Insights Into Design Optimization of Negative Capacitance Complementary-FET (CFET)

This work assesses and analyzes negative-capacitance CFETs (NC-CFETs) with metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor (MFIS) and metal-ferroelectric-metal-insulator-semiconductor (MFMIS) configurations through experimentally calibrated Landau-Khalatnikov model for an ultrathin (1.5 nm) single-cryst...

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Main Authors: Sandeep Semwal, Pin Su
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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description This work assesses and analyzes negative-capacitance CFETs (NC-CFETs) with metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor (MFIS) and metal-ferroelectric-metal-insulator-semiconductor (MFMIS) configurations through experimentally calibrated Landau-Khalatnikov model for an ultrathin (1.5 nm) single-crystalline HZO ferroelectric (FE). Results show a suppressed improvement with MFMIS topology over the MFIS topology in the subthreshold region if implemented with the CFET architecture due to the CFET-specific common-gate structure. We also propose an alternative MFMIS NC-CFET design with the FE stacked only at the top of the device (~5.3 times lower FE area compared to conventional MFMIS NC-CFET), which can significantly improve the capacitance matching and subthreshold swing provided an FE layer with relatively higher remnant polarization is used. In addition, a design guideline to optimize MFIS NC-CFET is also highlighted. Our study may provide insights into device design for future energy-efficient electronics.
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spelling doaj-art-7491d5b98a404176b86fe1fd9be9bad62025-08-20T02:52:59ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society2168-67342025-01-011315416010.1109/JEDS.2025.354631410906432Insights Into Design Optimization of Negative Capacitance Complementary-FET (CFET)Sandeep Semwal0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1182-4737Pin Su1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8213-4103Institute of Electronics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanInstitute of Electronics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanThis work assesses and analyzes negative-capacitance CFETs (NC-CFETs) with metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor (MFIS) and metal-ferroelectric-metal-insulator-semiconductor (MFMIS) configurations through experimentally calibrated Landau-Khalatnikov model for an ultrathin (1.5 nm) single-crystalline HZO ferroelectric (FE). Results show a suppressed improvement with MFMIS topology over the MFIS topology in the subthreshold region if implemented with the CFET architecture due to the CFET-specific common-gate structure. We also propose an alternative MFMIS NC-CFET design with the FE stacked only at the top of the device (~5.3 times lower FE area compared to conventional MFMIS NC-CFET), which can significantly improve the capacitance matching and subthreshold swing provided an FE layer with relatively higher remnant polarization is used. In addition, a design guideline to optimize MFIS NC-CFET is also highlighted. Our study may provide insights into device design for future energy-efficient electronics.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10906432/Metal-ferroelectric-metal-insulator-semiconductor (MFMIS)metal-ferroelectric-insulatorsemiconductor (MFIS)complementary-FET (CFET)negative-capacitance FET (NCFET)
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Insights Into Design Optimization of Negative Capacitance Complementary-FET (CFET)
IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society
Metal-ferroelectric-metal-insulator-semiconductor (MFMIS)
metal-ferroelectric-insulatorsemiconductor (MFIS)
complementary-FET (CFET)
negative-capacitance FET (NCFET)
title Insights Into Design Optimization of Negative Capacitance Complementary-FET (CFET)
title_full Insights Into Design Optimization of Negative Capacitance Complementary-FET (CFET)
title_fullStr Insights Into Design Optimization of Negative Capacitance Complementary-FET (CFET)
title_full_unstemmed Insights Into Design Optimization of Negative Capacitance Complementary-FET (CFET)
title_short Insights Into Design Optimization of Negative Capacitance Complementary-FET (CFET)
title_sort insights into design optimization of negative capacitance complementary fet cfet
topic Metal-ferroelectric-metal-insulator-semiconductor (MFMIS)
metal-ferroelectric-insulatorsemiconductor (MFIS)
complementary-FET (CFET)
negative-capacitance FET (NCFET)
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10906432/
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