Abstract
Low-frequency noise has been studied in compressively strained Si 0.8Ge0.2 core-shell nanowire (NW) p-channel transistors compared with unstrained NWs. The noise has been well interpreted using the carrier number with correlated mobility fluctuation model. The volume trap density, Nt, lies in the range of 2.9× 1018 -4.3× 1019 cm-3 eV-1, which is similar to standard high- k planar devices. The impact of Coulomb and surface roughness scatterings is more significant in unstrained SiGe NWs. This result can be explained by the better carrier confinement at the central region of SiGe NWs due to the additional band offset in the compressively strained NWs.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 073505 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 97 |
Issue number | 7 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Aug 16 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was performed as part of the RTRA Core project and supported by region Rhône-Alpes, NRF (Grant No. 2009-0083380), and WCU R322009000100820 (Grant No. 20090082826).
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)