학술논문

18nm FDSOI Enhanced Device Platform for ULP/ULL MCUs
Document Type
Conference
Source
2022 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2022 International. :27.2.1-27.2.4 Dec, 2022
Subject
Bioengineering
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Robotics and Control Systems
Signal Processing and Analysis
Performance evaluation
Technological innovation
Low voltage
Field effect transistors
Silicon-on-insulator
Random access memory
Logic gates
Language
ISSN
2156-017X
Abstract
We successfully developed new devices and new features in the 18nm FDSOI technology for addressing the low power and the low leakage demands of Micro-Controller Units (MCUs). In a quadruple fully mixable Vt offer, 80% speed enhancement and 2x leakage reduction are demonstrated at $0.6 V V_{dd}$ vs the fastest and vs the less-leaky 28nm FDSOI devices, respectively. Low leakage device options have been built for all device families of this Triple Gate Oxide (TGO) platform (i.e thin: SG – medium: EG – thick: eZG), achieving 10pA/μ m for SG/EG transistors and 1pA/μm Idoff for 3.3V eZG ones without adding any mask nor process cost. For SRAM, the high-density $0.102 \mu m^{2}$ SRAM bitcell has been carefully optimized and, in addition, an innovative Zero-power $0.532 \mu m^{2}$ SRAM (ZpSRAM) is proposed for the first time. As a result, record-low retention leakage of 0.6pA/cell and 30fA/cell are reported respectively for those two bitcells, completing the list of benefits brought to the 18nm FDSOI device suite to fulfill ULP/ULL design requirements.