학술논문

Negative-Thermal-Expansion Gate Electrode to Introduce Tensile Strain into the Channel of MOSFETs for Mobility Enhancement
Document Type
Conference
Source
2023 7th IEEE Electron Devices Technology & Manufacturing Conference (EDTM) Electron Devices Technology & Manufacturing Conference (EDTM), 2023 7th IEEE. :1-3 Mar, 2023
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photonics and Electrooptics
Electrodes
Thermal expansion
Tensile strain
Crystals
Logic gates
Electron mobility
FinFETs
Negative thermal expansion
Strained Si
Mobility enhancement
Language
Abstract
Herein, the use of a negative-thermal-expansion (NTE) material as a gate electrode to introduce a large tensile strain into a MOSFET channel is proposed. Manganese nitride (MnN), which has an antiperovskite crystal structure, is an NTE material. MOSFETs with a MnN gate as the negative-thermal-expansion gate electrode (NTEG) are fabricated and evaluated. MOSFETs with an NTEG exhibit a 10% increase in electron mobility. The results indicate that the NTEG is promising as a mobility enhancement technology.