학술논문

Multifunctional Field-Effect Transistor for High-Density Integrated Circuits
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Electron Device Letters IEEE Electron Device Lett. Electron Device Letters, IEEE. 32(3):264-266 Mar, 2011
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Logic gates
DH-HEMTs
MOSFET circuits
Voltage measurement
MOS devices
Alternative complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technology
metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) device
multifunctional metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS)
numerical simulation
Language
ISSN
0741-3106
1558-0563
Abstract
A multifunctional field-effect transistor (FET) for the manufacturing of high-density integrated circuits (ICs) has been developed and fabricated. Furthermore, an extensive numerical device simulation campaign has been carried out in order to characterize the new structure. Such device is a metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) FET that simultaneously performs the functions of two traditional FETs (an n-channel MOS and a p-channel MOS), working as one or as the other according to the voltage applied to the gate's terminal. Combinational and sequential circuits employing the new technology introduce, with respect to the standard complementary MOS (CMOS) ones, a drastic reduction of both the required device number and the parasitic capacitances. This leads to a significant increase in the circuit's speed. Furthermore, the ICs obtained with these transistors are fully compatible with the standard CMOS technology and fabrication process.