The previous report (XI) gave the electrochemical-potential theory of the Bipolar Field-Effect Transistors. This report (XII) gives the drift-diffusion theory. Both treat 1-gate and 2-gate, pure-base and impure-ba...The previous report (XI) gave the electrochemical-potential theory of the Bipolar Field-Effect Transistors. This report (XII) gives the drift-diffusion theory. Both treat 1-gate and 2-gate, pure-base and impure-base, and thin and thick base. Both utilize the surface and bulk potentials as the parametric variables to couple the voltage and current equations. In the present drift-diffusion theory, the very many current terms are identified by their mobility multiplier for the components of drift current,and the diffusivity multiplier for the components of the diffusion current. Complete analytical driftdiffusion equations are presented to give the DC current-voltage characteristics of four common MOS transistor structures. The drift current consists of four terms: 1-D (One-Dimensional) bulk charge drift term, 1-D carrier space-charge drift term,l-D Ex^2 (transverse electric field) drift term,2-D drift term. The diffusion current consists of three terms: 1-D bulk charge diffusion term,l-D carrier space-charge diffusion term,and 2-D diffusion term. The 1-D Ex^2 drift term was missed by all the existing transistor theories, and contributes significantly, as much as 25 % of the total current when the base layer is nearly pure. The 2-D terms come from longitudinal gradient of the longitudinal electric field,which scales as the square of the Debye to Channel length ratio, at 25nm channel length with nearly pure base, (LD/L)^2 = 10^6 but with impurity concentration of 10^18cm^-3 , (LD/L)^2 = 10^-2 .展开更多
文摘The previous report (XI) gave the electrochemical-potential theory of the Bipolar Field-Effect Transistors. This report (XII) gives the drift-diffusion theory. Both treat 1-gate and 2-gate, pure-base and impure-base, and thin and thick base. Both utilize the surface and bulk potentials as the parametric variables to couple the voltage and current equations. In the present drift-diffusion theory, the very many current terms are identified by their mobility multiplier for the components of drift current,and the diffusivity multiplier for the components of the diffusion current. Complete analytical driftdiffusion equations are presented to give the DC current-voltage characteristics of four common MOS transistor structures. The drift current consists of four terms: 1-D (One-Dimensional) bulk charge drift term, 1-D carrier space-charge drift term,l-D Ex^2 (transverse electric field) drift term,2-D drift term. The diffusion current consists of three terms: 1-D bulk charge diffusion term,l-D carrier space-charge diffusion term,and 2-D diffusion term. The 1-D Ex^2 drift term was missed by all the existing transistor theories, and contributes significantly, as much as 25 % of the total current when the base layer is nearly pure. The 2-D terms come from longitudinal gradient of the longitudinal electric field,which scales as the square of the Debye to Channel length ratio, at 25nm channel length with nearly pure base, (LD/L)^2 = 10^6 but with impurity concentration of 10^18cm^-3 , (LD/L)^2 = 10^-2 .