A SILICON GERMANIUM GRADED JUNCTIONLESS TRANSISTOR WITH LOW OFF CURRENT
Abstract
We propose a Ge/Si graded junctionless transistor (JLT) which helps to reduce the band-to-band tunneling current in off-state for highly doped double gate junctionless transistor (DGJLT). In this paper, we show that there is large band-to-band tunneling (BTBT) current in off-state of silicon-channel and germanium-channel DGJLT, which causes increase in the off-state leakage current by several orders. With the help of band-gap engineering, we found that by using Ge/Si graded channel DGJLT off-state band-to-band tunneling current can be reduced. It is also observed that there is large deviation in the off-state leakage current with variation of drain voltage for Si and Ge body DGJLT, which reduces device stability. It is found that in Ge/Si graded DGJLT variation off-state leakage current with drain voltage is controlled. In Si and Ge, DGJLT electrons from the valence band of the channel tunnel to the conduction band of drain leaves holes which causes increased hole concentration in the channel creating parasitic 'BJT'.
