Design of high-performance and highly reliable nMOSFETs with embedded Si:C S/D extension stressor(Si:C S/D-E)

A Novel strained nMOSFET with embedded Si:C in S/D extension stressor (Si:C S/D-E) was presented. Comparing to the bulk device, it revealed good drive current ION (+27%), high I
_D,sat
current (+67%), enhanced channel mobility (+105%), at a lower effective substitutional carbon concentration (C%=1.1%), using the poly-gate 40 nm-node Si:C/eSiGe S/D CMOS technology. Moreover, PBTI effect was first observed in this device as a result of carbon impurity out-diffusion, which is of critically important for the design trade-off between performance and reliability.