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Chung-Hsun Lin
EECS Department
University of California at Berkeley
Outline
Why FinFET
Memory
FinFET process
Unique features of FinFET
Mobility, workfunction engineering, corner effect, QM,
volume inversion
Issues
Conclusion
NTUEE Seminar 2006/04/29
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MOSFET Scaling
ITRS 2001 Projection
The Power5
microprocessor
Technology Scaling
100
10
LOW POWER
HIGH PERFORMANCE
1
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
YEAR
Investment
Better Performance/Cost
Same transistor
design concept
Market Growth
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S
D
Source
Substrate
Lg
Tox
Gate
Leff
Xj Drain
Nsub
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Leakage
parasitic resistance
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Double Gate
Ultra-Thin Body
Gate
Source
SOI
Drain
SiO2
TBOX
TSi
Source
Gate 1
Vg
SOI
Drain
TSi
Tox Gate 2
Silicon Substrate
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Thin-Body MOSFETs
Gate
Source
Gate
Drain
Source
Buried Oxide
Substrate
Ultra-Thin Body
NTUEE Seminar 2006/04/29
Tbody
Drain
Gate
Double-Gate
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E eff =
Gate
Qinv + Qdepl
Si
No doping =
No Qdepl!
Expected to benefit:
Mobility
Gate Leakage
Bulk
Gate
Qinv
Qdepl
Qinv
Buried Oxide
Substrate
Thin-Body
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Thin-Body MOSFETs
Ion
Cload
Improved mobility
DG
Lower vertical electric field
Bulk
No impurity scattering
Improved swing
Vgate
Better control of SCE
Lower VT
No depletion or junction capacitance
Idrain
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9
9
Bulk
UTB
DG
20
10
8
6
4
2
Tbody,UTB
= 5nm
Tbody,UTB
< 5nm
50
35
25
18
Technology Lgate [nm]
Source: Leland Chang
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Double-Gate MOSFETs
Gate 1
S
D
Gate 2
Current flow
Planar DG
MOSFET
Current flow
S
D
Gate 2
D
Gate 1
Gate 2
Current flow
FinFET
NTUEE Seminar 2006/04/29
Gate 1
Vertical DG
MOSFET
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Multi-Gate FinFET
Drain
Drain
Gate
Gate
Gate
Source
Gate
Gate
Gate
Source
Drain
Drain
Drain
Gate
Planar
DG-FET
Source
90
Rotation
Source
FinFET
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SiO2
Resist
BOX
Poly
SOI Substrate
Fin Patterning
Si3N4
Spacer
Gate Etch
Spacer Formation
Source
Gate
Drain
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NiSi
Poly-Si
220
SiO2 cap
Lg=10nm
Si Fin
BOX
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120 mV/V
71 mV/V
-3
10
Drain Current [A/m]
Vd=-1.2V
Vd=1.2V
0.1V
-0.1V
-5
-5
10
10
-7
10
-7
10
PMOS
NMOS
S=125
mV/dec
S=101
mV/dec
-9
10
-3
10
-9
-1
10
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160
160
NMOS
PMOS
W =26nm
120
120
fin
80
80
40
40
20
40
60
80
100
DIBL (mV/V)
Short-Channel Effects
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Orientation
Dra
in
<100>
So
urc
e
Gate
(110)
(100)
~(111)
(110)
(110)
Surface
<110>
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500
500
400
(100)
300
200
100
(111)
(110)
400
300
200
100
(110)
(111)
(100)
0
0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
Effective Field [MV/cm]
Oxynitride
Oxynitride
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Gate Delay
20
Fanout=4
Lgate=35nm
h, e
15
NOR
10
Inv
5
NAND
Oxynitride
(100)
(111)
(110)
Orientation
(100) NMOS
(110) PMOS
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Optimized FinFET
Source
Gate
Gate
Drain
Source
Source
Drain
Drain
Drain
Source
(110) PMOS
(100) NMOS
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50
Layout Area [m ]
Layout Area [m ]
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
40
30
20
10
0.0
Idsatn,p=1.1mA
Idsatn,p=110mA
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Hybrid-Orientation-Technology (HOT)
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VDD
Output
Inverter Response
VIN=
VTN
VIN=
VDD-VTP
Input
VDD
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0.4
0.2
VT=0.4V
0.6
N Poly
0.8
P Poly
VTn
-VTp
1.0
VT=0.2V
0.0
4.52eV
4.95eV
-0.2
4.2
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Molybdenum M Engineering
by Ion Implantation
M can be lowered by
N+ implantation and
thermal anneal
M increases with
dose
energy
(N segregates to SiO2
interface & forms Mo2N)
P. Ranade et al., IEDM 2002
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10
-5
10
-7
10
Lg=80nm, TSi=10nm
Vds=0.05V
Alternative technique:
Vt shift
-9
10
-11
10
-13
10
-0.8
Mo
15
-2
MoN(N2=5x10 cm )
-0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0.0
Gate Voltage, Vg[V]
0.2
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Vg=1 V z
z
y
G
S
2D current density distribution
4x10
z direction
y direction
z direction
y direction
0
3x10
2x10
1x10
10
15
20
Position (nm)
25
30
10
15
20
25
30
Position (nm)
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2.0x10
2
)
Current Density (A/cm
Vg=0.2 V
flat
1.5x10
1.0x10
5.0x10
