Hot-carrier-induced degradation for partially depleted SOI 0.25-0.1 /spl mu/m CMOSFET with 2-nm thin gate oxide

Hot-carrier-induced degradation of partially depleted SOI CMOSFETs was investigated with respect to body-contact (BC-SOI) and floating-body (FB-SOI) for channel lengths ranging from 0.25 down to 0.1 /spl mu/m with 2 nm gate oxide. It is found that the valence-band electron tunneling is the main factor of device degradation for the SOI CMOSFET. In the FB-SOI nMOSFET, both the floating body effect (FBE) and the parasitic bipolar transistor effect (PBT) affect the hot-carrier-induced degradation of device characteristics. Without apparent FBE on pMOSFET, the worst hot-carrier stress condition of the 0.1 /spl mu/m FB-SOI pMOSFET is similar to that of the 0.1 /spl mu/m BC-SOI pMOSFET.     

Ultrathin-body SOI MOSFET for deep-sub-tenth micron era

A 40-nm-gate-length ultrathin-body (UTB) nMOSFET is presented with 20-nm body thickness and 2.4-nm gate oxide. The UTB structure eliminates leakage paths and is an extension of a conventional SOI MOSFET for deep-sub-tenth micron CMOS. Simulation shows that the UTB SOI MOSFET can be scaled down to 18-nm gate length with <5 nm UTB. A raised poly-Si S/D process is employed to reduce the parasitic series resistance     

Polarity-dependent tunneling current and oxide breakdown indual-gate CMOSFETs

The gate tunneling leakage current in dual-gate CMOSFETs exhibits strong polarity dependence when measured in inversion, although it exhibits practically no polarity dependence when measured in accumulation. Specifically, p⁺-gate pMOSFET shows substantially lower tunneling current than n⁺-gate nMOSFET when measured in inversion. This polarity dependence arises from the difference in the supply of tunneling electrons. The polarity dependent tunneling current has a significant impact on oxide reliability measurements. For example, it gives rise to a higher T_bd value for p⁺/pMOSFET as compared to that for n⁺/nMOSFET when both are biased to inversion. Rationaless are given as to why T_bd is a better gauge than Q_bd for reliability assessment, and why nMOSFET is more prone to oxide breakdown than pMOSFET under normal operating conditions     

Polarity dependent gate tunneling currents in dual-gate CMOSFETs

Polarity dependence of the gate tunneling current in dual-gate CMOSFETs is studied over a gate oxide range of 2-6 nm. It is shown that, when measured in accumulation, the I_g versus V_g characteristics for the p⁺/pMOSFET are essentially identical to those for the n⁺/nMOSFET; however, when measured in inversion, the p⁺/pMOSFET exhibits much lower gate current for the same |V_g|. This polarity dependence is explained by the difference in the supply of the tunneling electrons. The carrier transport processes in p⁺/pMOSFET biased in inversion are discussed in detail. Three tunneling processes are considered: (1) valence band hole tunneling from the Si substrate; (2) valence band electron tunneling from the p⁺-polysilicon gate; and (3) conduction band electron tunneling from the p⁺-polysilicon gate. The results indicate that all three contribute to the gate tunneling current in an inverted p⁺/pMOSFET, with one of them dominating in a certain voltage range     

A 15 nm Ultra‐thin Body SOI CMOS Device' with Double Raised Source/Drain for 90 nm Analog Applications

Fully‐depleted silicon‐on‐insulator (FD‐SOI) devices with a 15 nm SOI layer thickness and 60 nm gate lengths for analog applications have been investigated. The Si selective epitaxial growth (SEG) process was well optimized. Both the singleraised (SR) and double‐raised (DR) source/drain (S/D) processes have been studied to reduce parasitic series resistance and improve device performance. For the DR S/D process, the saturation currents of both NMOS and PMOS are improved by 8 and 18%, respectively, compared with the SR S/D process. The self‐heating effect is evaluated for both body contact and body floating SOI devices. The body contact transistor shows a reduced self‐heating ratio, compared with the body floating transistor. The static noise margin of an SOI device with a 1.1 µm² 6T‐SRAM cell is 190 mV, and the ring oscillator speed is improved by 25 % compared with bulk devices. The DR S/D process shows a higher open loop voltage gain than the SR S/D process. A 15 nm ultra‐thin body (UTB) SOI device with a DR S/D process shows the same level of noise characteristics at both the body contact and body floating transistors. Also, we observed that noise characteristics of a 15 nm UTB SOI device are comparable to those of bulk Si devices.     

