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Tunnel field effect transistor and method for making thereof

A vertical tunneling field effect transistor (TFET) and method for forming a vertical TFET is disclosed. The vertical TFET comprises a vertical core region, a vertical source region, a vertical drain region and a gate structure. The vertical core region extends perpendicularly from a semiconductor substrate, has a top surface, consists of a doped outer part and a middle part. The vertical source region of semiconducting core material comprises the doped outer part of the vertical core region. The vertical drain region of semiconducting drain material comprises along its longitudinal direction a first drain part and a second drain part, the first drain part either directly surrounding said vertical source region or directly sandwiching said vertical source region between two sub-parts of said first drain part, the second drain part located directly above and in contact with the first drain part. The gate structure comprises a gate dielectric layer directly aside of the first drain part of the vertical drain region and a gate layer directly aside of the gate dielectric layer. The second drain part extends above the gate layer and gate dielectric layer. The vertical TFET further comprises a drain contact directly connected to a third drain part, the third drain part being an upper part of the second drain part of the vertical drain region. The vertical TFET further comprises a source contact electrically connected to the vertical source region. The vertical TFET further comprises a gate contact electrically connected to the gate layer.
Patent Publication Number: EP2808897
Year filing: 2021
Year approval: 2021
Year publication: 2021
Status: Assigned
Technology domains: Semiconductors
Validated for IOF-key: Yes
Attributed to: Associatie KULeuven