학술논문

A CMOS-compatible boosted transistor having >2× drive current and low leakage current
Document Type
Conference
Source
2016 46th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC) Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC), 2016 46th European. :214-217 Sep, 2016
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Boosting
Logic gates
FinFETs
Electric potential
Impact ionization
Standards
drive current boosting
buried n-well
power delay product
high performance
low standby power
Language
ISSN
2378-6558
Abstract
A novel boosted MOS structure with buried n-well current booster providing >2× higher drive current and low off current is experimentally demonstrated on 28 nm bulk silicon technology. TCAD analysis is performed to investigate the boosting mechanism as well as to demonstrate scalability to 7 nm FinFET technology. Constant bias applied to the booster terminal results in a gate voltage controlled body current source intrinsic vertical BJT that only turns on at high gate voltage. The body current then amplifies lateral BJT current. The inherent vertical and lateral BJTs are automatically turned off at low gate voltage, maintaining low off-state current.