{"title":"Investigation of low frequency noise in uniaxial strained PMOSFETs","authors":"J. Kuo, W. P. Chen, P. Su","doi":"10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159301","url":null,"abstract":"We have investigated the low frequency noise characteristics for uniaxial strained PMOSFETs. In the low |V<inf>gst</inf>| regime, the 1/f noise is dominated by the carrier-number-fluctuations and the S<inf>Id</inf>/<inf>Id</inf><sup>2</sup> is increased by the enhanced g<inf>m</inf>/I<inf>d</inf> for the strained device. Nevertheless, the S<inf>Id</inf>/I}<inf>d</inf><sup>2</sup> of the strained device is almost the same as the unstrained one at a given g<inf>m</inf>/I<inf>d</inf>. Furthermore, with the application of uniaxial compressive strain, the attenuation length λ is reduced because of the increased out-on-plane effective mass and tunneling barrier height. The reduced λ may result in a smaller S<inf>Vg</inf>. In the high |V<inf>gst</inf>| regime, the 1/f noise is dominated by the mobility-fluctuations and the S<inf>Id</inf>/I<inf>d</inf><sup>2</sup> is increased due to the larger Hooge parameter for the strained device.","PeriodicalId":309622,"journal":{"name":"2009 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124871924","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":"The promise and implementation of three dimensional integration","authors":"S. Iyer","doi":"10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159318","url":null,"abstract":"In many ways, three dimensional integration presents itself as a logical extension of planar monolithic integration - integration of additional function on the same die. Notwithstanding the remarkable advances in scaling we have witnessed over the last several decades, basic material limitations and lithography have slowed this trend down and the benefits of node to node migration need to be weighed against both technology development costs and complexity as well as the cost of design migration. Another consideration is die size which for high end applications such as high performance processors continues to increase well beyond the sweet spot dictated by yieldability, driven primarily by multiples cores and on-chip memory. Furthermore in such large die, long electrical paths cause significant delay and power draws. To address these limitations, three dimensional integration must be viewed beyond a simplistic packaging paradigm but rather as extension of silicon integration in the third dimension i.e., the introduction of low resistance, low inductance vertical interconnects between multiple active silicon strata that are co-designed in much the same way we design an SOC or ASIC today. This talk examines at the technology as it stands toady and the challenges going forward. These challenges include the development of fine pitch vertical interconnects and the degrees of integration they would permit. We will focus on the integration of three dimensional memory as the prototypical example of three dimensional integration and describe how these challenges are being met.","PeriodicalId":309622,"journal":{"name":"2009 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125456090","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":"Optimizing tunnel FET performance - Impact of device structure, transistor dimensions and choice of material","authors":"J. Knoch","doi":"10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159285","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159285","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years tunnel FETs (TFETs) have attracted a great deal of attention [1–9]. The reason for this is that TFETs potentially allow beating the 60mV/dec limit and thus eventually enable lowering the power consumption of ICs. However, TFETs usually exhibit an onstate performance inferior to a conventional MOSFET. Moreover, in order to obtain a superior off-state TFETs must exhibit subthreshold swings substantially smaller than 60mV/dec over several orders of magnitude in current. In the present paper the impact of device structure, dimensions and the choice of material on the performance of TFETs will be discussed. In particular, the use of heterostructures and one-dimensional nanowires will be analyzed in detail.","PeriodicalId":309622,"journal":{"name":"2009 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125921994","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. Gilmer, N. Goel, S. Verma, Hokyung Park, Chanro Park, G. Bersuker, P. Kirsch, K. Saraswat, R. Jammy
