Open AccessOptimisation of pocket doped junctionless TFET and its application in digital inverter
Author(s) -
Devi Wangkheirakpam Vandana,
Bhowmick Brinda
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
micro and nano letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1750-0443
DOI - 10.1049/mnl.2018.5086
Subject(s) - inverter , transconductance , tunnel field effect transistor , transistor , optoelectronics , electrical engineering , materials science , voltage , capacitance , work function , quantum tunnelling , field effect transistor , subthreshold swing , physics , nanotechnology , engineering , electrode , quantum mechanics , layer (electronics)
In this work, a device called pocket doped junctionless tunnel field‐effect transistor (JL‐TFET) for digital inverter application is proposed. The operation of this device is subjected to junctionless technique and initially it has an N+–N+–N+ structure. This device utilises a SiGe N+ pocket at the source side and a dual gate namely, fixed gate and control gate. By keeping the fixed gate voltage below its flat band voltage and varying the control gate from 0 to V DD , the device is converted from the N+–N+–N+ structure to P–I–N structure and operates like a tunnel field‐effect transistor (TFET). The inclusion of N+ pocket gives an additional tunnelling path perpendicular to the gate‐oxide thickness. A brief examination of the proposed device has been done on the impacts of the work‐function variations of both the gate metals. A subthreshold swing of 43.6 mV/dec is obtained for fixed and control gate work‐function of 5 and 4.5 eV, respectively. The proposed device gives the drain current of 5.7 × 10 −4 A approximately twice that of conventional JL‐TFET. Further, an radio frequency analysis of the device is done for different parameters such as drain current ( I D ), total gate capacitance ( C gg ), transconductance ( g m ) and cut‐off frequency ( f T ) and the outcomes are compared with conventional JL‐TFET. The device is found to be suitable for high‐frequency application. Lastly, it is applied on inverter circuit and its voltage transfer characteristics are studied.