A novel scaling theory for fully depleted pi-gate (ПG) MOSFETs

A novel scaling theory for fully depleted pi-gate (ПG) MOSFETs is presented. The natural length for ПG MOSFET is obtained by solving the equation of equivalent number of gates (ENG), where the ENG of the ПG device monitored by the control factor η can be a linear combination of ENGs for both the triple-gate (TG) and quadruple-gate (QG) transistors. Numerical device simulation data for drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL) were compared to the model to validate the theory. Among the ПG devices with the same normalized gate extension depth (NGED=t
ex
/t
si
) in the buried oxide, one with the largest cross-section will show the worst immunity to DIBL effects due to the smallest ENG and largest natural length. For equivalent short-channel gate controlling capability, the ПG MOSFET with NGED =0.2 corresponding to the control factor of η=0.49 illustrates an improvement of up to 23% in the minimum effective channel length L
min
when compared to the double-gate (DG) MOSFET.