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Comparing SOI and bulk FinFETs : Performance, manufacturing variability, and cost
… both SOI and bulk FinFETs should be able to ..... performance, a bulk FinFET fabrication flow ..... dimensional (3D) FinFET device architecture ..... planar transistors, FinFETs offer improved channel ..... While SOI and bulk FinFETs can achieve comparable ..... fluctuations in the bulk FinFET will affect transistor …
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Imec: FinFET beat planar for bigger SRAMs
… arrays (>128-512KB), FinFETs "clearly outperform planar ..... lower, for undoped SOI FinFET ), and lower VCC min than planar. Undoped SOI FinFETs allow a 90% yield at 0 ..... higher voltages, imec says. FinFET SRAM cell. (Source: imec …
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Scaling-FinFets -Increase-fin-height-reduce-geometry-apply-strain
… concluded that SiGe/Si pMOS FinFETs outperform Si FinFETs (Fig. 2): SiGe/Si p- FinFET I dsat is 10% higher compared ..... Advantages of SiGe/Si FinFET pMOS. SOURCE: SEMATECH ..... trying to predict when FinFETs will be introduced, but …
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IMEC discloses finFET progress, but 32nm introduction still hazy
… Infineon and IMEC contend that finFETs likely will not be used in ..... the performance benefits of FinFETs have been recognized for many ..... have to be overcome to bring finFET technology to manufacturing ..... advances have reduced the gap for finFETs to become a manufacturing technology …
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SEMATECH: Planar CMOS, not finFETs , favored through 22nm
… half-pitch node, relegating FinFET device structures as an alternative ..... capabilities will be needed to realize FinFET technology "in the near future ..... presentations at IEDM discussed finFETs as well as on fin structures ..... Most chipmakers agree that FinFETs won't be used before the …
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Study compares SOI vs. bulk for finFETs
… insulator (SOI) and bulk finFETs , determining that cost ..... purposes equivalent," but finFETs are more challenging ..... Three-dimensional finFET designs -- which rely ..... effects. SOI used in finFET fabrication uses a buried ..... consortium noted -- bulk finFETs varied between 150 …
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IRPS 2013: NBTI worsens with FinFET scaling
… Technology” that shows that FinFETs have a similar total BTI ..... seems to be even in the finFET world, going from 32 seems ..... planar technology to 22nm finFET technology. The figure ..... technology in red and the 22nm finFET technology in blue. “You ..... challenging issues for finFETs .” 22nm BTI is comparable …
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Cadence and TSMC to collaborate on design infrastructure for 16nm FinFET process technology
… infrastructure for 16-nanometer FinFET technology , targeting advanced node ..... the design challenges specific to FinFETs -- from design analysis through signoff ..... technologies. Unlike a planar FET, the FinFET employs a vertical fin-like structure …
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Semiconductor metrology beyond 22nm: FinFET metrology
… Diagram of a basic unit cell of a FinFET , demonstrating twelve important ..... the increased complexity of FinFETs . While CD-SEM demonstrates ..... Scatterometry is useful for FinFET metrology, but greater parameter ..... measurement performance on FinFETs , including new technologies …
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Which-transistor-path-FinFET -tri-gate-FDSOI-Ge/III-V-bulk-CMOS
… his perspective on the various paths: FinFETS , tri-gates, fully-depleted SOI ..... leakage, notes Freeman. He observes that FinFET technology is the furthest along at this ..... 20nm planar technology -- rather than FinFETS . But so far, everyone has been noncommittal …
