{"title":"Improvement of the interface integrity between a high-k dielectric film and a metal gate electrode by controlling point defects and residual stress","authors":"Ken Suzuki, Tatsuya Inoue, H. Miura","doi":"10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604526","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604526","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, the influence of composition of thin films on the interface integrity between a hafnium dioxide thin film and a gate electrode was investigated by using a quantum chemical molecular dynamics method. Effect of the fluctuation of the composition around the HfO2±x/metal interface on the formation of the interfacial layer was analyzed quantitatively. Post-oxidation annealing after deposition of the hafnium oxide film restored oxygen vacancies and removed carbon interstitials from the film and thus, improved the quality of the oxide. However, when the excessive interstitial oxygen atoms remained in the film, the quality of the interface was deteriorated by forming a new interfacial oxide layer between the hafnium oxide and the deposited metal such as tungsten. No interfacial layer was observed, however, when a gold thin film was deposited on the hafnium oxide film with the various defects. Therefore, it is very important to control the composition around the interface, i.e., to minimize those point defects in the hafnium dioxide films and/or to introduce a diffusion barrier layer onto the oxide for improving the electronic performance and reliability of the stacked structure.","PeriodicalId":331098,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices","volume":"100 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132127361","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}
Zhihao Pan, S. Holland, D. Schroeder, W. Krautschneider
{"title":"Improved impact-ionization modelling and validation with pn-junction diodes","authors":"Zhihao Pan, S. Holland, D. Schroeder, W. Krautschneider","doi":"10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604503","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604503","url":null,"abstract":"Impact-ionization at low and high electric field as well as the temperature dependence has to be modeled well in order to improve the predictive capability of TCAD tools. The high field behavior is of particular interest for ESD protection devices with low breakdown voltages which are used to protect ICs made with modern technologies. In this paper, the model for estimating the impact-ionization proposed by Valdinoci [1] with the parameters of Reggiani [2] has been examined with diodes of various breakdown voltages. It was found that the experimental breakdown voltages of the diodes are underestimated using that model. The cause was traced back to the overestimation of the electron impact-ionization coefficient at high electric fields. By adjusting the model parameters to the experiments of Van Overstraeten [3] and Grant [4], who measured the impact-ionization coefficient in silicon for fields up to 7.7 × 105 V/cm, we extend the model's validity to high fields. With the new parameter set, a much better agreement to the measured breakdown voltages is obtained. As a check for the temperature dependence of the impact-ionization, the diodes were further investigated under 100 ns transmission line pulses (TLP). The measured high-current I–V characteristic is well reproduced by simulations using the new model, as opposed to the well-established model based on Chynoweth's law. Both the failure level and the damage location are well predicted by the simulation.","PeriodicalId":331098,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices","volume":"282 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114167755","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. Dehdashti, A. Kranti, I. Ferain, Chi-Woo Lee, R. Yan, P. Razavi, R. Yu, J. Colinge
{"title":"Dissipative transport in Multigate silicon nanowire transistors","authors":"N. Dehdashti, A. Kranti, I. Ferain, Chi-Woo Lee, R. Yan, P. Razavi, R. Yu, J. Colinge","doi":"10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604559","url":null,"abstract":"Most device simulation packages performing quantum transport modeling in thin body Multigate silicon nanowire devices at nanometer scales neglect the electron-phonon interaction, assuming devices operate in the ballistic regime. Here we perform a detailed study on dissipative quantum transport in multigate silicon nanowire transistor including acoustic and optical phonons in detail using non-equilibrium Green's function formalism in uncoupled mode-space approach. We find out that g-type phonons are the most important mechanisms contributing to current reduction in multigate nanowire both in subthreshold and above threshold region for silicon nanowire with 5nm film thickness. This crucial rule of g-type phonons stay active even for gate lengths below 20nm, which implies that ballistic models are inadequate to capture the device characteristics of nanometre devices.","PeriodicalId":331098,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124256682","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":"Fabry-Perot oscillations in the thermopower of ballistic graphene ribbons","authors":"G. Kliros, P. Divari","doi":"10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604579","url":null,"abstract":"The thermopower of ballistic graphene ribbons, at finite temperatures, is studied using linear response theory and the Landauer formalism. The dependence of thermopower on temperature and chemical potential is investigated and the obtained results are qualitatively in agreement with many features recently observed in thermoelectric measurements on high mobility graphene ribbons. Fabry-Perot oscillations in the thermopower of short ribbons as a function of chemical potential are revealed.","PeriodicalId":331098,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices","volume":"132 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128965018","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":"Stochastic modeling hysteresis and resistive switching in bipolar oxide-based memory","authors":"A. Makarov, V. Sverdlov, S. Selberherr","doi":"10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604517","url":null,"abstract":"We have developed a stochastic model of the resistive switching mechanism in resistive random access memory (RRAM) based on electron hopping. The distribution of electron occupation probabilities obtained with our approach is in good agreement with previous work. In particular, a low occupation region is formed near the cathode for bipolar switching behavior or near the anode for unipolar switching behavior. This result