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Electrical Engineering 2. Lecture 13. Microelectronics 2. Dr. Peter Ewen. (Room G08, SMC; email - pjse). The Abrupt Junction. Diffusion. Implantation. Abrupt junction model. N A. Dopant concentration N A or N D. Dopant concentration N A or N D. p n. p n. x j.
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Electrical Engineering 2 Lecture 13 Microelectronics 2 Dr. Peter Ewen (Room G08, SMC; email - pjse)
The Abrupt Junction Diffusion Implantation Abrupt junction model NA Dopant concentration NA or ND Dopant concentration NA or ND p n p n xj xj ND ND Depth into wafer, x Depth into wafer, x ABRUPT JUNCTION LINEARLY-GRADED JUNCTION
junction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - - + + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + n-type p-type + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - -ve +ve The charges in the depletion region are those on the carriers and on the charged impurity ions fixed in the lattice. E depletion region Taking the sign of the charges into account: c = e(p – n + ND – NA) dE e dx = (p – n + ND – NA) For simplicity take n = 0 & p = 0 – the depletion approximation
Depletion region - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - - + + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - + - n-type p-type lp x=0 ln junction Charge density variation through a pn junction Charge density, c eND 0 Distance, x -eNA Fig. 76.2
To find the Electric Field For the p-type side we have: Poisson’s equation on p-type side Since NA is constant (abrupt junction) Since E = 0 outside the depletion region, i.e. at x Ip Similarly, for the n-type side:
To find the Potential The electric field, E, is defined by: For the p-type side we have: If we take the zero of potential to be at x = 0 then C' = 0.
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MOS Transistor – Basic Structure Gate Source Drain n-channel device +Vg Metal Oxide Semiconductor SiO2 n+ n+ Channel p-type substrate Fig. 80
LECTURE 13 • Operation of the MOS transistor – gate-controlled surface effects • MOS fabrication – enhancement and depletion devices • MOS Pinch-off
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - + + + + + + + Gate-Controlled Surface effects drain SiO2 n+ metal gate n-channel device (enhancement) Fig. 81 p-type substrate holes source n+ acceptor ions electrons −ve voltage on gate +ve voltage on gate Charge QG Channel forms when the +ve voltage on the gate is greater than VT (threshold voltage) QA (A ≡ Accumulation) QA = -QG Distance (D ≡ Depletion) QD = -QG QD “Inversion” occurs QC + QC QG (C ≡ Channel)
drain Gate-Controlled Surface effects SiO2 p+ metal gate p-channel device n-type substrate Fig. 82 source p+ -ve voltage on gate with magnitude greater than VT Charge QC QD Distance QG
MOS Threshold Voltage • An n-channel polysilicon gate MOS transistor has the following features: • oxide thickness tox = 0.1 m • channel width W = 18 m • channel length L = 6 m • substrate doping NA = 5x1022 m-3 • oxide relative permittivity ox = 4 • EF − EV for substrate = 0.175 eV • Eg = 1.1 eV for Si • Determine the gate capacitance, Cg. • If the depth of the depletion region at VG = VT is • 0.14 m, how much of VT goes to creating QD?
oxide thickness tox= 0.1 m • channel width W = 18 m • channel length L = 6 m • substrate doping NA= 5x1022 m-3 • oxide relative permittivity ox = 4 • EF − EV for substrate = 0.175 eV • Eg = 1.1 eV for Si 1. MOS threshold voltage • Determine the gate capacitance, Cg. L SiO2 SiO2 SiO2 W Gate conductor (metal) insulator (oxide) conductor (silicon) Drain Drain Drain Source Source Source n+ n+ n+ n+ n+ n+ tox
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ • oxide thickness tox= 0.1 m • channel width W = 18 m • channel length L = 6 m • substrate doping NA= 5x1022 m-3 • oxide relative permittivity ox = 4 • EF − EV for substrate = 0.175 eV • Eg = 1.1 eV for Si Gate region of n-channel MOS (b) If the depth of the depletion region at VG= VT is 0.14 m, how much of VT goes to creating QD? VT +ve Gate SiO2 inversion layer of electrons _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ depletion region ionised acceptor atoms p-type substrate
The part of VT that goes into creating the depletion charge QD is therefore _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ depth of depletion region – 0.14 m • oxide thickness tox= 0.1 m • channel width W = 18 m • channel length L = 6 m • substrate doping NA= 5x1022 m-3 • oxide relative permittivity ox = 4 • EF − EV for substrate = 0.175 eV • Eg = 1.1 eV for Si Gate region of n-channel MOS VT +ve Gate SiO2 _ Depth _ _ _ W L p-type substrate
n-channel C.B. EC EF EV 0.175eV 1.1eV V.B. n-channel C.B. EC EV 1.1eV V.B. For effective inversion EF must be 0.175eV below EC in the n-type channel, i.e. the band diagram must move down by: (1.1 – 20.175)eV = 0.75eV. (c) If effective inversion occurs when the channel is as n-type as the wafer is p-type, determine an approximate value for VT. p-type substrate C.B. EC EF EV (1.1 – 20.175)eV = 0.75eV 1.1eV 0.175eV V.B.
