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Publication
SISPAD 2011
Conference paper
Exploring MOL design options for a 20nm CMOS technology using TCAD
Abstract
A mixed-mode simulation framework is presented to study the AC performance of a 20nm bulk CMOS technology with respect to various options for contact design at the middle-of-line design level. These simulations combine the predictive capabilities of a calibrated two-dimensional TCAD model for a MOSFET with three-dimensional simulations for the layout dependent parasitic capacitances to extract the characteristic parameters of a multi-stage ring-oscillator circuit, such as the ring delay, and the effective switching capacitance. Significant performance degradation is predicted comparing the simulation results for a conventional contact design versus a typical 20nm design considering raised source-drain and a contact bar. © 2011 IEEE.