indicates that a decrease of the switching time with increasing temperature cannot be explained only by reduced occupations of the vacancies in the low occupation region, but is related to an increase of the mobility of the oxide ions. A hysteresis cycle of RRAM switching simulated with our stochastic model is in good agreement with experimental results.","PeriodicalId":331098,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131527747","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":"Simulation of line-edge roughness effects in silicon nanowire MOSFETs","authors":"Tao Yu, Runsheng Wang, Ru Huang","doi":"10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604534","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604534","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the effects of nanowire (NW) line-edge roughness (LER) in gate-all-around (GAA) silicon nanowire MOSFETs (SNWTs) are investigated by 3-D statistical simulation in terms of both performance variation and mean value degradation. A physical model is developed for NW LER induced performance degradation in SNWTs for the first time. The results indicate large performance mean value degradations due to NW LER in SNWTs. However, the LER induced parameter variation is still acceptable. In addition, as the LER correlation length (Λ) scales beyond the gate length, new distribution of performance parameters is observed, which has dual-peaks rather than single in conventional Gaussian distribution. The optimization for NW LER parameters is given for SNWT design as well.","PeriodicalId":331098,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121428893","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":"Microscopic simulation of electron transport and self-heating effects in InAs Nanowire MISFETs","authors":"T. Sadi, J. Thobel, F. Dessenne","doi":"10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604558","url":null,"abstract":"We use a newly developed three-dimensional electrothermal Monte Carlo simulator, using finite-element meshing, to study metal-insulator field-effect transistors (MISFETs) based on a single InAs Nanowire. The model involves the coupling of an ensemble Monte Carlo simulation with the solution of the heat diffusion equation, and is carefully calibrated with data from experimental work on these devices. The simulator is applied to investigate electron transport and demonstrate the importance of self-heating in such devices characterized by high current densities.","PeriodicalId":331098,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129105209","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}
M. Jaud, P. Scheiblin, S. Martinie, M. Cassé, O. Rozeau, J. Dura, J. Mazurier, A. Toffoli, O. Thomas, F. Andrieu, O. Weber
{"title":"TCAD simulation vs. experimental results in FDSOI technology: From advanced mobility modeling to 6T-SRAM cell characteristics prediction","authors":"M. Jaud, P. Scheiblin, S. Martinie, M. Cassé, O. Rozeau, J. Dura, J. Mazurier, A. Toffoli, O. Thomas, F. Andrieu, O. Weber","doi":"10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604506","url":null,"abstract":"We present TCAD simulations based on advanced mobility modeling including Surface Roughness (SR) and Remote Coulomb Scattering (RCS) effects, quantum correction and short channel effects. From these calibrated models, FDSOI 6T-SRAM cells are simulated and compared to experimental data. The very good agreement achieved between simulations and electrical data on both mobility and electrical figures of merit (device and SRAM) offers major opportunities for predictive design based on TCAD simulations.","PeriodicalId":331098,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116676464","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. Iwai, K. Natori, K. Kakushima, P. Ahmet, A. Oshiyama, K. Shiraishi, J. Iwata, K. Yamada, K. Ohmori
{"title":"Si nanowire device and its modeling","authors":"H. Iwai, K. Natori, K. Kakushima, P. Ahmet, A. Oshiyama, K. Shiraishi, J. Iwata, K. Yamada, K. Ohmori","doi":"10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604569","url":null,"abstract":"Because of its nature of effectively suppressing the off-leakage current with gate around configuration, the Si nanowire FET has been thought be the ultimate structure for for ultra-small CMOS devices towards their downsizing limit. Recently, several experimental data of Si nanowire FETs with very high on-current much larger than that of planar MOSFETs have been published. Thus, Si nanowire FETs are now drawing attention as the most promising candidate for the mainstream CMOS devices in 2020s. In order for the Si nanowire FETs to be introduced into integrated circuits, good compact models which circuit designers can easily handle with are essential. However, it is a really challenging task to establish the compact model, because Id-Vd characteristics of the Si nanowire FETs are affected by the band structure of the nanowire, and the band structure are very sensitive with the nanowire diameter, cross-sectional shape, crystal orientation, mechanical stress, and interface states. In this paper, recent research status of Si nanowire FETs in experimental and theoretical works are described.","PeriodicalId":331098,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115446529","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}
T. T. T. Nghiêm, V. Aubry-Fortuna, C. Chassat, A. Bosseboeuf, P. Dollfus
{"title":"Giant piezoresistance effect in p-type silicon","authors":"T. T. T. Nghiêm, V. Aubry-Fortuna, C. Chassat, A. Bosseboeuf, P. Dollfus","doi":"10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604493","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/SISPAD.2010.5604493","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a study of the giant piezoresistance effect in p-type silicon using full-band Monte Carlo simulation. This effect has been demonstrated experimentally in Si nanowires by He and Yang [1]. By introducing a law of variation of the surface potential according to the applied mechanical stress, we can reproduce this effect. The modulation of the width of the depletion region associated with the variation of surface potential induces a strong modulation of the total amount of carriers available for the conduction, which increases drastically this piezoresistive effect. This is probably the main origin of this effect, which may be used to achieve high performance MEMS sensors.","PeriodicalId":331098,"journal":{"name":"2010 International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices","volume":"113 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-10-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127568365","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}