Analysis of Electrothermal Characteristics of GAA Vertical Nanoplate-Shaped FETs

Dokyun Son, Ilho Myeong, Hyunsuk Kim, Myounggon Kang, Jongwook Jeon, Hyungcheol Shin

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Abstract

In this paper, the thermal and electrical characteristics of a gate-all-around (GAA) vertical nanoplate-shaped field-effect transistor (vNPFET) are studied for sub-5-nm technologies using well-calibrated technology computer-aided design simulations. An asymmetric structure of a vertical device has different characteristics that depend on the source/drain position. When the source and the drain are placed at the top and the bottom electrodes, respectively, the GAA-vNPFET drive current increases, but the self-heating effect becomes worse. To co-optimize the performance and the reliability, the gate delay (τdelay) and the thermal resistance (Rth) were evaluated simultaneously in terms of various geometric factors for the first time, showing that a reckless scaling of the channel thickness below 5 nm significantly degrades the electrothermal characteristics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3061-3064
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume65
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2018

Keywords

  • Gate all around (GAA)
  • gate delay (t delay)
  • nanoplate
  • self-heating effect (SHE)
  • technology computeraided design (TCAD)
  • vertical device

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