第四章 傾斜式閘極穿隧電晶體之元件設計與優化
4.5 雙閘極結構對傾斜式閘極穿隧電晶體的影響
基於前面章節探討的平面式 90。Tilt-Gate 穿隧電晶體元件如圖 4-33,利 用垂直側壁結構 (以下稱為 L Shape)產生的電場尖角放大效應可以得到比較 好的穿隧效率以提升穿隧電晶體的驅動電流。而此小節將根據前面文獻[18]
知道雙閘極 (Double-Gate)結構元件,能因為增加一邊閘極可以使穿隧面積 也增加,從穿隧電流公式
(2.4)中知道穿隧面積正比於穿隧電流,使元件特
接下來從圖 4-37、4-38 觀察,分別為 n 型與 p 型兩種類型的 Double Tilt-Gate 穿隧電晶體與平面 Tilt-Gate 穿隧電晶體的電流特性比較,並且比 較不同閘極夾的角度 (結構如示意圖表示)的特性,探討角度為 90 度 (藍線) 及 120 度 (紅線)之電流特性圖。因此相較於以往的穿隧電晶體結構,穿隧面 積可以增一倍,如此以來根據穿隧電流公式
(2.4),穿隧面積正比於穿隧電
流,所以利用雙閘極結構能使穿隧電流提升,因此從圖 4-37、4-38 n 型與 p 型的元件可以清楚看到實線 Double Tilt-Gate 穿隧電晶體相對於虛線平面 Tilt-Gate 穿隧電晶體開電流值都能有兩倍以上的提升,而特別看到 n 型雙閘 極元件部分除了開電流值能有效提升之外,並且在次臨界擺幅部分也能有些 微的改善,代表雙閘極結構是有利於本研究的元件性能提升。圖 4-33 Tilt-Gate TFET 三維示意圖
圖 4-34 (a)Double Tilt-Gate TFET 三維示意圖(b)ldrain長度之定義
-0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6
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第五章 結論與展望
TCAD),成功設計出一個互補式穿隧電晶體(Complementary Tunnel Field Effect Transistor, CTFET),p 型為矽-矽鍺、n 型為銻化鎵-砷化銦所組成。並 且 Tilt-Gate TFET 的結構可以使最大電場與最大穿隧機率結合再一起,來增 加穿隧效率,使特性提升。且更進一步發現在邊角效應的影響下,可以使當5.2 未來展望
實驗結果證實吾人所設計出的結構除了能夠保持穿隧電晶體原有的特 性之外,在提升開電流的這個項目中,也成功的讓 n 型與 p 型穿隧電晶體的 開電流值達到 10-5 安培等級,與其他研究文獻的結果相較,我們的研究成果 擁有較理想的開電流值,因此算是成功達到初步的研究目標。基於本研究主 要著重於二維元件特性分析,因此未來希望往三維結構的方向進行研究。由 於 Trigate 的三維閘極包覆通道的結構特性,可增強閘極對通道的控制能力,
能夠進一步的增強其電場,另外 Trigate 結構特有的方形尖角形狀更能讓電 場有集中的特性,如此亦能進一步增強 Trigate 穿隧電晶體的電流穿隧效率,
且由於 Trigate 結構本質上是三維立體的通道,能夠三面導通,所以有益於 增加公式
(2.4)中的穿隧有效面積,並結合前面所提的異質接面造成的能隙
下降帶來的好處,因此未來發展重點便是可利用 Trigate 結構來進一步增強 穿隧電晶體的能帶至能帶的穿隧機率,使得本研究的元件能更進一步的性能 提升。並嘗試結合現有的金氧半場效電晶體技術,設計出具有理想特性的穿 隧型場效電晶體,使穿隧型場效電晶體能夠應用的領域更加廣闊。參考文獻
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