2016 Joint International EUROSOI Workshop and International Conference on Ultimate Integration on Silicon (EUROSOI-ULIS)
DOI: 10.1109/ulis.2016.7440096
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In this work we have investigated the impact of quantum mechanical effects on the device performance of n-type in ultra-scaled SixGe1-x nanowire transistors (NWT) for possible future applications. For the purpose of this paper we have simulated SixGe1-x NWTs with different SixGe1-x molar fraction. However for all devices the cross-sectional area, dimensions and doping profiles are kept constant in order to provide fair comparison. Our computational experiment includes also wires with five different gate length 6nm, 8nm, 10nm, 12nm and 14nm all simulated with various SixGe1-x ratio. As a result we have established a correlation between the mobile charge distribution in the channel and gate capacitance, drain induced barrier lowering (DIBL) and the sub-threshold slope (SS). The mobile charge to gate capacitance ratio, which is an indicator of the intrinsic speed of the NWTs, is also have been investigated. More importantly all calculations are based on quantum mechanical description of the mobile charge distribution in the channel. This description is based on Schrödinger equation, which is indeed mandatory for nanowires with such ultra-scale dimensions.