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FinFET Devices for VLSI
Circuits and Systems
FinFET Devices for VLSI
Circuits and Systems
Samar K. Saha
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Contents
Preface...................................................................................................................... xv
Author .....................................................................................................................xix
Index......................................................................................................................309
Preface
Silicon integrated circuits (ICs) have enormously impacted modern society, serving
as the foundation of the Internet, social media, and interconnected network of net
works or Internet of Things (IoT). The emerging Internet technologies offer people
to-people, people-to-machine, and machine-to-machine communications enabling
appliances and services to provide notifications, security, energy-saving, automation,
telecommunications, healthcare, computers, entertainment, and so on. The network
of networks is integrated into a single ecosystem to create smart environments with
a shared user interface. This ongoing progress of smart environments and integrated
ecosystems is made possible due to the continuous miniaturization of metal-oxide
semiconductor (MOS) field effect-transistor (FET) or MOSFET devices, thus, pro
viding low-cost, high-density, fast, and low-power ICs. However, the performance of
MOSFETs in the design and manufacturing of “smart” electronic products neces
sary to create smart networks or “smart things” to enable smart environments and
integrated ecosystems has approached its limits due to the fundamental physical
limitations such as the short-channel effects (SCEs). Shrinking MOSFET device
length in the decananometer regime degrades device performance including degra
dation in the subthreshold swing and decrease in device turn-on voltage. As a result,
the scaled MOSFETs cannot be turned off easily by lowering the gate voltage lead
ing to excessive leakage current. And, because of SCEs, the device characteristics
become increasingly sensitive to process variation that imposes a serious challenge
to continued scaling of planar-MOSFETs to the nanometer nodes. Furthermore, at
gate length below 22 nm, the sub-surface leakage paths are weakly controlled by the
gate irrespective of gate oxide thickness and their potential barriers can be easily
lowered by drain bias through the enhanced electric field coupling to the drain. Thus,
to surmount the challenges of continuous scaling of MOSFETs, the fin field-effect
transistor or FinFET has emerged as the real alternative to continue scaling and
manufacture ICs to create smart things and enable smart environments and inte
grated ecosystems. This book presents the basic features and operating principles of
FinFET devices required for the understanding of design and manufacturing of very
large scale integrated (VLSI) circuits and systems.
A large volume of research articles along with a handful of books are available
on device technology and modeling of FinFETs. Most of the research articles are
meant for experts in the field. On the other hand, the available books on FinFETs are
either dedicated to device modeling for IC design or a collection of research articles
on research and development. Thus, the available literature does not provide the
fundamental principles of FinFET device operation and adequate background for the
understanding of the newly adopted mainstream device technology for beginners as
well as practicing engineers and experts transitioning to FinFET device technology.
After working for over 30 years in the field of semiconductor process and device
architecture and device modeling in industry, and over 20 years of teaching device
and process physics and device modeling courses in academia, I felt the need for a
comprehensive book that presents the fundamentals of FinFET device electronics for
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the understanding of the design and manufacturing of FinFET ICs at the nanometer
nodes. This book provides readers the basic architecture and theory of FinFETs to
continue shrinking devices to the fundamental scaling limits for VLSI manufactur
ing technology. Starting from the basic semiconductor electronics, this book pres
ents the principles of operation and modeling of FinFETs. Thus, this book is useful
for beginners as well as experts in the field of microelectronics device and design
engineering to understand the theory and operation of FinFET devices.
This book is intended for the researchers and practitioners working in the area of
electron devices as well as senior undergraduate and graduate students in electrical
and electronics engineering programs. However, the presentation of the materials
is such that even an undergraduate student not well-acquainted with semiconductor
physics can understand the basic concepts of FinFETs.
Chapter 1 presents an introduction to FinFET devices as the alternative to the
mainstream MOSFETs and planar-CMOS technology for VLSI circuits and sys
tems at the nanometer node. The chapter overviews the scaling constraints of the
mainstream MOSFETs beyond the 22-nm node due to SCEs; discusses the scalable
alternative planar-MOSFETs and non-planar-FinFET devices for VLSI circuits and
systems beyond the 22-nm node; and presents the advantages of the multiple-gate
ultrathin-body FinFET devices in surmounting the SCEs for VLSI circuit manu
facturing in the sub-22-nm regime. Furthermore, a comprehensive history of the
emergence and development of FinFETs for non-planar-CMOS technology is pre
sented. Chapter 2 presents a brief overview of the basic semiconductor electronics
and pn-junction operation as background materials for the understanding of FinFET
devices.
