Design and operation of CMOS-compatible electron pumps fabricated with optical lithography
arXiv:1612.09547 · doi:10.1109/LED.2017.2670680
Abstract
We report CMOS-compatible quantized current sources (electron pumps) fabricated with nanowires (NWs) on 300 mm SOI wafers. Unlike other Al, GaAs or Si based metallic or semiconductor pumps, the fabrication does not rely on electron-beam lithography. The structure consists of two gates in series on the nanowire and the only difference with the SOI nanowire process lies in long (40 nm) nitride spacers. As a result a single, silicided island gets isolated between the gates and transport is dominated by Coulomb blockade at cryogenic temperatures thanks to the small size and therefore capacitance of this island. Operation and performances comparable to devices featuring e-beam lithography is demonstrated in the non-adiabatic pumping regime, with a pumping frequency up to 300 MHz. We also identify and model signatures of charge traps affecting charge pumping in the adiabatic regime. The availability of quantized current references in a process close to the 28FDSOI technology could trigger new applications for these pumps and allow to cointegrate them with cryogenic CMOS circuits, for instance in the emerging field of interfaces with quantum bits.
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