A Complementary Low Schottky Barrier Nonvolatile Bidirectional Reconfigurable Field Effect Transistor Based on Dual Metal Silicide S/D Contacts

In this work, a high-performance nanoscale complementary low Schottky barrier (CLSB) nonvolatile bidirectional reconfigurable field effect transistor (NBRFET) based on dual metal silicide source/drain (S/D) contacts (CLSB-NBRFET) is proposed. It is designed with Source floating gate (SFG) and drain...

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Main Authors: Liu Xi, Ya Wang, Meile Wu, Lin Qi, Mengmeng Li, Shouqiang Zhang, Xiaoshi Jin
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Ya Wang
Meile Wu
Lin Qi
Mengmeng Li
Shouqiang Zhang
Xiaoshi Jin
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description In this work, a high-performance nanoscale complementary low Schottky barrier (CLSB) nonvolatile bidirectional reconfigurable field effect transistor (NBRFET) based on dual metal silicide source/drain (S/D) contacts (CLSB-NBRFET) is proposed. It is designed with Source floating gate (SFG) and drain floating gate (DFG) and adopts two kinds of metal silicide contacts to form complementary low Schottky barrier both between the S/D electrodes and the conduction band of silicon and between the S/D electrodes and the valence band of silicon at the same time. Instead of a program gate (PG) of conventional BRFET which needs independent power supply, the SFG and DFG of the proposed CLSB-NBRFET can be programmed by the CG itself. Thereafter, the interconnection can be simplified. The nonvolatile reconfigurable function is also realized. The type of charge stored in both SFG, and DFG decides the conduction type of the CLSB-NBRFET. Due to that there is a coupling effect between the effective voltages of SFG /DFG and the control gate (CG) voltage (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{V}_{\mathrm {CG}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>), the effective voltages of SFG and DFG can be decreased in the reverse biased state, and the reverse leakage current can be reduced. Besides, the dual metal silicide S/D contacts help to largely improve the forward current in both N mode and P mode comparing to conventional BRFET. Therefore, the scale of CLSB-NBRFET simplify the interconnection complexity and improve the characterization of BRFET. The scale of CLSB-NBRFET can be reduced to nanoscale while maintain high performance. The physical mechanism of the proposed CLSB-NBRFET has been analyzed in detail. The device performance has been compared with conventional BRFET. The influence of the amount of charge to the device performance has also been discussed in detail.
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spelling doaj-art-adc952e39cc547efb638befc8d8107432025-02-06T00:00:12ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-011110456810457810.1109/ACCESS.2023.331875010261975A Complementary Low Schottky Barrier Nonvolatile Bidirectional Reconfigurable Field Effect Transistor Based on Dual Metal Silicide S/D ContactsLiu Xi0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5496-1320Ya Wang1Meile Wu2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7055-6958Lin Qi3Mengmeng Li4Shouqiang Zhang5Xiaoshi Jin6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0476-7527School of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, ChinaSchool of Information Science and Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang, ChinaIn this work, a high-performance nanoscale complementary low Schottky barrier (CLSB) nonvolatile bidirectional reconfigurable field effect transistor (NBRFET) based on dual metal silicide source/drain (S/D) contacts (CLSB-NBRFET) is proposed. It is designed with Source floating gate (SFG) and drain floating gate (DFG) and adopts two kinds of metal silicide contacts to form complementary low Schottky barrier both between the S/D electrodes and the conduction band of silicon and between the S/D electrodes and the valence band of silicon at the same time. Instead of a program gate (PG) of conventional BRFET which needs independent power supply, the SFG and DFG of the proposed CLSB-NBRFET can be programmed by the CG itself. Thereafter, the interconnection can be simplified. The nonvolatile reconfigurable function is also realized. The type of charge stored in both SFG, and DFG decides the conduction type of the CLSB-NBRFET. Due to that there is a coupling effect between the effective voltages of SFG /DFG and the control gate (CG) voltage (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{V}_{\mathrm {CG}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>), the effective voltages of SFG and DFG can be decreased in the reverse biased state, and the reverse leakage current can be reduced. Besides, the dual metal silicide S/D contacts help to largely improve the forward current in both N mode and P mode comparing to conventional BRFET. Therefore, the scale of CLSB-NBRFET simplify the interconnection complexity and improve the characterization of BRFET. The scale of CLSB-NBRFET can be reduced to nanoscale while maintain high performance. The physical mechanism of the proposed CLSB-NBRFET has been analyzed in detail. The device performance has been compared with conventional BRFET. The influence of the amount of charge to the device performance has also been discussed in detail.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10261975/Nanoscalenonvolatilecomplementary low Schottky barrierbidirectionalRFET
spellingShingle Liu Xi
Ya Wang
Meile Wu
Lin Qi
Mengmeng Li
Shouqiang Zhang
Xiaoshi Jin
A Complementary Low Schottky Barrier Nonvolatile Bidirectional Reconfigurable Field Effect Transistor Based on Dual Metal Silicide S/D Contacts
IEEE Access
Nanoscale
nonvolatile
complementary low Schottky barrier
bidirectional
RFET
title A Complementary Low Schottky Barrier Nonvolatile Bidirectional Reconfigurable Field Effect Transistor Based on Dual Metal Silicide S/D Contacts
title_full A Complementary Low Schottky Barrier Nonvolatile Bidirectional Reconfigurable Field Effect Transistor Based on Dual Metal Silicide S/D Contacts
title_fullStr A Complementary Low Schottky Barrier Nonvolatile Bidirectional Reconfigurable Field Effect Transistor Based on Dual Metal Silicide S/D Contacts
title_full_unstemmed A Complementary Low Schottky Barrier Nonvolatile Bidirectional Reconfigurable Field Effect Transistor Based on Dual Metal Silicide S/D Contacts
title_short A Complementary Low Schottky Barrier Nonvolatile Bidirectional Reconfigurable Field Effect Transistor Based on Dual Metal Silicide S/D Contacts
title_sort complementary low schottky barrier nonvolatile bidirectional reconfigurable field effect transistor based on dual metal silicide s d contacts
topic Nanoscale
nonvolatile
complementary low Schottky barrier
bidirectional
RFET
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10261975/
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