Device-, Circuit-Block-level evaluation of CFET in a 4 track library
 
Device-, Circuit-Block-level evaluation of CFET in a 4 track library 
 
P. Schuddinck, O. Zografos, P. Weckx, P. Matagne, S. Sarkar, Y. Sherazi, R. Baert, D. Jang, D. Yakimets, A. Gupta, Bertrand Parvais, J. Ryckaert, D. Verkest, A. Mocuta
 
Abstract 

The structure of the complementary FET (CFET) with NMOS stacked on top of PMOS, inherently yields standard cells and SRAM cells with 25% smaller layout area, 25% higher pin density and 2x higher routing flexibility than FinFET with same overall active footprint. Moreover, our work, based on advanced modelling, demonstrates that 4 track CFET can match and even outperform 5 track FinFET; without the need to lower S/D contact resistivity down to 5e-10Ωcm2 or to elevate the channel stress up to 2GPa. All gains in power-performance-area at circuit-level are maintained at block-level, making 4 track CFET a suitable candidate for N3 N2 technologies. Keywords: CFET, scaling, S/D engineering, Pi-gate.