Title
Impact of III–V and Ge Devices on Circuit Performance
Abstract
III–V and germanium (Ge) field-effect transistors (FETs) have been studied as candidates for post Si CMOS. In this paper, the performance of various digital blocks and static random access memory (SRAM) with different combinations of Si, III–V and Ge devices are studied. SPICE-compatible III–V n-channel FET (nFET) and Ge p-channel FET (pFET) models are developed for the analysis. The delay and energy of the different combinations are estimated and compared. In typical digital design, the driving capability of the nFET and pFET should be matched for optimum noise margin and performance. The combination of III–V nFET with low input capacitance and Ge pFET achieves the best energy-delay performance for many digital logic circuits. The read margin of SRAM is maximized with a Si pass-gate, and an inverter of III–V nFET and Ge pFET.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/TVLSI.2012.2210450
IEEE Trans. VLSI Syst.
Keywords
Field
DocType
germanium,field-programmable gate array (fpga),logic circuits,iii-v semiconductors,p-channel fet,germanium field-effect transistor,iii–v,iii-v nfet,si,random-access storage,iii-v device,post silicon cmos,ge,static random access memory,germanium (ge),digital block,adder,silicon,digital logic circuit,field effect transistors,sram,spice,iii-v n-channel fet,pfet,invertors,circuit performance,cmos memory circuits,inverter,optimum noise margin,logic gates,noise,capacitance
Inverter,Logic gate,Capacitance,Field-effect transistor,Computer science,Electronic engineering,Static random-access memory,CMOS,Noise margin,Transistor,Electrical engineering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
21
7
1063-8210
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
6
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jeongha Park100.68
Saeroonter Oh200.68
Soyoung Kim316822.15
H.-S. Philip Wong4645106.40
S. Simon Wong533240.81