Random dopant induced threshold voltage lowering and fluctuations in sub 50 nm MOSFETs: a statistical 3D `atomistic' simulation study
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Nanotechnology
- Vol. 10 (2) , 153-158
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/10/2/309
Abstract
A 3D `atomistic' simulation study of random dopant induced threshold voltage fluctuations and lowering in sub 50 nm MOSFETs is presented. The attention is focused mainly on devices with 30 nm effective channel length which represent the expected level of scaling at the end of the Silicon Roadmap. An efficient algorithm, based on a single 3D solution of the Poisson equation and a simplified current continuity equation, is used in the simulations. Large samples of microscopically different devices (typically 200) are used in order to obtain statistically reliable results. The influence of different aspects of the conventional MOSFET design on the threshold voltage fluctuations and lowering are investigated. Results for fluctuation resistant device architectures based on low-doped epitaxial channel MOSFETs are also presented.Keywords
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