50 nm Silicon-On-Insulator N-MOSFET Featuring Multiple Stressors: Silicon-Carbon Source/Drain Regions and Tensile Stress Silicon Nitride Liner

A novel n-channel strained SOI transistor featuring silicon-carbon (SiC) source/drain (S/D) regions and tensile stress silicon nitride (SiN) liner is demonstrated for the first time. Drive current I
_Dsat
enhancement contributed by the dual stressors is found to be additive and a significant increase in I
_Dsat
of 55% is observed at a gate length L
_G
of 50 nm. In addition, we report the dependence of drive current on channel orientation, with highest I
_Dsat
observed for strained n-MOSFETs with the |010| channel direction. A study of the carrier transport characteristics indicate reduced channel back-scattering and enhanced carrier injection velocity due to the strain effects