Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
ISSN 0976 6464(Print), ISSN 0976 6472(Online), Special Issue (November, 2013), IAEME
International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS-2013) October 18-20, 2013
B K Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology (BKBIET), Pilani, India Page 74
Three-Dimensional Analytical Subthreshold Current Model of Fully
Depleted SOI MOSFETs
Krishna Meel
1
, Ram Gopal
2
, Deepak Bhatnagar
3
1,2
MEMS & Micro-sensor Group, CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani (Rajasthan), India
3
Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (Rajasthan), India
1
krishna.meel@bkbiet.ac.in
ABSTRACT: A new 3-D analytical model of subthreshold current based on the three
dimensional analytical solution of Poissons equation with suitable boundary conditions of
enhancement mode fully depleted SOI-MOSFET is presented in this paper. The effect of channel
length, width and doping concentration for uniformly doped SOI MOSFET has been
investigated. The results obtained from the proposed model have been compared for validation
with ATLAS device simulator.
KEYWORDS: SOI MOSFET, Greens Function, Three-dimensional, Subthreshold current model,
ATLAS Software.
I. INTRODUCTION
As the device dimensions are shrinking below sub-micron range a new SOI technology replaces
the MOS technology to meet the requirement of todays high speed and low power circuits.
Enhancement mode fully depleted SOI MOSFET have several advantages over CMOS MOSFETs
such as better immunity to short channel effects[1], improved subthreshold slope, saturation
current enhancement[2],punch-through suppression, high transconductance and so on. The
sub-threshold characteristic of SOI MOSFET is a very important parameter to be determined to
meet the present requirements of a transistor, therefore, accurate model for the subthreshold
current is of a great help for the designers of SOI MOSFETs.
Although the 3-D analytical modeling of threshold voltage of fully depleted SOI MOSFET has
been carried out by some of the authors [3,5] but no model related to sub-threshold
characteristics is available in the literature to the best of our knowledge. Here we are
presenting a new three-dimensional sub-threshold current model of fully depleted uniformly
doped SOI MOSFET. The model considers drift as well as diffusion components of sub-
threshold current and also DIBL effects are taken into account. The model is based on the
analytical solution of 3-D Poissons equation within the depleted SOI film. It provides a
convenient tool to determine the threshold voltage and sub-threshold characteristics of the
device.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONICS AND
COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (IJECET)
ISSN 0976 6464(Print)
ISSN 0976 6472(Online)
Special Issue (November, 2013), pp. 74-79
IAEME: www.iaeme.com/ ijecet.asp
Journal Impact Factor (2013): 5.8896 (Calculated by GISI)
www.jifactor.com
IJECET
I A E M E
International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering & Technology (IJECET),
ISSN 0976 6464(Print), ISSN 0976 6472(Online), Special Issue (November, 2013), IAEME
International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS-2013) October 18-20, 2013
B K Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology (BKBIET), Pilani, India Page 75
II. SUBTHRESHOLD CURRENT MODEL
Fig.1. shows the cross sectional view of fully depleted n-channel SOI MOSFET along the channel
length, L and width, W. The origin O(0,0,0) is assumed to be situated at the center of front gate
oxide-silicon interface. The thickness of front gate oxide is , back gate oxide is , side
oxide is and that of SOI film is . The front gate and back gate voltages are defined as
and respectively. The voltage at drain end is while that of source end is grounded.
