Influence of preamorphizatlon and recrystallization on indium doping profiles in silicon
The influence of preamorphization and solid-phase epitaxial regrowth on indium doping profile was discussed. Premorphised silicon significantly reduces channeling during indium ion implantation, producing a much more abrupt doping profile. It is suggested that during recrystallization by thermal annealing, indium segregates in front of the moving amorphous/crystalline interface, creating a clearly visible peak in the doping profile. It was also suggested that the indium segregation phenomenon get enhanced at lower temperatures. authors: R. Duffy, V.C. Venezia, A. Heringa, B.J. Pawlak, M.J.P. Hopstaken, Y. Tamminga, T. Dao, F. Roozeboom, C.C. Wang, C.H. Diaz, P.B. Griffin
Logic
Transistor Structure
TSMC CMOS logic technology relied on planar transistor structures until 2014, when FinFETs were introduced into production with our 16nm technology. The FinFET structure resolved a fundamental limitation of planar device scaling, namely the poor electrostatic control of the channel at short gate lengths. FinFETs also enabled a partial decoupling of the transistor density scaling from device effective width scaling, which is an important feature for attaining increased transistor current per unit footprint of transistors. These FinFET characteristics enabled significant reduction of the power supply voltage as compared to planar transistors. FinFET also presents new degrees of freedom for power performance optimization, which contributed to significant enhancements in energy efficiency from 16nm to our most recently introduced 5nm technology node.
TSMC research and development continues to explore next-generation structures such as stacked nanowires or stacked nanosheets in our quest for new heights in computing performance and energy efficiency for future technology nodes.
