A 32nm gate-first high-k/metal-gate technology is demonstrated with the strongest performance reported to date to the best of our knowledge. Drive currents of 1340/940 μA/μm (n/p) are achieved at I off =100 nA/μm, V dd =1V, 30nm physical gate length and 130nm gate pitch. This technology also provides a high-Vt solution for high-performance low-power applications with its high drive currents of 1020/700 μA/μm (n/p) at total I off ~1 nA/μm @ V dd = 1V.Low sub-threshold leakage was achieved while successfully containing I boff and I goff well below 1nA/um. Ultra high density 0.15 um 2 SRAM cell is fabricated by high NA 193nm immersion lithography. Functional 2Mb SRAM test-chip in 32nm design rule has been demonstrated with a controllable manufacturing window.
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