Considerations for ultimate CMOS scaling

KJ Kuhn - IEEE transactions on Electron Devices, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This review paper explores considerations for ultimate CMOS transistor scaling. Transistor
architectures such as extremely thin silicon-on-insulator and FinFET (and related …

Carbon nanotube electronics: design of high-performance and low-power digital circuits

A Raychowdhury, K Roy - … on Circuits and Systems I: Regular …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Scaling of silicon transistors continue in the sub 100-nm regime amidst severe roadblocks.
Increased short-channel effects, rising leakage currents, severe process parameter …

The end of CMOS scaling: toward the introduction of new materials and structural changes to improve MOSFET performance

T Skotnicki, JA Hutchby, TJ King… - IEEE Circuits and …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid cadence of metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) scaling, as
seen in the new 2003 International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors ITRS), is …

Benchmarking nanotechnology for high-performance and low-power logic transistor applications

R Chau, S Datta, M Doczy, B Doyle… - IEEE transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently there has been tremendous progress made in the research of novel
nanotechnology for future nanoelectronic applications. In particular, several emerging …

Silicon CMOS devices beyond scaling

W Haensch, EJ Nowak, RH Dennard… - IBM Journal of …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To a large extent, scaling was not seriously challenged in the past. However, a closer look
reveals that early signs of scaling limits were seen in high-performance devices in recent …

Where does the current flow in two-dimensional layered systems?

S Das, J Appenzeller - Nano letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
In this Letter, we map for the first time the current distribution among the individual layers of
multilayer two-dimensional systems. Our findings suggest that in a multilayer MoS2 field …

High-performance CMOS variability in the 65-nm regime and beyond

K Bernstein, DJ Frank, AE Gattiker… - IBM journal of …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent changes in CMOS device structures and materials motivated by impending atomistic
and quantum-mechanical limitations have profoundly influenced the nature of delay and …

Integrated circuit with buried digit line

DH Wells - US Patent 8,102,008, 2012 - Google Patents
4,746,630 4,789,560 4,882,291 4,897,700 4,903,344 4.959, 325 4,965,221 5,041,898
5,057.449 5,087,586 5,128.274 5,149,669 5,210,046 5,252.504 5,260,229 5,316,966 …

Soft error susceptibilities of 22 nm tri-gate devices

N Seifert, B Gill, S Jahinuzzaman… - … on Nuclear Science, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on measured radiation-induced soft error rates (SER) of memory and logic
devices built in a 22 nm high-k metal gate bulk Tri-Gate technology. Our results demonstrate …

Floating-body dynamic random access memory and method of fabrication in tri-gate technology

SH Tang, A Keshavarzi, D Somasekhar… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A floating-body dynamic random access memory device may include a
semiconductor body having a top Surface and laterally opposite sidewalls formed on a …