III-N TRANSISTORS WITH EPITAXIAL LAYERS PROVIDING STEEP SUBTHRESHOLD SWING
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    发明申请
    III-N TRANSISTORS WITH EPITAXIAL LAYERS PROVIDING STEEP SUBTHRESHOLD SWING 审中-公开
    带有外延层的III-N晶体管提供STEEP SUBTHRESHOLD SWING

    公开(公告)号:US20160365435A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-15

    申请号:US15120732

    申请日:2014-03-25

    Abstract: III-N transistors with epitaxial semiconductor heterostructures having steep subthreshold slope are described. In embodiments, a III-N HFET employs a gate stack with balanced and opposing III-N polarization materials. Overall effective polarization of the opposing III-N polarization materials may be modulated by an external field, for example associated with an applied gate electrode voltage. In embodiments, polarization strength differences between the III-N materials within the gate stack are tuned by composition and/or film thickness to achieve a desired transistor threshold voltage (Vt). With polarization strengths within the gate stack balanced and opposing each other, both forward and reverse gate voltage sweeps may generate a steep sub-threshold swing in drain current as charge carriers are transferred to and from the III-N polarization layers and the III-N channel semiconductor.

    Abstract translation: 描述具有陡峭亚阈值斜率的外延半导体异质结构的III-N晶体管。 在实施例中,III-NHFET采用具有平衡和相对的III-N极化材料的栅极叠层。 相对的III-N偏振材料的总体有效极化可以通过外部场来调制,例如与施加的栅电极电压相关联。 在实施例中,栅堆叠内的III-N材料之间的极化强度差异通过组合和/或膜厚来调节以实现期望的晶体管阈值电压(Vt)。 由于栅极堆叠内的极化强度平衡和相互对置,正向和反向栅极电压扫描都可能在漏极电流中产生陡峭的次阈值摆幅,因为电荷载流子传输到III-N偏振层和III-N极化层 通道半导体。

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