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Low‐temperature SOI SiGe/Si superlattice FinFET with omega‐shaped channel and self‐allied silicide for 3D sequential IC

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: In this letter, to improve the performance and reduce leakage currents of bulk low‐temperature multi‐layer SiGe/Si superlattice (SL) fin field‐effect transistors (FinFETs), a p ‐type omega‐shaped channel (Ω‐channel) SL FinFET is realized by etching a Si/Si 0.7 Ge 0.3 triple‐layer stacked structure in a replacement metal gate (RMG) module on a silicon‐on‐insulator (SOI) substrate. In addition, a self‐allied Ni 0.9 Pt 0.1 silicide process and a low‐thermal‐budget (≤400°C) integration procedure were performed on the Ω‐channel SL FinFET. Test results demonstrate that the on‐state current ( I on ) is increased by 5.5 times (from 78 to 429 µA/µm) and the off‐state current ( I off ) is reduced by 78.8% (from 5.2 × 10 −3 to 1.1 × 10 −3 µA/µm) when compared with the corresponding currents of traditional bulk SL FinFETs.

Source: Electronics Letters

DOI: 10.1049/ell2.70026