Characterizing the electrical properties of raised S/D junctionless thin-film transistors with a dual-gate structure

Nanoscale Res Lett. 2014 Dec;9(1):2494. doi: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-669. Epub 2014 Dec 11.

Abstract

This letter demonstrates a p-type raised source-and-drain (raised S/D) junctionless thin-film transistors (JL-TFTs) with a dual-gate structure. The raised S/D structure provides a high saturation current (>1 μA/μm). The subthreshold swing (SS) is 100 mV/decade and the drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL) is 0.8 mV/V, and the I on/I off current ratio is over 10(8) A/A for L g = 1 μm. Using a thin channel structure obtains excellent performance in the raised S/D structure. Besides the basic electrical characteristics, the dual-gate structure can also be used to adjust V th in multi-V th circuit designs. This study examines the feasibility of using JL-TFTs in future three-dimensional (3D) layer-to-layer stacked high-density device applications.