Hole mobility enhancement in strained-Si p-MOSFETs under high vertical field

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作者
Maiti, CK [1 ]
Bera, LK [1 ]
Dey, SS [1 ]
Nayak, DK [1 ]
Chakrabarti, NB [1 ]
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[1] INDIAN INST TECHNOL,DEPT ELECT & ELECT COMMUN ENGN,KHARAGPUR 721302,W BENGAL,INDIA
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10.1016/S0038-1101(97)00152-4
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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The growth of a high quality, step-graded lattice-relaxed SiGe buffer layer on a Si(100) substrate is investigated. p-MOSFETs were fabricated on strained-Si grown on top of the above layer. Carrier confinement at the type-II strained-Si/SiGe buffer interface is observed clearly from the device transconductance and C-V measurements. At high vertical field, compared to bulk silicon, the channel mobility of the strained-Si device with x = 0.18 is found to be about 40% and 200% higher at 300 K and 77 K respectively. Measurements on transconductance enhancement are also reported. Data at 77 K provide evidence of two channels and a large enhancement of mobility at high transverse field. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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