Abstract
-The electrical properties of surface- and buriedchannel p-MOSFET's containing strained GeSi heterostructures synthesized by high-dose Ge implantation and solid phase epitaxial growth have been investigated. Compared with Si control devices on the same chips, GeSi transistors exhibited improved performance: the channel hole mobility and linear transconductance was up to 18% higher for surface-channel GeSi transistors, and up to 12% higher for buried-channel GeSi p-MOSFET's, than for equivalent Si devices. Ion-beam synthesis of GeSi strained layers therefore offers an attractive means for realising improved device performance in conventional Si device structures.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 97-103 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1996 |