Accurate Evaluation of Electro-Thermal Performance in Silicon Nanosheet Field-Effect Transistors with Schemes for Controlling Parasitic Bottom Transistors
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- Title
- Accurate Evaluation of Electro-Thermal Performance in Silicon Nanosheet Field-Effect Transistors with Schemes for Controlling Parasitic Bottom Transistors
- Authors
- Jeong, Jinsu; Lee, Sanguk; Baek, Rock-Hyun
- Date Issued
- 2024-06
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Abstract
- The electro-thermal performance of silicon nanosheet field-effect transistors (NSFETs) with various parasitic bottom transistor (trpbt)-controlling schemes is evaluated. Conventional punch-through stopper, trench inner-spacer (TIS), and bottom oxide (BOX) schemes were investigated from single-device to circuit-level evaluations to avoid overestimating heat's impact on performance. For single-device evaluations, the TIS scheme maintains the device temperature 59.6 and 50.4 K lower than the BOX scheme for n/pFETs, respectively, due to the low thermal conductivity of BOX. However, when the over-etched S/D recess depth (TSD) exceeds 2 nm in the TIS scheme, the RC delay becomes larger than that of the BOX scheme due to increased gate capacitance (Cgg) as the TSD increases. A higher TIS height prevents the Cgg increase and exhibits the best electro-thermal performance at single-device operation. Circuit-level evaluations are conducted with ring oscillators using 3D mixed-mode simulation. Although TIS and BOX schemes have similar oscillation frequencies, the TIS scheme has a slightly lower device temperature. This thermal superiority of the TIS scheme becomes more pronounced as the load capacitance (CL) increases. As CL increases from 1 to 10 fF, the temperature difference between TIS and BOX schemes widens from 1.5 to 4.8 K. Therefore, the TIS scheme is most suitable for controlling trpbt and improving electro-thermal performance in sub-3 nm node NSFETs.
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/123761
- DOI
- 10.3390/nano14121006
- ISSN
- 2079-4991
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- Nanomaterials, vol. 14, no. 12, 2024-06
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