Reliability of CNTFET and NW-FET Devices

Abstract

The scaling of devices is a fundamental step for advancing technology in the semiconductor industry. The device scaling allows extra components as well as devices on a single chip, which provides large functionality and application for each integrated circuit (IC). The ultimate goal of device scaling is to make each IC smaller, faster, cheaper, and consumes low power. In today's nanoscale technology, the scaling has been continued and follows Moore's law in the initial phase of fabrication and also shows an exponential growth in ICs. The silicon-based semiconductor industry has reached its scaling limits due to tunneling and quantum-mechanical effects in deep nanometer level. The physics of such devices is not going to continue and hold true. This makes nanoelectronics the leading future of the semiconductor industry. The carbon nanotubes and nanowires are the most promising candidates to make illustrated devices.