Chapter 3 presents the basic structure and operation of multiple-gate MOS
capacitor systems as the foundation for the development of FinFET device theory.
Analytical expressions for multiple-gate MOS capacitor systems are derived to dis
cuss the accumulation, depletion, and inversion mode operations of multiple-gate
MOS capacitor systems. A unified surface potential function is developed to analyze
the characteristics of multiple-gate MOS capacitors applicable to FinFET devices.
Also, a unified inversion charge expression is derived to account for the substrate
doping effect in multiple-gate MOS capacitors that can be used for FinFET current
calculation.
Chapter 4 provides an overview of FinFET device architecture, process technol
ogy, and typical fabrication processes for the manufacturing of FinFETs in non
planar-CMOS technology. Fabrication process flow for FinFETs on bulk-silicon
substrate and on SOI substrate is overviewed and the complexities and benefits of
each technology are highlighted.
Chapter 5 presents the basic theory of FinFETs, formulation of surface potentials,
and presents the electrostatic behavior of long-channel devices. A set of simplifying
assumptions are used to derive a continuous drain current expression for long-chan
nel devices applicable to all regions of device operation. In addition, the regional
drain current expressions for linear, saturation, and subthreshold operations are
derived from the continuous drain current expression for intuitive analysis of device
performance. Chapter 6 presents the small geometry effects in FinFETs for accu
rate characterization of real device effects. The mathematical formulation for SCEs,
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including Vth roll-off, DIBL, quantum mechanical effects, low-field mobility, veloc
ity saturation, and channel length modulation and output resistance is presented.
Chapter 7 discusses the physical mechanisms and mathematical formulation of
the different components of leakage currents in FinFET devices during operation in
VLSI circuits and systems. These leakage currents include the subthreshold leakage
currents due to the close proximity of the drain to the source, the gate-induced drain
and source leakage currents due to band-to-band tunneling, source-drain pn-junction
leakage currents, and gate tunneling currents.
Chapter 8 overviews the parasitic resistance and capacitance elements of FinFETs.
The parasitic resistances include the contact resistance, spreading resistance, and
source-drain extension resistance components of the raised source-drain series resis
tance as well as the gate resistance. The parasitic capacitances discussed are overlap,
fringe, and the source-drain pn-junction capacitances. Chapter 9 presents an over
view of the major challenges of the FinFET process, device, and circuit design.
Chapter 10 presents an overview of the present state-of-the-art compact models
for common multiple-gate FinFET devices. Device model includes a core model for
large geometry devices and models for short-channel devices to accurately analyze
the physical and geometrical effects on real devices. The model includes current-
voltage and capacitance-voltage formulations for FinFET devices. Furthermore, a
process variability model is formulated to estimate the effect of dopant fluctuations
in FinFET devices.
An extensive set of references is provided at the end of each chapter to help the
readers identify the evolution and development of FinFETs and FinFET manufactur
ing technology for ICs at nanometer nodes
Samar K. Saha
January 2020
Author
Samar K. Saha received a PhD in Physics from Gauhati University, India, and
MS in Engineering Management from Stanford University, CA. Currently, he is an
Adjunct Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at Santa Clara University,
CA, and Chief Research Scientist at Prospicient Devices, CA. Since 1984, he has
worked in various technical and management positions for National Semiconductor,
LSI Logic, Texas Instruments, Philips Semiconductors, Silicon Storage Technology,
Synopsys, DSM Solutions, Silterra USA, and SuVolta. He has also worked as a
faculty member in the Electrical Engineering Departments at Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale, IL; Auburn University, AL; the University of Nevada at
Las Vegas, NV; and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, CO. He has
authored more than 100 research papers. He has also authored one book, Compact
Models for Integrated Circuit Design: Conventional Transistors and Beyond (CRC
Press, 2015); one book chapter on Technology Computer-Aided Design (TCAD),
“Introduction to Technology Computer-Aided Design,” in Technology Computer
Aided Design: Simulation for VLSI MOSFET (C.K. Sarkar, ed., CRC Press, 2013);
and holds 12 US patents. His research interests include nanoscale device and process
architecture, TCAD, compact modeling, devices for renewable energy, and TCAD
and R&D management.
