A novel nanoscale fin field effect transistor by amended channel: Investigation and fundamental physics

The present paper proposes a new Fin Field Effect Transistor (FinFET) with an amended Channel (AC). The fin region consists of two sections; the lower part which has a rounded shape and the upper part of fin as conventional FinFETs, is cubic. The AC-FinFET devices are proven to have a lower threshold voltage roll-off, reduced COL, better subthreshold slope characteristics, and a better gate capacitance in comparison with the C-FinFET. Moreover, the simulation result with three-dimensional and two-carrier device simulator demonstrates an improved output characteristic of the proposed structure due to reduction of self-heating effect. Due to the rounded shape of the lower fin region and decreasing corner effects there, the heat can flow easily, and the device temperature will decrease. Also the gate control over the channel increases due to the narrow upper part of the fin. The paper, thus, attempts to show the advantages of higher performance AC-FinFET device over the conventional one, and its effect on the operation of nanoscale devices. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.