A FinFET with one atomic layer channel.

Chen, Mao-Lin; Sun, Xingdan; Liu, Hang; Wang, Hanwen; Zhu, Qianbing; Wang, Shasha; Du, Haifeng; Dong, Baojuan et al. · Nat Commun · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Since its invention in the 1960s, one of the most significant evolutions of metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors (MOS-FETs) would be the three dimensionalized version that makes the semiconducting channel vertically wrapped by conformal gate electrodes, also recognized as FinFET. During the past decades, the width of fin (W[Formula: see text]) in FinFETs has shrunk from about 150 nm to a few nanometers. However, W[Formula: see text] seems to have been levelling off in recent years, owing to the limitation of lithography precision. Here, we show that by adapting a template-growth method, different types of mono-layered two-dimensional crystals are isolated in a vertical manner. Based on this, FinFETs with one atomic layer fin are obtained, with on/off ratios reaching [Formula: see text]. Our findings push the FinFET to the sub 1 nm fin-width limit, and may shed light on the next generation nanoelectronics for higher integration and lower power consumption.