(a)
(b)
Fig. 1: Cross-sectional view of n-channel SOI MOSFET. (a) Along the channel length. (b) Along
the channel width
In this paper the effect of doping concentration and channel length on subthreshold current,
is analysed. The expression of surface potential is taken from our earlier publication [6] which
International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering & Technology (IJECET),
ISSN 0976 6464(Print), ISSN 0976 6472(Online), Special Issue (November, 2013), IAEME
International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS-2013) October 18-20, 2013
B K Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology (BKBIET), Pilani, India Page 76
is used to formulate a new 3-D subthreshold current model. The analytical approximate
expression for surface potential, (x,y,z)is expressed as
(x,y,z)
1
2
Kz
2
_
1
2
Kt
s
2
+Kt
s
t
b
I
ub
i
] _
z +t
g
t
s
+t
b
+t
g
_ +_
t
s
+t
b
z
t
s
+t
b
+t
g
_I
u]
i
+
+
2R
1
1
(z)
t
s
o
1
1
__
S
(1)
(I
u]
i
,I
ub
i
)
cosh( o
1
y)
cosh(o
1
I/ 2)
+
1
2
I
sinh(o
1
y)
sinh(o
1
I/ 2)
_
_1
cosh(z
1,1
x)
S
1,1
(t
s
) cosh(z
1,1
w/ 2)
_ +
1
(I
u]
i
,I
ub
i
)
cosh(z
1,1
x)
S
1,1
(t
s
) cosh(z
1,1
w/ 2)
_ (1)
Where
1
(z) =sin(o
1
z) +o
1
t
g
cos(o
1
z),
S
(1)
(I
u]
i
,I
ub
i
) =I
b
+
1
2
I
+
K
o
1
2
1
R
1
(I
u]
i
+
1
I
ub
i
),
followed by
1
(I
u]
i
,I
ub
i
) =I
PB
]
I
PB
s
+
K
o
1
2
+
1
R
1
(I
u]
i
I
ub
i
),
I
u]
i
=I
u]
I
PB
]
,
I
ub
i
=I
ub
I
PB
b
,
and
I
us
i
=I
u]
I
PB
s
.
Here I
PB
],b,s
represents front, back and side gate flat-band voltages respectively. The built-in
potential for n
+
-p junction is I
b
=E
g
2 +
b
whereE
g
is energy band gap and
b
is the Fermi
potential,
b
=(kI q ) ln(N
A
n
is the intrinsic
concentration. The rest of the constants are defined as
1
=_
o
1
2
t
g
2
+1
o
1
2
t
b
2
+1
,R
1
=1+
1
,
1
=1+o
1
2
t
g
2
+_
t
b
+t
g
t
s
]_
o
1
2
t
b
t
g
+1
o
1
2
t
b
2
+1
_ ,
S
11
(t
s
) =1+z
11
t
s
tanh(z
11
w/ 2) ,
t
g
=(e
s
e
ox
)t
ox
,
t
b
=(e
s
e
ox
)t
box
t
s
=(e
s
e
ox
)t
sox
,
International Journal of Electronics and Communication Engineering & Technology (IJECET),
ISSN 0976 6464(Print), ISSN 0976 6472(Online), Special Issue (November, 2013), IAEME
International Conference on Communication Systems (ICCS-2013) October 18-20, 2013
B K Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology (BKBIET), Pilani, India Page 77
z
11
2
=o
1
2
+[
1
2
,
[
1
=
n
I
,
and
o
1
=
n
2
(t
b
+t
g
) +
_
]
n
2
(t
b
+t
g
)
2
+4(t
b
t
g
+t
s
t
b
+t
s
t
g
)
2(t
b
t
g
+t
s
t
b
+t
s
t
g
)
.
Here, o
1
-1
is the characteristic length, e
0
is the vacuum dielectric constant and e
s
is the relative
permittivity of silicon.On the basis of derived surface potential given in equation (1) for 3-D n-
channel SOI MOSFET a sub threshold current model using the drift diffusion current equation
[7] is developed. The sub threshold current, I
can bewritten as
I
=_q.p
n
.
t
s
I
c
.n
._
kI
q
]
2
.(1c
-[v
D
)_ _ _ c
[q
s
JxJy
L/ 2-I
D
I
S
-L/ 2
w/ 2
-w/ 2
(2)
Where p
n
is the carrier mobility, [ =q kI,
s
=(x,y,z =0) is the surface potential
,I
c
=I l
S
l