Title
CNT-count Failure Characteristics of Carbon Nanotube FETs under Process Variations
Abstract
Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors (CNFET) are promising nano-scaled devices for implementing high performance, very dense and low power circuits. Chemical synthesis and lithography processes are exploited to fabricate CNFETs. Hence, in the presence of sub-wave length lithographic inaccuracies and chemical synthesis imperfections, CNT-count per CNFET deviates and may result in CNFET failure. In this paper, a parameterized model for CNT-count deviation under combined of lithographic and chemical imperfections is presented. The proposed CNT-count model takes advantage of a new CNT density metric which is easily and accurately extractable. We use the proposed model to quantify the impact of process variations on failure probability of CNFETs. Results indicate that the CNFET width variation plays a dominant role in defining the CNT-count failure of CNFETs in addition to CNT density variation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/DFT.2011.31
DFT
Keywords
Field
DocType
carbon nanotube field effect transistors,lithography,low-power electronics,probability,C,CNFET failure probability,CNT density metric,CNT-count deviation,CNT-count failure characteristics,CNT-count model,carbon nanotube field effect transistors,chemical imperfections,chemical synthesis,low power circuits,nanoscaled devices,subwave length lithographic inaccuracies,CNT-count,Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistor (CNFET),Defect Modeling,Failure,Variation
Field-effect transistor,Computer science,Electronic engineering,Lithography,Power circuits,Carbon nanotube,Low-power electronics
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1550-5774
1
0.37
References 
Authors
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Behnam Ghavami18518.98
Mohsen Raji24011.25
Hossein Pedram319032.47
Omid Naghshineh Arjmand410.37