Physical background of substrate current characteristics andhot-carrier immunity in short-channel ultrathin-film MOSFET's/SIMOX

We show experimentally that, in contrast to past simulation results, I_SUB(max/)I_D decreases with decreasing silicon layer thickness. This is supported by two-dimensional numerical simulation results: the above phenomenon results from the nonlocal effect and the slightly gate-overlapped LDD structure. We also show that the velocity overshoot effect can suppress I_SUB(max/)I_D in short-channel MOSFET/SIMOX. It is demonstrated that 0.1-μm-gate ultrathin-film nMOSFET/SIMOX will have a 10-year lifetime at the supply voltage of 1.6 V, although an abnormal degradation is indicated in such an extremely short-channel SOI device     

A 440-ps 64-bit adder in 1.5-V/0.18-μm partially depleted SOItechnology

A 64-bit adder in 1.5-V/0.18-μm partially depleted SOI technology, CMOS8S, and techniques to maintain performance are described. CMOS7S SOI, a 1.8-V/0.22-μm partially depleted SOI technology, achieves a 28% speed increase over bulk CMOS7S, and CMOS8S SOI delivers an additional 21%. In a 660-MHz CMOS8S SOI processor, the adder compensates for floating body effects in SOI devices which cause history effects, bipolar currents, and lower noise margins on dynamic circuits     

30-nm recessed S/D SOI MOSFET with an ultrathin body and a low SDE resistance

A novel ultrathin body SOI MOSFET with a recessed source-drain (S/D) structure is proposed to reduce the S/D extension (SDE) resistance and the feasibility on the proposed device is checked. A recessed buried oxide under the SDE regions is completely filled with the heavily doped polysilicon, which can lead to a low SDE resistance. A recessed S/D SOI MOSFET with 30 nm gate length and 5 nm thick undoped channel, was successfully fabricated and showed the good SCE immunities; little punch-through, the drain-induced barrier lowering of 140 mV/V, and the subthreshold slope of 79 mV/dec.     

薄膜厚埋层SOI材料的新制备技术

在结合低剂量注氧隔离(SIMOX)技术和键合技术的基础上,研究了制备薄膜(薄顶层硅膜)厚埋层SOI材料的新技术--注氧键合技术.采用该新技术成功制备出薄膜厚埋层SOI材料,顶层硅厚度130nm,埋氧层厚度lμm,顶层硅厚度均匀性±2%.并分别采用原子力显微镜(AFM)和剖面透射电镜(XTEM)对其表面形貌和结构进行了表征.研究结果表明,SIMOX材料顶层硅通过键合技术转移后仍能够保持其厚度均匀性,且埋氧层和顶层硅之间具有原子级陡峭的分界面,因此注氧键合技术将会是一项有广阔应用前景的SOI制备技术.     

High performance of silicided silicon-sidewall source and drain (S4D) structure

A silicided silicon-sidewall source and drain (S⁴D) structure is proposed for sub-0.1-μm devices. The merit of the S⁴D structure is that the series resistance of the source and drain is significantly reduced since the silicide layer is attached very close to the gate electrode and the silicon sidewall can be doped very highly. Thus, very high drain current drive can be expected, Another advantage of this structure is that the source and drain extensions are produced by the solid-phase diffusion of boron from the highly doped silicon-sidewall. Thus, shallow extensions with very high doping can be realized. A 75-nm gate length pMOSFET fabricated with this structure is shown to exhibit excellent electrical characteristics     

STI应力效应下的pMOSFET阈值电压物理模型

本文提出了浅沟道隔离（STI）应力效应下的P型MOSFET的阈值电压物理模型,并用不同STI版图位置的130纳米的器件数据进行了验证。基于此STI阈值电压模型,我们对比了p型MOSFET和n型MOSFET在STI应力下的阈值电压和迁移率的变化。数据表明,相比n型MOSFET,p型MOSFET的阈值电压更少地受到STI应力影响,但迁移率却更多地受到STI应力影响。基于此STI阈值电压模型,我们进行了九级震荡环电路的模拟。模拟数据显示,适当的STI应力能使电路平均延迟时间提高约11%,同时也说明了STI应力模型在电路设计中的重要性。     

A physical-based pMOSFETs threshold voltage model including the STI stress effect

The physical threshold voltage model of pMOSFETs under shallow trench isolation(STI) stress has been developed.The model is verified by 130 nm technology layout dependent measurement data.The comparison between pMOSFET and nMOSFET model simulations due to STI stress was conducted to show that STI stress induced less threshold voltage shift and more mobility shift for the pMOSFET.The circuit simulations of a nine stage ring oscillator with and without STI stress proved about 11%improvement of average delay time.This indicates the importance of STI stress consideration in circuit design.     

