A review of selected topics in physics based modeling for tunnel field-effect transistors

D Esseni, M Pala, P Palestri, C Alper… - … Science and Technology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The research field on tunnel-FETs (TFETs) has been rapidly developing in the last ten years,
driven by the quest for a new electronic switch operating at a supply voltage well below 1 V …

InGaAs tunnel diodes for the calibration of semi-classical and quantum mechanical band-to-band tunneling models

Q Smets, D Verreck, AS Verhulst… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Promising predictions are made for III-V tunnel-field-effect transistor (FET), but there is still
uncertainty on the parameters used in the band-to-band tunneling models. Therefore, two …

An analytical model of gate-all-around heterojunction tunneling FET

Y Guan, Z Li, W Zhang, Y Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A compact analytical drain current model considering the inversion layer and source
depletion is developed for the gate-all-around (GAA) heterojunction tunneling FET (H-TFET) …

Record performance InGaAs homo-junction TFET with superior SS reliability over MOSFET

A Alian, J Franco, A Vandooren, Y Mols… - 2015 IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
InGaAs planar TFETs with 70% In content are fabricated and characterized. The increase of
the In content of the 8 nm channel from 53% to 70% is found to significantly boost the …

High on-current Ge-channel heterojunction tunnel field-effect transistor using direct band-to-band tunneling

G Kim, J Lee, JH Kim, S Kim - Micromachines, 2019 - mdpi.com
The main challenge for tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs) is achieving high on-current (I
on) and low subthreshold swing (SS) with reasonable ambipolar characteristics. In order to …

An accurate and full-range analytical current model for nanowire heterojunction TFET

Y Guan, Z Dou, J Lu, S Huang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present a compact analytical model for the drain current of the nanowire
heterojunction tunneling field-effect transistor (FET). The model is developed by leveraging …

[PDF][PDF] The tunnel field-effect transistor

D Verreck, G Groeseneken… - Wiley Encyclopedia of …, 2016 - lirias.kuleuven.be
The tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) is a semiconductor device aimed at low-power logic
applications that employs band-to-band tunneling (BTBT) as a carrier injection mechanism …

Modeling direct band-to-band tunneling: From bulk to quantum-confined semiconductor devices

H Carrillo-Nunez, A Ziegler, M Luisier… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
A rigorous framework to study direct band-to-band tunneling (BTBT) in homo-and hetero-
junction semiconductor nanodevices is introduced. An interaction Hamiltonian coupling …

Perspective of tunnel-FET for future low-power technology nodes

AS Verhulst, D Verreck, Q Smets… - 2014 IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Tunnel-FETs (TFETs) promise a subthreshold swing (SS) smaller than 60mV/dec and are
considered as interesting candidates to replace MOSFET in future low-power technology …

Uniform strain in heterostructure tunnel field-effect transistors

D Verreck, AS Verhulst, ML Van de Put… - IEEE electron device …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Strain can strongly impact the performance of III-V tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs).
However, previous studies on homostructure TFETs have found an increase in ON-current to …