Sandwich double gate vertical tunneling field-effect transistor

Abstract

In this work, a sandwich vertical tunnel field effect transistor (SDG-VTFET) is presented and studied. Since the dominant carrier tunneling of SDG-VFET occurs in a direction that is in line with the gate field, high ON-state current and steep subthreshold slope are observed. Comparisons between SDG-VFET and double gate tunnel field effect transistor are made to clarify advantages of SDG-VTFET. The simulation results of our work show that SDG-VTFET has stronger gate control, steeper subthreshold slope and higher ON-state current. The device plays a promising candidate for future low power circuit applications.