Characterization of nanosheet transistor logic and its performance

Considering Moore's law requires transistor scaling, we have now entered the nanoscale era, which brings with it new challenges. Fin-shaped Field-Effect Transistors (FinFETs), the current transistor technology, is not up to the challenge when we descend below the 7 nm scale. The short channel e...

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Main Author: Lee, Ching Yee
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spelling my-utm-ep.994792023-02-27T07:33:27Z Characterization of nanosheet transistor logic and its performance 2022 Lee, Ching Yee TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Considering Moore's law requires transistor scaling, we have now entered the nanoscale era, which brings with it new challenges. Fin-shaped Field-Effect Transistors (FinFETs), the current transistor technology, is not up to the challenge when we descend below the 7 nm scale. The short channel effect downgrades the system performance and reliability as the MOSFET is scaled down further. For 5 nm technology node and beyond, nanosheet FET (NSFET) is an alternative architecture that compensates for this limitation due to superior short channel control at a smaller footprint. NSFET can give more effective width, and therefore current, by stacking nano sheet atop one another. In this project, the research gap and past efforts on showing the superiority of NSFET over FinFET were discussed. Using the Sentaurus tool from Synopsys, a three-stacked NSFET 3D structure with sheet thickness of 7nm was created and characterised. The NSFET is being build based on the parameters as per suggested from the reference. The simulation is being validated to the reference. This work is focus on the characteristic of a p-channel NSFET and the analog parameters of the NSFET. Simulation of the electrical characteristics for the NSFET includes current voltage characteristics and extract the electrical parameters such as threshold voltage (Vt), ON-current (Ion), OFF-current (Ioff) ON-OFF current ratio (Ion/Ioff), subthreshold slope (SS), transconductance (gm) and output resistance (Ro). The data collected to be utilised to develop NSFET circuits A p-type and n-type NSFET is being combined to build an inverter. Under the same footprint, NSFETs are expected to have superior current drivability and gate-to-channel controllability than FinFETs, resulting in higher intrinsic gain for circuit applications. 2022 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99479/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99479/1/LeeChingYeeMSKE2022.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:150030 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Engineering - School of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Engineering - School of Electrical Engineering
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering
Electronics Nuclear engineering
Lee, Ching Yee
Characterization of nanosheet transistor logic and its performance
description Considering Moore's law requires transistor scaling, we have now entered the nanoscale era, which brings with it new challenges. Fin-shaped Field-Effect Transistors (FinFETs), the current transistor technology, is not up to the challenge when we descend below the 7 nm scale. The short channel effect downgrades the system performance and reliability as the MOSFET is scaled down further. For 5 nm technology node and beyond, nanosheet FET (NSFET) is an alternative architecture that compensates for this limitation due to superior short channel control at a smaller footprint. NSFET can give more effective width, and therefore current, by stacking nano sheet atop one another. In this project, the research gap and past efforts on showing the superiority of NSFET over FinFET were discussed. Using the Sentaurus tool from Synopsys, a three-stacked NSFET 3D structure with sheet thickness of 7nm was created and characterised. The NSFET is being build based on the parameters as per suggested from the reference. The simulation is being validated to the reference. This work is focus on the characteristic of a p-channel NSFET and the analog parameters of the NSFET. Simulation of the electrical characteristics for the NSFET includes current voltage characteristics and extract the electrical parameters such as threshold voltage (Vt), ON-current (Ion), OFF-current (Ioff) ON-OFF current ratio (Ion/Ioff), subthreshold slope (SS), transconductance (gm) and output resistance (Ro). The data collected to be utilised to develop NSFET circuits A p-type and n-type NSFET is being combined to build an inverter. Under the same footprint, NSFETs are expected to have superior current drivability and gate-to-channel controllability than FinFETs, resulting in higher intrinsic gain for circuit applications.
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title Characterization of nanosheet transistor logic and its performance
title_short Characterization of nanosheet transistor logic and its performance
title_full Characterization of nanosheet transistor logic and its performance
title_fullStr Characterization of nanosheet transistor logic and its performance
title_full_unstemmed Characterization of nanosheet transistor logic and its performance
title_sort characterization of nanosheet transistor logic and its performance
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Engineering - School of Electrical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Engineering - School of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2022
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