Scalability of Atomic-Thin-Body (ATB) Transistors Based on Graphene Nanoribbons
arXiv:1004.5560 · doi:10.1109/LED.2010.2045100
Abstract
A general solution for the electrostatic potential in an atomic-thin-body (ATB) field-effect transistor geometry is presented. The effective electrostatic scaling length, λeff, is extracted from the analytical model, which cannot be approximated by the lowest order eigenmode as traditionally done in SOI-MOSFETs. An empirical equation for the scaling length that depends on the geometry parameters is proposed. It is shown that even for a thick SiO2 back oxide λeff can be improved efficiently by thinner top oxide thickness, and to some extent, with high-k dielectrics. The model is then applied to self-consistent simulation of graphene nanoribbon (GNR) Schottky-barrier field-effect transistors (SB-FETs) at the ballistic limit. In the case of GNR SB-FETs, for large λeff, the scaling is limited by the conventional electrostatic short channel effects (SCEs). On the other hand, for small λeff, the scaling is limited by direct source-to-drain tunneling. A subthreshold swing below 100mV/dec is still possible with a sub-10nm gate length in GNR SB-FETs.
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