Simulation study on comparison between metal gate and polysilicon gate for sub-quarter-micron MOSFETs
- 1 December 1999
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Electron Device Letters
- Vol. 20 (12) , 632-634
- https://doi.org/10.1109/55.806111
Abstract
Two-dimensional (2-D) process and device simulation is used to investigate the effectiveness of the depletion-free metal gate for a sub-quarter-micron MOSFET as compared with surface channel polysilicon gate MOSFETs which suffer greatly from the gate depletion effect. The results reveal that the subthreshold characteristic for the metal gate NMOSFET is considerably degraded since the depletion-free merit is covered up by an undesirable influence of the buried channel structure, which is indispensable to obtain an appropriate threshold voltage for the midgap gate. Consequently, the drivability of the metal gate MOSFET is comparable to that of the heavily doped polysilicon gate MOSFET under commonly used conditions, and further, the metal gate structure is disadvantaged against the reduction of the supply voltage.Keywords
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