In this work we investigate the electrostatics of fully-depleted cylindrical nanowire (CNW) MOSFETs accounting for quantum effects and, in doing so, we propose a new approach for the self-consistent solution of the Schroedinger-Poisson equations based on a rigorous time-independent perturbation approach. The strength of this method is that the Schroedinger equation is solved in a semi-analytical form, thus eliminating discretization errors and providing very accurate energy eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; furthermore, the computation time is cut down by an order of magnitude. A major result of this investigation is that the ON/OFF current ratio increases as the diameter of the CNW-MOSFET is scaled down. This makes them good candidates for an advanced low-leakage CMOS technology. The above technique is finally used to investigate the influence of high-k gate dielectrics on the electrostatics of CNW-MOSFETs, indicating that an improved performance is achieved, though not as large as one would expect from the k ratio.

E. Gnani, S. Reggiani, M. Rudan, G. Baccarani (2004). A new approach to the self-consistent solution of the Schroedinger-Poisson Equations in nanowire MOSFETs. LEUVEN : s.n.

A new approach to the self-consistent solution of the Schroedinger-Poisson Equations in nanowire MOSFETs

GNANI, ELENA;REGGIANI, SUSANNA;RUDAN, MASSIMO;BACCARANI, GIORGIO
2004

Abstract

In this work we investigate the electrostatics of fully-depleted cylindrical nanowire (CNW) MOSFETs accounting for quantum effects and, in doing so, we propose a new approach for the self-consistent solution of the Schroedinger-Poisson equations based on a rigorous time-independent perturbation approach. The strength of this method is that the Schroedinger equation is solved in a semi-analytical form, thus eliminating discretization errors and providing very accurate energy eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; furthermore, the computation time is cut down by an order of magnitude. A major result of this investigation is that the ON/OFF current ratio increases as the diameter of the CNW-MOSFET is scaled down. This makes them good candidates for an advanced low-leakage CMOS technology. The above technique is finally used to investigate the influence of high-k gate dielectrics on the electrostatics of CNW-MOSFETs, indicating that an improved performance is achieved, though not as large as one would expect from the k ratio.
2004
Proceedings of the 34th European Solid-State Deviec Research Conference
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E. Gnani, S. Reggiani, M. Rudan, G. Baccarani (2004). A new approach to the self-consistent solution of the Schroedinger-Poisson Equations in nanowire MOSFETs. LEUVEN : s.n.
E. Gnani; S. Reggiani; M. Rudan; G. Baccarani
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