0.0
-0.015
-0.010
-0.005
0.030
0.025
0.020
0.015
0.010
is
0.000
X Ax
is
0.005
0.005
0.010
0.015
Ax
corner
0.000
20
20
2x10
20
1x10
0.030
0.025
0.020
0.015
0.010
-0.015
-0.010
-0.005
is
0.000
X Ax
is
0.005
0.005
0.010
0.015
Ax
Vg=1 V
20
3x10
-3
4x10
0.000
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1E-5
1E-7
1E-9
R=15nm
R=10nm
R=5nm
R=0nm
1E-11
1E-13
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
-5
8.0x10
-5
6.0x10
-5
4.0x10
R=15nm
R=10nm
R=5nm
R=0nm
-5
2.0x10
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
80
DIBL (mV/V)
60
40
20
200
400
600
800
1000
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-6
4.0x10
dGm/dVg
Nsub=5e18cm
1E-7
-3
-6
3.0x10
1E-5
30x30nm
Lg=1m, Tox=3nm
-6
2.0x10
-6
1.0x10
0.0
0.3
0.6
0.9
1.2
1.5
1.8
1E-9
1E-11
1E-13
1E-15
1E-17
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
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Gate
Gate
T si
Gate
Gate
eDensity
eDensity
6.1E+13
6.1E+13
5.3E+13
5.3E+13
T si
4.5E+13
4.5E+13
3.6E+13
3.6E+13
2.8E+13
2.8E+13
2.0E+13
2.0E+13
sub
=10
15
cm
Oxide
-3
sub
=10
18
cm
-3
Oxide
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0.6
15
-3
Nsub = 10 cm
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.0
s0, 10nm
s, 10nm
s0, 20nm
s, 20nm
1E-5
15
-3
Nsub = 10 cm
1E-7
1E-9
Tsi
1E-11
1E-13
Tsi = 10 nm
Tsi = 20 nm
1E-15
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
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Undoped case
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I-V Verification
1E-6
1E-4
1E-8
1E-10
Symbols: 2D simulation
Lines: Model
Classic
QM
1E-12
1E-14
6.0x10
-5
5.0x10
-5
4.0x10
-5
3.0x10
-5
2.0x10
-5
1.0x10
-5
Symbols: 2D simulation
Lines: Model
Classic
QM
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
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Outline
Why FinFET
Memory
FinFET process
Unique features of FinFET
Mobility, workfunction engineering, corner effect, QM,
volume inversion
Issues
Conclusion
NTUEE Seminar 2006/04/29
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Triple-Gate Transistor
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Omega-Gate Transistor
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Multi-Channel FinFET
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Metal-Gate FinFET
Vth adjustment
Improvement of Ion
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TiN/HfO2 FinFET
Vth adjustment
Reduce Gate leakage
N. Collaert et al., VLSI Tech. 2005
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UTB + FinFET
Continuous effective width
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Strained FinFET
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500
400
400
4%
(100) metal
(110) metal
(100) poly ref
(110) poly ref
300
(100) metal
(110) metal
(100) poly ref
(110) poly ref
10%
300
200
59%
200
100
100
NMOS
0
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
8%
PMOS
0
0.8
0.2
Stress [MPa]
yy
zz
Experiment
y
Inverse PR Model
-540
-290
0.6
0.8
Eeff=0.4MV/cm
xx
0.4
-1900
(100)
NMOS
(110)
NMOS
(100)
PMOS
(110)
PMOS
59
10
59
-1
10
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SWT Process
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Outline
Why FinFET
Memory
FinFET process
Unique features of FinFET
Mobility, workfunction engineering, corner effect, QM,
volume inversion
Issues
Conclusion
NTUEE Seminar 2006/04/29
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NWL Scheme
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Excellent endurance: up to
10K P/E cycles
Good retention: 1.5V after
10years retention time
J. Hwang et al., TSMC 2005
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WL
V DD
M2
M5
access
BL
M4
VR
VL
M1
M6
M3
pulldown
BL
Large fraction of
the total chip area
will be memory1
Leakage problem
Limited by impact
of variations
: Ranganathan, 2000
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Probability
Tsi = 11nm
0.25
Tsi = 15nm
0.2
0.15
0.1
0.05
Greater noise
immunity (SNM)
Lesser spread in
SNM
0
0.1
0.15
0.2
SNM (V)
0.25
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Probability
0.3
TSi = 15nm
(110) / 1fin
(100 )/
2 fins
0.2
(100)/
1fin
To improve SNM
a)
Wpulldown - 2 fins
b)
Laccess
c)
0.1
(100)pulldown device
0
0.1
0.15
0.2
SNM (V)
0.25
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Advantages
Excellent SCE
control
Scalability
Double-gates are
self-aligned
Insensitivity to
channel doping
Limitations
Gate material
Contact/Series
resistance
Area efficiency
(fin pitch)
Back gate routing
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Conclusion
Unique FinFET physics are introduced.
Recent developing effort on FinFET
technology are discussed
Triple-gate FinFET, Omega FET, Nanowire FinFET,
Independent gate, Multi-channel FinFET, Metalgate/high-K FinFET, Strained FinFET, Bulk FinFET
FinFET based CMOS and memory cells are
very promising for sub-32 technology
node.
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