{"title":"Band engineered tunnel oxides for improved TANOS-type flash program/erase with good retention and 100K cycle endurance","authors":"D. Gilmer, N. Goel, S. Verma, Hokyung Park, Chanro Park, G. Bersuker, P. Kirsch, K. Saraswat, R. Jammy","doi":"10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159337","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate for the first time improved program, erase, and endurance for charge trap flash TaN-Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>-Si<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf>-“Tunnel-oxide (TO)”-Si MOSFETs through band engineered tunnel oxides (BETO). Several high-K dielectrics (HfO<inf>2</inf>, HfSiO, Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf>, Si<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf>) and tunnel stack sequences (SiO<inf>2</inf>-high-k, SiO<inf>2</inf>-high-k-SiO<inf>2</inf>) are compared. New results are as follows: SiO<inf>2</inf>/Al<inf>2</inf>O<inf>3</inf> (OA) BE-TO and SiO<inf>2</inf>/Si<inf>3</inf>N<inf>4</inf>/SiO<inf>2</inf> (ONO) BE-TO ΔVth windows improve ≫300% vs. standard SiO<inf>2</inf>-TO. Both OA and ONO stacks endure P/E cycles to at least 100K cycles maintaining a window ≫4V. Results are consistent with a model based on high-k conduction/valence band offsets. Increased erase efficiency for BE-TO enables improved endurance without sacrificing P/E window due to lower P/E voltage stressing. These large, enduring windows are favorable for multi-level cell application and may extend TANOS flash beyond the 20nm node.","PeriodicalId":309622,"journal":{"name":"2009 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130244138","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}
L. De Michielis, K. E. Moselund, D. Bouvet, P. Dobrosz, S. Olsen, A. O'Neill, L. Lattanzio, M. Najmzadeh, L. Selmi, A. Ionescu
{"title":"Optimization of the channel lateral strain profile for improved performance of multi-gate MOSFETs","authors":"L. De Michielis, K. E. Moselund, D. Bouvet, P. Dobrosz, S. Olsen, A. O'Neill, L. Lattanzio, M. Najmzadeh, L. Selmi, A. Ionescu","doi":"10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159319","url":null,"abstract":"We report for the first time the optimization of the channel lateral strain profile as a new technological booster for improved performance of multi-gate n-channel MOSFET. We find that quasi-uniform or flat-Gaussian-close-to-the-drain profiles are optimum for the Ion boosting of sub-50nm scaled MOSFETs, while the penalty on Ioff and subthreshold slope is minimum. The reported predictions use realistic lateral uniaxial strain profiles, with peaks up to few GPa's and average values of hundreds of MPa's.","PeriodicalId":309622,"journal":{"name":"2009 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131148861","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}
H. Yu, S. Chang, M. Aoulaiche, B. Kaczer, P. Absil, C. Adelmann, T. Hoffmann, S. Biesemans, C. Wann, Y. Mii
{"title":"High-k/ metal-gate stack work-function tuning by rare-earth capping layers: Interface dipole or bulk charge?","authors":"H. Yu, S. Chang, M. Aoulaiche, B. Kaczer, P. Absil, C. Adelmann, T. Hoffmann, S. Biesemans, C. Wann, Y. Mii","doi":"10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159295","url":null,"abstract":"The transistor VT tuning mechanism in metal-gate/high-k (MG/HK) gate stack doped with rare-earth elements (Dysprosium or Dy in this work) is studied in transistors fabricated by either a gate-first or a gate-last approach. Except the commonly believed interface dipole, this work provides additional evidence that the bulk trapping charges can also play an important role in determining the device VT for above-mentioned gate stacks. It is thus suggested that careful design of capping layer thickness as well as the thermal budget for intermixing the capping layer with host dielectrics are necessary to eliminate the impact from bulk trapping charges to the device performance.","PeriodicalId":309622,"journal":{"name":"2009 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114010665","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":"Investigation of static noise margin of Ultra-Thin-Body SOI SRAM cells in subthreshold region using analytical solution of poisson's equation","authors":"V. Hu, Yu-Sheng Wu, M. Fan, P. Su, C. Chuang","doi":"10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159317","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the Static Noise Margin (SNM) of Ultra-Thin-Body (UTB) SOI SRAM cells operating in subthreshold region using analytical solution of Poisson's equation validated with TCAD simulations. An analytical SNM model for UTB SOI SRAM cells operating in subthreshold region is presented. Our results indicate that back-gate bias (Vbg) can mitigate the Read SNM (RSNM) variability of UTB SOI SRAM cells in the subthreshold region, and the improvement of SNM variability is more significant than superthreshold region. Increasing cell β-ratio shows