Effect of process variation on 15-nm-gate stacked multichannel surrounding-gate field effect transistor

Ming Hung Han*, Hui Wen Cheng, Chih Hong Hwang, Yi-Ming Li

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Abstract

Stacked multichannel transistor architectures were proposed recently which possess very attractive electrical characteristics on low leakage current and high driving current per layout area. However, due to complex manufacturing process, the process variation effect is inevitable and whose impact is unknown. Therefore, this study investigates the impact of process variation on 15-nm-gate stacked multichannel transistors consisting of the gate length deviation, channel position variation, quadruple-shaped channel structure and elliptic gate oxide. Our preliminary result shows that the stacked multichannel devices have good immunity to the gate length deviation and channel spacing variations; however, they are sensitive to the gate coverage ratio and gate oxide thickness variations. This study provides an insight into the device characteristic variations, which may benefit the development of nanoscale stacked multichannel transistors and circuits.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publication2009 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE NANO 2009
PublisherIEEE
Pages222-225
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9789810836948
StatePublished - 26 Jul 2009
Event2009 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE NANO 2009 - Genoa, Italy
Duration: 26 Jul 200930 Jul 2009

Publication series

Name2009 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE NANO 2009

Conference

Conference2009 9th IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, IEEE NANO 2009
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityGenoa
Period26/07/0930/07/09

Keywords

  • Gate coverage ratio
  • Modeling and simulation
  • Multichannel transistor
  • Process variation

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