Quasi-damascene metal gate/high-k CMOS using oxygenation through gate electrodes

We present a novel metal gate/high-k complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) integration scheme with symmetric and low threshold voltage (V_th) for both n-channel (nMOSFET) and p-channel (pMOSFET) metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors. The workfunction of pMOSFET is modulated by oxygen in-diffusion (‘oxygenation’) through the titanium nitride metal gate without equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) degradation. A significant V_th improvement by 420 mV and an aggressively scaled capacitance equivalent thickness under channel inversion (T_inv) of 1.3 nm is achieved for the pFET by using a replacement process in conjunction with optimized oxygenation process. Immunity of nMOSFET against oxygenation process is demonstrated.     

Source/drain contact resistance of silicided thin-film SOI MOSFET's

We developed a source/drain contact (S/D) resistance model for silicided thin-film SOI MOSFET's, and analyzed its dependence on device parameters considering the variation in the thickness of the silicide and residual SOI layers due to silicidation. The S/D resistance is insensitive to the silicide thickness over a wide range of thicknesses; however, it increases significantly when the silicide thickness is less than one hundredth of initial SOI thickness, and when almost all the SOI layer is silicided. To obtain a low S/D resistance, the specific contact resistance must be reduced, that is, the doping concentration at the silicide-SOI interface must be more than 10²⁰ cm^-3     

A 0.2-μm 180-GHz-fmax 6.7-ps-ECL SOI/HRS self-alignedSEG SiGe HBT/CMOS technology for microwave and high-speed digitalapplications

A technology for combining 0.2-μm self-aligned selective-epitaxial-growth (SEG) SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) with CMOS transistors and high-quality passive elements has been developed for use in microwave wireless and optical communication systems. The technology has been applied to fabricate devices on a 200-mm SOI wafer based on a high-resistivity substrate (SOI/HRS). The fabrication process is almost completely compatible with the existing 0.2-μm bipolar-CMOS process because of the essential similarity of the two processes. SiGe HBTs with shallow-trench isolations (STIs) and deep-trench isolations (DTIs) and Ti-salicide electrodes exhibited high-frequency and high-speed capabilities with an f_max of 180 GHz and an ECL-gate delay of 6.7 ps, along with good controllability and reliability and high yield. A high-breakdown-voltage HBT that could produce large output swings for the interface circuit was successfully added. CMOS devices (with gate lengths of 0.25 μm for nMOS and 0.3 μm for pMOS) exhibited excellent subthreshold slopes. Poly-Si resistors with a quasi-layer-by-layer structure had a low temperature coefficient. Varactors were constructed from the collector-base junctions of the SiGe HBTs. MIM capacitors were formed between the first and second metal layers by using plasma SiO₂ as an insulator. High-Q octagonal spiral inductors were fabricated by using a 3-μm thick fourth metal layer     

Engineering S/D diffusion for sub-100-nm channel SOI MOSFETs

This paper discusses the importance of controlling the lateral diffusion of impurities around the source and drain (S/D) junctions in sub-100-nm channel single-gate silicon-on-insulator (SOI) MOSFETs. Since any reduction in lateral diffusion length must consider the tradeoff between drivability and short-channel effect with regard to the threshold voltage, optimization of lateral diffusion length is essential in the device design stage. We note that the net performance improvement offered by device-scaling is quite limited, even if lateral diffusion length is optimized in some way. It seems obvious that high-/spl kappa/ materials are needed in order to improve net device performance in the sub-100-nm technology regime. In addition, with regard to the impact of the thermal budget on lateral diffusion control, new doping materials such as Sb and In, will be required in the near future. In the case of nMOSFET, however, advanced structures, such as an elevated layer, and advanced annealing process are needed to provide enhanced control of S/D diffusion regions.     

