Electrical Properties of Ultra-Thin Body (111) Ge-On-Insulator n-Channel MOSFETs Fabricated by Smart-Cut Process

Autor: Cheol-Min Lim, Ziqiang Zhao, Kei Sumita, Kasidit Toprasertpong, Mitsuru Takenaka, Shinichi Takagi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, Vol 9, Pp 612-617 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2168-6734
DOI: 10.1109/JEDS.2021.3085981
Popis: We have systematically examined electrical characteristics of ultra-thin body (UTB) (111) Ge-on-insulator (GOI) n-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (nMOSFETs) fabricated by the smart-cut process and have compared their electrical properties with those of (100) ones. The (111) GOI thickness was varied from 29.4 to 7.3 nm. The normal MOSFET operation of a 7.3 nm-thick (111)-oriented GOI nMOSFET has been demonstrated with a reasonable ON/OFF ratio of 104. However, degradation in the effective electron mobility and subthreshold swing (SS) of the (111) GOI nMOSFETs with decreasing the GOI thickness ( $\text{T}_{\mathrm{ GOI}}$ ) was observed. Raman analyses and electrical characteristics of GOI nMOSFET under back-gate operation has suggested that a high interface state density at (111) GOI/buried oxide interfaces as well as low GOI film quality near the back interfaces can be an origin of this degradation of the electrical properties with thin body channels.
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