Local Variation-Aware Transistor Design through Comprehensive Analysis of Various Vdd/Temperatures using Sub-7nm Advanced FinFET Technology

In this paper, key contributors to local variability of sub-7nm FinFET has been identified in various operating environments. Through a comprehensive analysis, different root-cause for high and low temperature region have been revealed and confirmed by advanced Si wafer for the first time. Moreover, a local variation-aware transistor was successfully demonstrated to reduce σV_min distribution by 0.5x and 0.3x at cold temperature.