Depletion isolation effect in Vertical MOSFETS during transition from partial to fully depleted operation
Depletion isolation effect in Vertical MOSFETS during transition from partial to fully depleted operation
A simulation study is made of floating-body effects (FBEs) in vertical MOSFETs due to depletion isolation as the pillar thickness is reduced from 200 to 10 nm. For pillar thicknesses between 200–60 nm, the output characteristics with and without impact ionization are identical at a low drain bias and then diverge at a high drain bias. The critical drain bias Vdc for which the increased drain–current is observed is found to decrease with a reduction in pillar thickness. This is explained by the onset of FBEs at progressively lower values of the drain bias due to the merging of the drain depletion regions at the bottom of the pillar (depletion isolation). For pillar thicknesses between 60–10 nm, the output characteristics show the opposite behavior, namely, the critical drain bias increases with a reduction in pillar thickness. This is explained by a reduction in the severity of the FBEs due to the drain debiasing effect caused by the elevated body potential. Both depletion isolation and gate–gate coupling contribute to the drain–current for pillar thicknesses between 100–40 nm.
Depletion isolation, fully depleted (FD), partially depleted (PD), vertical MOSFETs (VMOS)
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Hakim, M.M.A.
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de Groot, C. H.
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Gili, E.
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Uchino, T.
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Hall, S.
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Ashburn, P.
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2006
Hakim, M.M.A.
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de Groot, C. H.
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Gili, E.
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Uchino, T.
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Hall, S.
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Ashburn, P.
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Hakim, M.M.A., de Groot, C. H., Gili, E., Uchino, T., Hall, S. and Ashburn, P.
(2006)
Depletion isolation effect in Vertical MOSFETS during transition from partial to fully depleted operation.
IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, 53 (4), .
Abstract
A simulation study is made of floating-body effects (FBEs) in vertical MOSFETs due to depletion isolation as the pillar thickness is reduced from 200 to 10 nm. For pillar thicknesses between 200–60 nm, the output characteristics with and without impact ionization are identical at a low drain bias and then diverge at a high drain bias. The critical drain bias Vdc for which the increased drain–current is observed is found to decrease with a reduction in pillar thickness. This is explained by the onset of FBEs at progressively lower values of the drain bias due to the merging of the drain depletion regions at the bottom of the pillar (depletion isolation). For pillar thicknesses between 60–10 nm, the output characteristics show the opposite behavior, namely, the critical drain bias increases with a reduction in pillar thickness. This is explained by a reduction in the severity of the FBEs due to the drain debiasing effect caused by the elevated body potential. Both depletion isolation and gate–gate coupling contribute to the drain–current for pillar thicknesses between 100–40 nm.
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Published date: 2006
Keywords:
Depletion isolation, fully depleted (FD), partially depleted (PD), vertical MOSFETs (VMOS)
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Nanoelectronics and Nanotechnology
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/262449
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M.M.A. Hakim
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S. Hall
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