Evaluation of NC-FinFET Based Subsystem-Level Logic Circuits

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This paper examines metal–ferroelectric–insulator–semiconductor negative-capacitance FinFET (NC-FinFET) based VLSI subsystem-level logic circuits. For the first time, with the aid of a short-channel NC-FinFET compact model, we confirm the functionality and evaluate the standby-power/switching-energy/delay performance of large logic circuits (e.g., dynamic 4-bit Manchester carry-chain adder and the formal hierarchical 32-bit carry-look-ahead adder) employing 14-nm ultra-low-power NC-FinFETs. Our study indicates that the inverse <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">V</i> <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">ds</sub> -dependence of threshold voltage ( <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">V</i> <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">T</sub> ), also known as the negative drain-induced barrier lowering, of negative-capacitance field-effect transistor is not only acceptable but also beneficial for the speed performance of both the static and pass-transistor logic (PTL) circuits, especially for the PTL at low <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">V</i> <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">DD</sub> .