Journal
IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS
Volume 30, Issue 9, Pages 981-983Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2009.2026296
Keywords
Double gate; strain; temperature; tunneling; tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET)
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- National Research Foundation [NRF-PF2008-09]
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We report the first study of the effect of strain on tunneling field-effect transistor (TFET) characteristics. Double-gate silicon TFETs were employed. It was found that tensile strain increases the drain current, whereas compressive strain reduces the drain current. This is attributed to strain-induced band splitting and carrier repopulation and provides guidelines on strain engineering of TFETs. An elaborate study of the dependence of the electrical characteristics of TFET on temperature is also reported. It was observed that ON-state tunneling current exhibits a positive temperature dependence at low drain bias condition (V-DS = 1 V), whereas opposite behavior was observed when V-DS = 1.5 V. When the device temperature is increased, enhancement of the drain current at V-DS = 1 V results from band gap narrowing, whereas reduction in the drain current at V-DS = 1.5 V is attributed to the decrease in the electric field at the tunneling junction.
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