Performance comparison between bulk and SOI junctionless transistors

Abstract

The design and characteristics of a junctionless (JL) bulk FinFET were compared with the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) JL nanowire transistor (JNT) using 3-D quantum transport device simulation. The JL bulk FinFET exhibits a favorable on/offcurrent ratio and short-channel characteristics by reducing the effective channel thickness that is caused by the channel/substrate junction. The drain-induced barrier lowering and the subthreshold slope are about 40 mV and 73 mV/dec, respectively, with an on/offcurrent ratio of 105 at W = 10 nm. The JL bulk FinFET is less sensitive to the channel thickness than the SOI JNT. Furthermore, the threshold voltage Vth of the JL bulk FinFET can be easily tuned by varying substrate doping concentration Nsub. The modulation range of Vth as Nsub changes from 10 18 to 1019 cm-3, which is around 30%. © 1980-2012 IEEE.