K. Rim, S. J. Koester, Michael J. Hargrove, J. Chu, Patricia M. Mooney, John A. Ott, T. Kanarsky, P. Ronsheim, M. Ieong, A. Grill, Hon-Sum Philip Wong
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引用次数: 139
Abstract
Performance enhancements in strained Si NMOSFETs were demonstrated at L/sub eff/<70 nm. A 70% increase in electron mobility was observed at vertical fields as high as 1.5 MV/cm for the first time, suggesting a new mobility enhancement mechanism in addition to reduced phonon scattering. Current drive increase by /spl ges/35% was observed at L/sub eff/<70 nm. These results indicate that strain can be used to improve CMOS device performance at sub-100 nm technology nodes.