Impact of strained-silicon-on-insulator (sSOI) substrate on FinFET mobility

被引:51
作者
Xiong, W. [1 ]
Cleavelin, C. Rinn
Kohli, P.
Huffman, C.
Schulz, T.
Schruefer, K.
Gebara, G.
Mathews, K.
Patruno, P.
Le Vaillant, Yves-Matthieu
Cayrefourcq, I.
Kennard, M.
Mazure, C.
Shin, K.
Liu, T. -J. King
机构
[1] Texas Instruments Inc, SiTD, Dallas, TX 75806 USA
[2] Infineon Technol, D-91739 Munich, Germany
[3] ATDF Inc, Austin, TX 78701 USA
[4] SOITEC, F-38190 Bernin, France
[5] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[6] Synopsys Inc, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA
关键词
finFET; insulated gate FETs; MOS devices; silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology; strained-silicon;
D O I
10.1109/LED.2006.877714
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
In this letter, it is shown that for fin widths down to < 20 nm, strain can be retained in patterned strained-silicon-on-insulator (sSOI) films and is correlated to mobility enhancements observed in FinFET devices. NMOS FinFET mobility is improved by 60% and 30% for (110)/< 110 > and (100)/< 100 > fin surface/direction, respectively. Although PMOS FinFET mobility is degraded by 35% for (110)/< 110 > fins, it is enhanced by up to 30% for (100)/< 100 > fins. These results can be qualitatively explained using the bulk-Si piezoresistance coefficients.
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页数:3
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