MOS Fabrication Fig. 83 n-channel enhancement device donor diffusion Polysilicon Gate polycrystalline Si (“polysilicon”) Source Drain Al Al SiO2 n+ n+ “self-aligned” gate n+→ “+” indicates heavy doping p-type substrate (wafer) NA~ 1020 m-3
Gate Contact Gate contact made here n-channel device Source Drain SiO2 n+ n+ Fig. 84
MOS Fabrication n-channel depletion device Polysilicon Gate Source Drain Al Al SiO2 n+ n+ Implanted channel p-type substrate (wafer) NA~ 1020 m-3
n-channel enhancement device n-channel depletion device Polysilicon Gate Polysilicon Gate Source Drain Source Drain Al Al Al Al n+ n+ n+ n+ Implanted channel IDS IDS 0 VT VGS VT VGS 0 • Same considerations apply to p-channel devices.
MOS Pinch-off Fig. 85 n-channel enhancement device +8V +7V +7.5V 0V VT = 1 V gate source drain SiO2 -eE→ n+ n+ inversion layer depletion region p-type substrate Vox≥ VT everywhere between source and drain. Vox drops below VT at drain end – channel becomes interrupted or “pinched off”
Condition for pinch-off Fig. 86 n-channel enhancement device +8V +7V 7.5V gate 0V VT = 1 V VGS VGD source drain SiO2 n+ n+ VDS Vox is smallest at the drain end of the gate, hence pinch-off first occurs when VGD = VT G VGD VGD= VT VGS – VDS = VT VDS= VGS – VT D VGS VDS S Pinch-off first appears when: VDS= VGS – VT
Condition for pinch-off – all devices n-channel device p-channel device The channel will be pinched-off if the voltage difference across the oxide layer at the drain end of the channel (i.e. VGD) is less than VT The channel will be pinched-off if the voltage difference across the oxide layer at the drain end of the channel (i.e. VGD) is greater than VT gate gate drain drain VGD VGD VT +ve VT -ve n+ n+ n+ n+ VGD= VGS – VDS G • VGD > VT • VGS – VDS > VT VDS < VGS – VT • VGD < VT • VGS – VDS < VT VDS > VGS – VT D VGS VDS S
Conditions for pinch-off – all devices The channel will be pinched-off if: n-channel enhancement device VDS > VGS – VT n-channel depletion device p-channel enhancement device VDS < VGS – VT p-channel depletion device
gate source drain n+ n+ gate source drain n+ n+ ID VDS>VGS-VT VDS=VGS-VT VDS Effect of pinch-off on the current through the device
2. Pinch-off The terminal voltages for an n-channel enhancement MOS transistor with VT = 1V are given below. Is the channel pinched off? VG = 5V VD = 4.5V VS = 3V
To see if the channel is pinched off we need to compareVDS with VGS – VT . Device is n-channel so if VDS > VGS – VT the channel is pinched off VDS < VGS – VT the channel is not pinched off VDS is the voltage on the drain with respect to the source: VDS = VD – VS = 4.5 – 3 = 1.5V VGS is the voltage on the gate with respect to the source: VGS = VG – VS = 5 – 3 = 2V VGS – VT = 1, hence VDS > VGS – VT and so the channel is pinched off. +5V +7V 4.5V 3V VT = 1 V VGS gate source drain n+ n+ VDS
Summary SiO2 n+ metal n-channel device (enhancement) gate p-type substrate • MOS OPERATION • n-channel device: • VG≤ 0 – no conduction between source and drain • possible because one of the two pn junctions • around source and drain is reverse biased. • 0 < VG< VT – mobile holes repelled from surface below gate. (VT is the Threshold Voltage.) • VG > VT – electrons attracted to surface below gate, surface inverted to become n-type, conduction between source and drain. source n+
MOS FABRICATION n-channel device: • Lightly-doped p-type wafer • Grow thin SiO2 layer for gate insulation • Deposit polycrystalline silicon for gate electrode • Diffuse/implant n-type dopant for source and drain (n+) • Make metal contacts – (gate contact offset)
ENHANCEMENT AND DEPLETION MOSFET’s • Enhancement device – no channel between source and drain for VGS = 0 • Depletion device – channel deliberately created between source and drain during fabrication. • Hence there are 4 MOSFET types: • n-channel enhancement • n-channel depletion • p-channel enhancement • p-channel depletion
ID VDS>VGS-VT VDS=VGS-VT VDS • MOS PINCH-OFF • Channel between source and drain becomes pinched off (i.e. interrupted) when: • VDS≥ VGS – VT