Jun 22, 2020

[paper] Analog/RF Tri-metal Gate FinFET

N. G. P, S. Routray and K. P. Pradhan
Assessment of Analog/RF performances for 10 nm Tri-metal Gate FinFET
2020 4th IEEE EDTM; 2020, pp. 1-4
Penang, Malaysia
DOI: 10.1109/EDTM47692.2020.9117846

Abstract: Reduction in parasitic capacitance and resistance in FinFET is quite necessary in order to achieve high performance. In this paper, an intensive study on structural advancement in three different ways is implemented in basic FinFET structure such as (a) addition of thin silicide layer as interfacial layer between the contact and source/drain (b) extended and elevated source/drain (c) addition of hybrid spacer. Additionally, comparative study on the analog and RF performance is performed and analyzed for this structure between single material gate (SMG) and tri material gate (TMG) FinFET with all above enhancements. The analog parameters that have been analyzed are transconductance (gm), transconductance generation factor (TGF), output conductance (gd), and intrinsic gain (gm/gd). Similarly, the RF parameters like gate capacitance (CGG), cut-off frequency (fT), transconductance frequency product (TFP), gain frequency product (GFP), and gain transconductance frequency product (GTFP) are reported. Even though there is a degradation in the mobility for the TMG FinFET, but on a whole provides better performance. Furthermore, the effect of temperature on the drain current and transconductance has been shown for the TMG structure by varying the temperature from 200 to 350K with intervals of 50K which would be the extension to this paper. Analysis gives a potential overview on different structural improvement in order to achieve higher performance.
Fig. I. Top view of the proposed FinFET structure

Fig. II. (a) Gate capacitance (b) cutoff frequency (c) intrinsic delay (d) TFP (e) GFP (f) GTFP plots by variation of gate material.


[virtual] ToM2020/2 Announcement

ToM2020/2 Course
September, 8th, 2020
    14.00-17.30    Danilo Gerna (Melexis Technologies), “Advanced Hall Element Based Magnetic Sensors Front End Design”

September, 9th, 2020
    9.00-12.30    Carlo Samori (Milan Politechnic), “PLL: From Analog to Digital and Recent Trends”
    14.00-17.30    Alex Tranca (Infineon), “Robust Design of Smart Power ICs for Automotive Applications, with Focus on Load Current Sensing”

September, 10th, 2020
    9.00-12.30    Alfio Dario Grasso (Univ. Catania), “Ultra-Low Power Amplifiers for IoT Nodes”
    14.00-17.30    Gabriella Ghidini (STMicroelectronics), “Dielectric Reliability in Microelectronics”

In this particular situation, the PhD School at University of Milan-Bicocca decided to fully support the costs of the ToM2020/2 course, whose participation will then be free-of-charge for the attendees. However, for proper managing internet access to the virtual ToM2020/2 course, registration is mandatory at the following website:
http://www.innotechevents.com/index.php?page=ToM/RegistrationForm.html

Only registered participants will receive access information for the course.
At the end of the course, an exam will be proposed for certifying the positive attendance (please register to the exam with the course registration).
We look forward to virtually meeting you !!!!

More information at:
http://www.innotechevents.com/index.php?page=ToM/ToM.html

[virtual] IEEE EDS DL Mini-Colloquium at MIXDES Wroclaw


EDS Distinguished Lecturer Mini-Colloquium 
"Semiconductor-based sensors - technology, modeling, applications" 
(virtual at MIXDES), June 27, 2020
Chairs: Wladek Grabinski, Daniel Tomaszewski

