A trapezoidal cross-section stacked gate FinFET with gate extension for improved gate control

An improved trapezoidal pile gate bulk FinFET device is implemented with an extension in the gate for enhancing the performance. The novelty in the design is trapezoidal cross-section FinFET with stacked metal gate along with extension on both sides. Such improved device structure with additional process cost exhibits significant enhancement in the performance metrics specially in terms of leakage current behavior. The simulation study proves the suitability of the device for low power applications with improved on/off current ratio, subthreshold swing (SS), drain induced barrier lowering (DIBL), Gate Induced Drain Leakage (GIDL) uniform distribution of electron charge density along the channel and effects of Augur recombination within the channel. © 2018 The Science and Information (SAI) Organization Limited.