Ultrathin body SiGe-on-insulator pMOSFETs with high-mobility SiGe surface channels

A novel concept and a fabrication technique of strained SiGe-on-insulator (SGOI) pMOSFET are proposed and demonstrated. This device has an ultrathin strained SiGe channel layer, which is directly sandwiched by gate oxide and buried oxide layers. The mobility enhancement of 2.3 times higher than the universal mobility of conventional universal Si pMOSFETs was obtained for a pMOSFET with 19-nm-thick Si/sub 0.58/Ge/sub 0.42/ channel layer, which is formed by high-temperature oxidation of a Si/sub 0.9/Ge/sub 0.1/ layer grown on a Si-on-insulator (SOI) substrate. A fully depleted SGOI MOSFET with this simple single-layer body structure is promising for scaled SOI p-MOSFET with high current drive.     

Advanced source/drain engineering for box-shaped ultrashallow junction formation using laser annealing and pre-amorphization implantation in sub-100-nm SOI CMOS

Source/drain (S/D) engineering for ideal box-shaped junction formation using laser annealing (LA) combined with pre-amorphization implantation (PAI) is proposed and implemented in device integration for sub-100-nm CMOS on an SOI substrate. Modeling analysis for the resistance component associated with junction profile abruptness demonstrates that a noticeable reduction in parasitic series resistance with technology generation can be achieved through junction profile slope engineering. From the experimental results of LA, it is found that PAI not only controls the ultrashallow junction depth precisely, but also reduces the laser energy fluence required for impurity activation. In addition, laser annealing energy can be further reduced by use of SOI substrates in the device integration, indicating the implementation feasibility of LA to CMOS integration with an enlarged process window margin. The proposed S/D engineering is verified by the sheet resistance of junctions and the fabricated device current characteristics exhibiting substantially improved short-channel performance with higher current capability due to the box-shaped junction profile as compared with conventional rapid thermally-annealed (RTA) devices.     

SOI technology for radio-frequency integrated-circuit applications

This paper presents a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) integration technology, including structures and processes of OFF-gate power nMOSFETs, conventional lightly doped drain (LDD) nMOSFETs, and spiral inductors for radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) applications. In order to improve the performance of these integrated devices, body contact under the source (to suppress floating-body effects) and salicide (to reduce series resistance) techniques were developed for transistors; additionally, locally thickened oxide (to suppress substrate coupling) and ultra-thick aluminum up to 6 /spl mu/m (to reduce spiral resistance) were also implemented for spiral inductors on high-resistivity SOI substrate. All these approaches are fully compatible with the conventional CMOS processes, demonstrating devices with excellent performance in this paper: 0.25-/spl mu/m gate-length offset-gate power nMOSFET with breakdown voltage (BV/sub DS/) /spl sim/ 22.0 V, cutoff frequency (f/sub T/)/spl sim/15.2 GHz, and maximal oscillation frequency (f/sub max/)/spl sim/8.7 GHz; 0.25-/spl mu/m gate-length LDD nMOSFET with saturation current (I/sub DS/)/spl sim/390 /spl mu/A//spl mu/m, saturation transconductance (g/sub m/)/spl sim/197 /spl mu/S//spl mu/m, cutoff frequency /spl sim/ 25.6 GHz, and maximal oscillation frequency /spl sim/ 31.4 GHz; 2/5/9/10-nH inductors with maximal quality factors (Q/sub max/) 16.3/13.1/8.95/8.59 and self-resonance frequencies (f/sub sr/) 17.2/17.7/6.5/5.8 GHz, respectively. These devices are potentially feasible for RFIC applications.     

Thin silicide development for fully-depleted SOI CMOS technology

Ultrathin silicide with thickness less than 30 nm and specific contact resistivity to silicon less than mid-10^-7Ω-cm ² is necessary for achieving low contact resistance in a sub-0.25-μm fully-depleted (FD) silicon-on-insulator (SOI) CMOS technology. This contact problem becomes even more severe as one continues to scale down the device dimensions. We first studied the effects of source/drain series resistance and gate sheet resistance on the device speed performance and obtained a set of desired design criteria. These were used along with a transmission line model to yield a silicide design space, which was then used to evaluate the experimental results. Both cobalt and titanium silicide processes were implemented and found to satisfy the design criteria. Final device characteristics were also measured. Several process integration issues related to contact dielectric deposition and contact barrier integrity were found to greatly impact the final contact properties. These along with the detailed fabrication process are discussed