Fabrication of FinFETs by damage-free neutral-beam etching technology

被引:35
作者
Endo, Kazuhiko [1 ]
Noda, Shuichi
Masahara, Meishoku
Kubota, Tomohiro
Ozaki, Takuya
Samukawa, Seiji
Liu, Yongxun
Ishii, Kenichi
Ishikawa, Yuki
Sugimata, Etsuro
Matsukawa, Takashi
Takashima, Hidenori
Yamauchi, Hiromi
Suzuki, Eiichi
机构
[1] Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci & Technol, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
[2] Tohoku Univ, Inst Fluid Sci, Sendai, Miyagi 9808557, Japan
关键词
carrier mobility; damaged-free; double-gate MOSFET (DG-MOSFET); neutral beam (NB); utrathin-channel fabrication;
D O I
10.1109/TED.2006.877035
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A high aspect ratio and damage-free vertical ultrathin channel for a vertical-type double-gate MOSFET was fabricated by using low-energy neutral-beam etching (NBE). NBE can completely eliminate the charge build-up and photon-radiation damages caused by the plasma. The fabricated FinFETs realize a higher device performance (i.e., higher electron mobility) than that obtained by using a conventional reactive-ion etching. The improved mobility is well explained by the NB-etched atomically flat surface. These results strongly support the effectiveness of the NB technology for nanoscale CMOS fabrication.
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页码:1826 / 1833
页数:8
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