Dr. Saha served as the 2016–2017 President of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Electron Devices Society (EDS) and is currently serv
ing as the Senior Past President of EDS, J.J. Ebers Award Committee Chair, and
EDS Fellow Evaluation Committee Chair. He is a Fellow of IEEE and a Fellow
of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET, UK), and a Distinguished
Lecturer of IEEE EDS. Previously, he has served as the Junior Past President of EDS;
EDS Awards Chair; EDS Fellow Evaluation Committee Member; EDS President-
Elect; Vice President of EDS Publications; an elected member of the EDS Board
of Governors; Editor-In-Chief of IEEE QuestEDS; Chair of EDS George Smith
and Paul Rappaport Awards; Editor of Region 5&6 EDS Newsletter; Chair of EDS
Compact Modeling Technical Committee; Chair of EDS North America West
Subcommittee for Regions/Chapters; a member of the IEEE Conference Publications
Committee; a member of the IEEE TAB Periodicals Committee; and the Treasurer,
Vice Chair, and Chair of the Santa Clara Valley-San Francisco EDS chapter.
Dr. Saha served as the head guest editor for the IEEE Transactions on
Electron Devices (T-ED) Special Issues (SIs) on Advanced Compact Models and
45-nm Modeling Challenges and Compact Interconnect Models for Giga Scale
Integration; and as a guest editor for the T-ED SI on Advanced Modeling of Power
Devices and their Applications and the IEEE Journal of Electron Devices
Society (J-EDS) SI on Flexible Electronics from the Selected Extended Papers at
2018 IFETC. He has also served as a member of the editorial board of the World
Journal of Condensed Matter Physics (WJCMP), published by the Scientific
Research Publishing (SCIRP).
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1 Introduction
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2 FinFETs for VLSI Circuits and Systems
a certain threshold voltage (Vth) induces a conducting channel between the source
and drain at the silicon/silicon dioxide (SiO2) interface of the substrate and a drain
bias Vd is used to generate current-voltage characteristics of the devices. The body
terminal allows the modulation of the inversion layer from the gate as well as body to
offer more flexibility of device performance in circuit operation. The basic operation
of a MOSFET device is available in most books on semiconductor devices [9,25,26].
According to the MOSFET scaling rule [23], as Lg is scaled down, Tox is scaled
proportionately to maintain a strong capacitive coupling between the inversion chan
nel and the gate terminal with respect to the other transistor terminals. This enables
controlling of the short-channel effects (SCEs) including threshold voltage (Vth) roll-
off, subthreshold swing (S) degradation, and drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL)
that act together to increase the off-state transistor leakage current (Ioff ) [9,27]. Also,
scaling down Lg is accompanied by a corresponding increase in the body doping Nb
and a decrease in source-drain junction depth Xj to reduce the sub-surface leakage
paths below the channel inversion layer. Thus, the worldwide effort continued for the
miniaturization of MOSFETs and CMOS technology to provide increasingly higher
computing power, lower power consumption, and cheaper cost IC-chips at each new
technology node [24,28].
With aggressive scaling of MOSFETs, the transistor dimensions soon reached
the point at which the first-order assumptions about the physical effects and dopant
distributions began to break down. For MOSFETs, the intrinsic device problem such
as output conductance, velocity saturation, and subthreshold behavior all received
substantial research interest and effort [9,29]. In order to continue device minia
turization following Moore’s law, the US semiconductor industry association (SIA)
formed the National Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (NTRS) in 1994 and
4 FinFETs for VLSI Circuits and Systems
FIGURE 1.2 The threshold voltage Vth roll-off as a function of the effective channel length
L eff of nMOSFET and pMOSFET devices of a typical 40 nm CMOS technology with effective
oxide thickness, Tox(effective) = 1.5 nm. (Vth is defined as the gate bias, Vgs that is required
to induce a conducting channel between the source and drain of MOSFETs enabling current
flows in devices).
FIGURE 1.3 The drain current Ids versus Vgs characteristics of the conventional nMOSFET
devices of a typical 65 nm CMOS technology as a function of gate length; here the numerical
simulation data are shown to illustrate the continuous increase in the off-state leakage current
for the gate lengths below 60 nm.
6 FinFETs for VLSI Circuits and Systems
FIGURE 1.4 Threshold voltage variation of MOSFET devices for a typical 20 nm bulk-
CMOS technology as a function of device channel length for a channel width of 20 and
200 nm; here, σVth is the variance in threshold voltage due to RDD; all data are taken from
the reference [9].
Introduction 7
FIGURE 1.6 A conventional MOSFET device showing gate capacitance Cox, bulk capaci
tance Cd, and the source-drain to channel coupling capacitances Cdsc; with scaling Lg, Cd
increases due to the increase in Cdsc and controls the channel potential in the nanometer node
devices; here, A represents the capacitance voltage divider node between Cox and the effective
capacitance of Cd and Cdsc.