28 nm FDSOI nMOSFET RF Figures of Merits and Parasitic Elements extraction at Cryogenic Temperature down to 77 K

Kazemi Esfeh, Babak;Kilchytska, Valeriya;Planes,N.;Haond, M.;Raskin, Jean-Pierre;et.al.
(2019) I E E E Journal of the Electron Devices Society — Vol. 7, p. 810816 (2019)

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  • Kazemi Esfeh, BabakUCLouvain
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  • Planes,N.ST, ST-Microelectronics, 850 rue J. Monnet, 38926 Crolles, France
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  • Haond, M.ST, ST-Microelectronics, 850 rue J. Monnet, 38926 Crolles, France
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Abstract
This work presents detailed RF characterization of 28 nm FDSOI nMOSFETs at cryogenic temperatures down to 77 K. Two main RF Figures of Merit (FoM), i.e. current gain cutoff frequency (fT) and maximum oscillation frequency (fmax), as well as elements of small-signal equivalent circuit are extracted from the measured S-parameters. Increases of fT and fmax by about 85 GHz and about 30 GHz, respectively, are demonstrated at 77 K. The observed behavior of RF FoMs versus temperature is discussed in terms of small-signal equivalent circuit elements, both intrinsic and extrinsic (parasitics). This study suggests 28 nm FDSOI as a good candidate for future cryogenic applications.
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Kazemi Esfeh, B., Kilchytska, V., Planes, N., Haond, M., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2019). 28 nm FDSOI nMOSFET RF Figures of Merits and Parasitic Elements extraction at Cryogenic Temperature down to 77 K. I E E E Journal of the Electron Devices Society, 7, 810816. https://doi.org/10.1109/JEDS.2019.2906724 (Original work published 2019)