10.00-10.45
Arokia Nathan "Ultralow Power, High-Resolution Sensor Interfaces"
EDS Distinguished Lecturer, Cambridge Touch Technologies, UK; E-mail: an299@cam.ac.uk
10.45-11.30
Mike Schwarz "Sensor Design – From Prototype to Series"
Robert Bosch GmbH, 72703 Reutlingen,Germany; E-mail: Mike.Schwarz@de.bosch.com
12.00-12.45
Benjamin Iñíguez "Compact Modeling and Parameter Extraction for Oxide and Organic Thin Film Transistors (TFTs) from 150K to 350K"
EDS Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Electrical, Electronics Engineering and Automatic Control Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain; E-mail: benjamin.iniguez@urv.cat
12.45-13.30
Teoder Gotszalk " Microsystem Electronics and Photonics "
Faculty of Microsystem Electronics and Photonics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland; E-mail: teodor.gotszalk@pwr.edu.pl
13.30-14.15
Mina Rais-Zadeh "Phase change electro-optical devices for space applications" (recorded)
EDS Distinguished Lecturer, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab., California Institute of Techn., USA; E-mail: minar@umich.edu

Jun 18, 2020

[Short Course] Modeling and Simulation of Nano-Transistors

Short Course
Modeling and Simulation of Nano-Transistors
6 - 10 July 2020 at Outreach Auditorium,IIT Kanpur
http://www.iitk.ac.in/nanolab/sc2020/
by Prof. Yogesh S. Chauhan
Nanolab, IIT Kanpur
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~chauhan/

Aim: VLSI design will soon use transistors whose size will be as small as 10nm. The aim of this short course is to educate and train bright minds on different aspects of Nano-transistors. Modeling especially compact modeling is the heart of circuit simulation. TCAD simulations are used for early device design and to understand the internal physics of transistor. Electrical characterization includes current and capacitance voltage measurement of transistor. RF measurement is an exciting area which involves understanding of devices as well as high frequency effects. This short course will cover various topics in modeling, simulation and characterization of transistors especially at nanoscale.

Topics: (1) VLSI design and Nanoelectronics, (2) Physics and Operation of MOSFET, (3) SPICE and Circuit simulation, (4) TCAD simulation: Theory and demonstration, (5) Compact Modeling: Theory and demonstration, (6) Scaling and Moore's Law, (7) Nano-Transistors: FinFET, FDSOI, Negative Capacitance FET, Nanosheet FETs, 2D-FETs etc. (8) Characterization: Current and capacitance measurement, (9) RF CMOS and GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors

Hands-on Sessions: (1) Verilog-A coding, (2) SPICE ckt. Simulation, (3) TCAD Simulation, (4) Parameter Extraction

Coordinator: Prof. Yogesh S. Chauhan Dept. of Electrical Engg., IIT Kanpur

Registration: This short course has been postponed to end of this year or early next year due to ongoing pandemic. New Dates will be announced once normalcy returns in the country.

Jun 17, 2020

A Benchmark Study Of Complementary-Field Effect Transistor (#FET) Process Integration Options: Comparing #Bulk vs. #SOI vs. DSOI Starting Substrates https://t.co/rYE24rym7L #paper https://t.co/T3ECdVJa5c


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June 17, 2020 at 05:02PM
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[paper] CV of Graphene–Silicon Heterojunction Photodiodes

Sarah Riazimehr,  Melkamu Belete,  Satender Kataria,  Olof Engström and Max Christian Lemme
Capacitance–Voltage (C –V) Characterization 
of Graphene–Silicon Heterojunction Photodiodes
Advanced Optical Materials 
First Published Open Access: 07 May 2020
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202000169

Abstract: Heterostructures of 2D and 3D materials form efficient devices for utilizing the properties of both classes of materials. Graphene/silicon (G/Si) Schottky diodes have been studied extensively with respect to their optoelectronic properties. Here, a method to analyze measured capacitance–voltage (C –V) data of G/Si Schottky diodes connected in parallel with G/silicon dioxide/Si (GIS) capacitors is introduced. The accurate extraction of the built‐in potential (Φbi) and the Schottky barrier height (SBH) from the measurement data independent of the Richardson constant is also demonstrated.
Figure 2
Fig.: a) Cross section of the test device showing both MIS and GIS regions. b) Small‐signal C –V characteristics of Dtest (line) compared to a theoretically calculated C –V curve (dashed ) at 10 kHz.

Acknowledgements: Financial support from the European Commission (Graphene Flagship, 785219, 881603) and the German Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF (GIMMIK, 03XP0210) is gratefully acknowledged.