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IEDM 2011 Preview: Chipworks' must-see picks for IEDM
… abstract does not say whether it's gate - first or gate-last -- it should be ..... enhance scalability of the 28LP gate - first HKMG process. There are two invited ..... dual-channel (Si/SiGe) HKMG gate - first technology that we saw a version …
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Technical forecast: 22nm devices
… hot topic was whether manufacturing would move to metal gate first or metal gate last. Today, this is still a hot topic ..... acceptable yields. Essentially, we are at 28nm now and using gate first or metal gate last, but the industry will shift to a …
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Will 22nm need a mid-node?
… manufacturing would move to metal gate first or gate last. Today, this is still ..... Essentially, we are at 28nm now and using gate first or gate last, but the industry will ..... gate last approach, exclusively. Gate first is similar to silicon gate technology …
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Strained silicon and HKMG take the stage at 22nm
… HKMG) technology. However, gate - first high- k 22nm devices are still ..... k gate dielectrics fabbed with gate - first high-temperature anneals, the ..... implementation of metal gates for both gate - first and replacement-gate devices …
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The era of fully-depleted devices
… SOI transistors," IEDM Tech. Digest, paper 34.2 (2006). O. Webber et al., "Work Function engineering in gate - first technology for multi-Vt dual gate FDSOI CMOS on UTBOX," IEDM Tech. Digest, # 27.5 (2010). Q. Liu et al …
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Applied heats up RTP for 2Xnm with backside wafer heating
… 3xnm transistor structures, part of the debate between gate - first /gate-last high- k /metal gate (HKMG) has been ..... elaborate whether any customers are qualifying the Vulcan on gate - first at <28nm, when that HKMG inflection point is happening …
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Technology trends to watch
… basically when we entered the era of materials-enabled scaling in the device roadmaps," Steegen said. Noting that both gate - first and gate-last high-k metal gate integration schemes have been successfully used in manufacturing (the key difference …