limited improvement on RSNM and has no benefit on SNM variability for subthreshold operation. The UTB SOI 8T SRAM cell exhibits RSNM 2X larger than the 6T SRAM cell in subthreshold region.","PeriodicalId":309622,"journal":{"name":"2009 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127190104","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":"The standby power challenge: Wake-up receivers to the rescue","authors":"J. Rabaey","doi":"10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159283","url":null,"abstract":"A large fraction of the average power dissipation of many modern multimedia components and mobile devices is spent in standby mode, scanning for potential input activity. Reducing the dissipation of the “always-on” components is essential to the realization of green devices. The common strategy is to duty-cycle the always-on components. While simple to implement, it comes at the expense of latency. A more effective approach that delivers both low standby-power and almost-zero latency is to exploit ultra low-power wake-up receivers. Combining innovative architectures with state-of-the-art CMOS and MEMS technologies, wake-up receivers have been built that consume less than 50 uW in on-mode. Their availability opens a whole new perspective on standby power management. On one end of the spectrum, they enable green devices to operate in a purely reactive mode, that is they are only turned on when input activity happens. On the other side, they allow for substantial improvements in existing communication protocols such as WiFi and Bluetooth. A number of examples will be presented in the talk. One important message that will emerge from the presentation however is that effective standby power management requires a system vision, and that the ad-hoc component-oriented approach of today will rarely be effective.","PeriodicalId":309622,"journal":{"name":"2009 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126683958","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. Pétry, G. Boccardi, R. Singanamalla, C.S. Liu, K. Xiong, P. Escanes, J. Huguenin, J. Tseng, L. Van Nimwegen, F. Voogt, C. Bulle-lieuwma, M. Muller
{"title":"A VFB tunable Single Metal Single Dielectric approach using As I/I into TiN/HfO2 for 32nm node and beyond","authors":"J. Pétry, G. Boccardi, R. Singanamalla, C.S. Liu, K. Xiong, P. Escanes, J. Huguenin, J. Tseng, L. Van Nimwegen, F. Voogt, C. Bulle-lieuwma, M. Muller","doi":"10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159289","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159289","url":null,"abstract":"Easily integrable cost effective gate first Single Metal Single Dielectric (SMSD) solution based on As implantation into TiN/HfO2 with ∼ 1 nm EOT is presented. A consistent n-type shift of 250 mV down to 35 nm Lg is obtained by As I/I compared to the reference stack. Symmetrical threshold voltages (∼ ±0.5 V) are met for the bulk planar devices using this technique, which would corresponds to low-VT (±0.2V) target for the FD FETs. The possible counter-doping effects were evaluated electrically and physically with backside SIMS. It was found to be negligible implying negligible concentration of As in the channel region. As I/I technique opens up possibility of multiple VT tuning without adding any process complexity.","PeriodicalId":309622,"journal":{"name":"2009 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130224091","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. Z. Rahaman, S. Maikap, C. Lin, T. Wu, Y. S. Chen, P. Tzeng, F. Chen, C. S. Lai, M. Kao, M. Tsai
{"title":"Low current and voltage resistive switching memory device using novel Cu/Ta2O5/W structure","authors":"S. Z. Rahaman, S. Maikap, C. Lin, T. Wu, Y. S. Chen, P. Tzeng, F. Chen, C. S. Lai, M. Kao, M. Tsai","doi":"10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VTSA.2009.5159279","url":null,"abstract":"Low current/voltage (∼10 nA/1.0V) resistive switching memory device in a Cu/Ta<inf>2</inf>O<inf>5</inf>/W structure has been proposed. The low resistance state (R<inf>Low</inf>) of the memory device decreases with increasing the programming current from 10 nA to 1mA, which can be useful for multi-level of data storage. This resistive memory devices have stable threshold voltage, good resistance ratio (R<inf>High</inf>/R<inf>Low</inf>) of 5.3×10<sup>7</sup>, good endurance of ≫10<sup>3</sup> cycles, and excellent retention (≫11 hours) with resistance ratio of ≫ 9×10<sup>3</sup> can be useful in future non-volatile memory applications.","PeriodicalId":309622,"journal":{"name":"2009 International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems, and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130680341","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}