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A Comparison of Quantum-Mechanical Capacitance-Voltage Simulators

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Author(s)

Curt A. Richter, Allen R. Hefner Jr., Eric M. Vogel

Abstract

We have systematically compared the results of an extensive ensemble of the most advanced available quantum-mechanical capacitance-voltage simulation and analysis packages for a range of metal-oxide-semiconductor device parameters. While all have similar trends accounting for polysilicon depletion and quantum-mechanical confinement, quantitatively, there is difference of up to 20% in the calculated accumulation capacitance for devices with ultra-thin gate dielectrics. This discrepancy leads to large inaccuracies in the values of dielectric thickness extracted from capacitance measurements and illustrates the importance of consistency during capacitance-voltage analysis and the need to fully report how such analysis is done.
Citation
IEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume
22
Issue
1

Keywords

capacitance, effective, oxide thickness, gate dielectric, MOS devices, polysilicon depletion, inversion quantization

Citation

Richter, C. , Hefner Jr., A. and Vogel, E. (2001), A Comparison of Quantum-Mechanical Capacitance-Voltage Simulators, IEEE Electron Device Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=16 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created December 31, 2000, Updated October 12, 2021