Parasitic Effects in Multi-Gate MOSFETs

Yusuke KOBAYASHI
C. Raghunathan MANOJ
Kazuo TSUTSUI
Venkanarayan HARIHARAN
Kuniyuki KAKUSHIMA
V. Ramgopal RAO
Parhat AHMET
Hiroshi IWAI

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   Vol.E90-C    No.10    pp.2051-2056
Publication Date: 2007/10/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1353
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e90-c.10.2051
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Integrated Electronics
Keyword: 
multi-gate,  Fin-FETs,  high-K dielectric,  fringe capacitance,  parasitic effect,  

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Summary: 
In this paper, we have systematically investigated parasitic effects due to the gate and source-drain engineering in multi-gate transistors. The potential impact of high-K dielectrics on multi-gate MOSFETs (MuGFETs), such as FinFET, is evaluated through 2D and 3D device simulations over a wide range of proposed dielectric values. It is observed that introduction of high-K dielectrics will significantly degrade the short channel effects (SCEs), however a combination of oxide and high-K stack can effectively control this degradation. The degradation is mainly due to the increase in the internal fringe capacitance coupled with the decrease in gate-channel capacitance. From the circuit perspective, an optimum K value has been identified through mixed mode simulations. Further, as a part of this work, the importance of optimization of the shape of the spacer region is highlighted through full 3D simulations.