Self-aligned fabrication of 10 nm wide asymmetric trenches for Si/SiGe heterojunction tunneling field effect transistors using nanoimprint lithography, shadow evaporation, and etching

Chao Wang, Stephen Y. Chou

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Abstract

Fabrication of an asymmetric source/drain structure is important to heterojunction tunneling transistors but is extremely difficult to achieve reliably due to the stringent requirement of nanometer overlay alignment. Here the authors propose and demonstrate a simple self-aligned asymmetric nanotrench fabrication method, which has achieved a 10 nm wide (35 nm deep) trench in source region with an alignment accuracy better than 3 nm. The method is based on asymmetric shadow evaporation of the metal with the gate as a mask, creating an area uncovered by the metal only in the source but not in the drain, and a subsequent reactive ion etching with the evaporated metal as the etching mask. The accuracy of this method was found experimentally and theoretically to be within 5 nm.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2790-2794
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures
Volume27
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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