gate accesses which could explain this observation, it is seen that parasitic series resistances could also affect the extraction of thermal resistance through the RF technique. Through PDK simulations, the impact of the series resistances on SH extraction using the RF technique is explored further. The fact that even for the same core device the layout can affect the extracted thermal parameters is evidenced.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21909,"journal":{"name":"Solid-state Electronics","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 109175"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144272308","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C.A.B. Mori , P.H. Duarte , R.C. Rangel , P.G.D. Agopian , J.A. Martino
{"title":"The Dual-Technology FET: nMOS/pTFET in the same device","authors":"C.A.B. Mori , P.H. Duarte , R.C. Rangel , P.G.D. Agopian , J.A. Martino","doi":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109177","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109177","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work presents for the first time the experimental results of a Dual-Technology FET (DT-FET). DT-FET is a SOI transistor capable of operating either as an n-type MOSFET (nMOS) or a p-type Tunnel-FET (pTFET), depending on the back gate bias and the source/drain bias conditions. It is an extension of the <sup>BE</sup>SOI MOSFET, with the addition of N + at the drain or source region, which results in different physics of operation depending on back the gate bias. For a positive back gate bias the device behaves as an nMOS, while for a negative back gate bias it behaves as a pTFET. The results were compared with 2D simulations, showing that the overall trends are similar.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21909,"journal":{"name":"Solid-state Electronics","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 109177"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144264033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Rack , M. Nabet , Y. Bendou , M. Vanbrabant , M. Moulin , Q. Courte , S. Cremer , A. Cathelin , D. Lederer , J.-P. Raskin
{"title":"Low-loss silicon substrates with PN passivation in 28 nm FD-SOI","authors":"M. Rack , M. Nabet , Y. Bendou , M. Vanbrabant , M. Moulin , Q. Courte , S. Cremer , A. Cathelin , D. Lederer , J.-P. Raskin","doi":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109174","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109174","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this work, the 28 nm FD-SOI technology from ST Microelectronics was run for the first time on high-resistivity wafer samples. The gain in RF performance through the use of high-resistivity bulk is characterized in terms of losses, effective resistivity (ρ<sub>eff</sub>) and generated harmonics through on-wafer measurements of coplanar waveguides (CPW). Beyond the use of a high-resistivity bulk, special care was taken to ensure a state of high-resistivity at the silicon/oxide interface. This was achieved through the PN junction interface passivation solution, implemented locally on the wafer at the foundry level, below passive RF devices. A study was performed on the dose and energy parameters of these implants to achieve optimal RF performance and giving insight into the PN design.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21909,"journal":{"name":"Solid-state Electronics","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 109174"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144264097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Flavio Enrico Bergamaschi , Jefferson Almeida Matos , Jaime Calçade Rodrigues , Giovanni Almeida Matos , Michelly de Souza , Sylvain Barraud , Mikael Cassé , Olivier Faynot , Marcelo Antonio Pavanello
{"title":"Experimental extraction of self-heating in SOI nanowire MOSFETs at cryogenic temperatures","authors":"Flavio Enrico Bergamaschi , Jefferson Almeida Matos , Jaime Calçade Rodrigues , Giovanni Almeida Matos , Michelly de Souza , Sylvain Barraud , Mikael Cassé , Olivier Faynot , Marcelo Antonio Pavanello","doi":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109176","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109176","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work presents an experimental assessment of self-heating in SOI nanowire MOSFETs in ambient temperatures ranging from 300 K down to 4.2 K using the gate resistance thermometry technique. The temperature increase in the channel region is extracted, and the differential thermal resistance is obtained and plotted as a function of the device temperature. Despite the lower power dissipated by a single nanowire, the operation temperature decrease causes the temperature rise in the channel to increase from around 6 K at room temperature up to 53 K in the cryogenic range. The thermal resistance is considerably lower in nanowires than in wide-channel devices, although both types of transistors present an abrupt increase in the differential thermal resistance at extremely low device temperatures.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21909,"journal":{"name":"Solid-state Electronics","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 109176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144254248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cunhua Dou , Weijia Song , Yu Yan , Xuan Zhang , Zhiyu Tang , Binhong Li , Yong Xu , Sorin Cristoloveanu
{"title":"Model of threshold voltage and drain current in core-shell junctionless transistor on FD-SOI","authors":"Cunhua Dou , Weijia Song , Yu Yan , Xuan Zhang , Zhiyu Tang , Binhong Li , Yong Xu , Sorin Cristoloveanu","doi":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109173","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109173","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The core–shell transistor is a recent advancement of the genuine junctionless concept. The planar version is compatible with FD-SOI technology and attractive for device processing with low thermal budget. An analytical model, which describes the strong impact of the device thickness and doping on the threshold voltage and drive current, is proposed and validated through numerical simulations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21909,"journal":{"name":"Solid-state Electronics","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 109173"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144280249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Characteristics evaluation of reverse blocking diode thyristor for DC circuit breaker","authors":"Zhengheng Qing, Lin Liang, Mosai Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109163","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109163","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, the fast turn-off ability and series characteristics of reverse blocking diode thyristor are evaluated for DC circuit breakers. The turn-off operation mechanism of RBDT is simulated in Sentaurus TCAD. Besides, it is discussed the influence of the structure parameter and carrier lifetime on the transient characteristics of RBDT. The current distribution during the turn-off process of RBDT is uniform which indicates a small possibility of the occurrence of the turn-off failure. A fast turn-off speed could be achieved by the reduction of the P base thickness, doping concentration and carrier lifetime without compromising the turn-on characteristics. The fast turn-off capability and series characteristics are also investigated by experiments. It is shown that RBDT could be turned off within several microseconds. Besides, the voltage allocation between each RBDT is proportional to the breakdown voltage, which manifests the voltage balance equipment could be removed. Besides, RBDT can turn on at low voltage condition (25 V) with low switching loss. The excellent device performance makes RBDT a prospective candidate for DC circuit breaker applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21909,"journal":{"name":"Solid-state Electronics","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 109163"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144240333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yongjia Li, Guiqiang Zheng, Jie Ma, Yong Gu, Jiaxing Wei, Sheng Li, Long Zhang, Siyang Liu, Weifeng Sun
{"title":"Influence of N-type substrate’s bias potential on electrical characteristics of 4H-SiC integrated devices for All-SiC ICs","authors":"Yongjia Li, Guiqiang Zheng, Jie Ma, Yong Gu, Jiaxing Wei, Sheng Li, Long Zhang, Siyang Liu, Weifeng Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109155","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.sse.2025.109155","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, the influence of N-type substate’s bias potential on electrical characteristics of 4H Silicon carbide (SiC) integrated devices for all-SiC monolithic ICs are investigated by measurements and simulations. The devices were fabricated on 4H-SiC (0001) wafer with N-type substrate and P-type epitaxial layer. The measurement results show that changing bias potential of N-type substrate has significant effect on on-state <em>BV</em> (<em>BV<sub>ON</sub></em>) and off-state <em>BV</em> (<em>BV<sub>OFF</sub></em>) for high-voltage devices. Technology computer aided design (TCAD) simulations are carried out to give insight into the mechanism of the influence of substrate’s bias potential. In mechanism revealing, the connection type of substrate is divided into three modes: (i) grounded substate mode, (ii) floating substate mode, (iii) high-voltage substate mode, and different connection modes results in different depletion types in drift region, which in turn affects <em>BV<sub>ON</sub></em> and <em>BV<sub>OFF</sub></em>.</div><div>By comparison, floating substrate is the best choose among three connection modes mentioned above for high-voltage SiC devices. Based on the revealed influence mechanisms of substate’s bias potential, an efficient method to eliminate the influence of N-type substate’s bias potential is proposed in this paper, which results in stable and high <em>BV<sub>ON</sub></em> and <em>BV<sub>OFF</sub></em>.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21909,"journal":{"name":"Solid-state Electronics","volume":"229 ","pages":"Article 109155"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144229829","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}