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2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P1 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU VLSI Lecture 0: Introduction Paul C.–P. Chao Dept. of Electrical Eng. National Chiao Tung University 02/24/2015

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P2 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Integrated circuits: many transistors on one chip. Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI): bucketloads! Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Fast, cheap, low power transistors Today: How to build your own simple CMOS chip CMOS transistors Building logic gates from transistors Transistor layout and fabrication Rest of the course: How to build a good CMOS chip Introduction

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P3 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Transistors are built on a silicon substrate Silicon is a Group IV material Forms crystal lattice with bonds to four neighbors Silicon Lattice

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P4 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Silicon is a semiconductor Pure silicon has no free carriers and conducts poorly Adding dopants increases the conductivity Group V: extra electron (n-type) Group III: missing electron, called hole (p-type) Dopants

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P5 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU A junction between p-type and n-type semiconductor forms a diode. Current flows only in one direction p-n Junctions

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P6 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Four terminals: gate, source, drain, body Gate – oxide – body stack looks like a capacitor Gate and body are conductors SiO 2 (oxide) is a very good insulator Called metal – oxide – semiconductor (MOS) capacitor Even though gate is no longer made of metal nMOS Transistor

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P7 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Body is usually tied to ground (0 V) When the gate is at a low voltage: P-type body is at low voltage Source-body and drain-body diodes are OFF No current flows, transistor is OFF nMOS Operation

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P8 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU When the gate is at a high voltage: Positive charge on gate of MOS capacitor Negative charge attracted to body Inverts a channel under gate to n-type Now current can flow through n-type silicon from source through channel to drain, transistor is ON nMOS Operation Cont.

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P9 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Similar, but doping and voltages reversed Body tied to high voltage (V DD ) Gate low: transistor ON Gate high: transistor OFF Bubble indicates inverted behavior pMOS Transistor

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P10 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU GND = 0 V In 1980’s, V DD = 5V V DD has decreased in modern processes High V DD would damage modern tiny transistors Lower V DD saves power V DD = 3.3, 2.5, 1.8, 1.5, 1.2, 1.0, … Power Supply Voltage

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P11 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU We can view MOS transistors as electrically controlled switches Voltage at gate controls path from source to drain Transistors as Switches

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P12 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU CMOS Inverter 0 AY OFF ON 1 OFF

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P13 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU CMOS NAND Gate ABY OFF ON 1 1 OFFONOFF ON 0 1 OFF ON OFF 1 0 ON OFF 0 0

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P14 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU CMOS NOR Gate ABY

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P15 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Y pulls low if ALL inputs are 1 Y pulls high if ANY input is 0 3-input NAND Gate

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P16 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU CMOS transistors are fabricated on silicon wafer Lithography process similar to printing press On each step, different materials are deposited or etched Easiest to understand by viewing both top and cross- section of wafer in a simplified manufacturing process CMOS Fabrication

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P17 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Typically use p-type substrate for nMOS transistors Requires n-well for body of pMOS transistors Inverter Cross-section

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P18 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Substrate must be tied to GND and n-well to V DD Metal to lightly-doped semiconductor forms poor connection called Shottky Diode Use heavily doped well and substrate contacts / taps Well and Substrate Taps

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P19 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Transistors and wires are defined by masks Cross-section taken along dashed line Inverter Mask Set

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P20 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Six masks n-well Polysilicon n+ diffusion p+ diffusion Contact Metal Detailed Mask Views

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P21 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Chips are built in huge factories called fabs Contain clean rooms as large as football fields Fabrication Courtesy of International Business Machines Corporation. Unauthorized use not permitted.

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P22 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Start with blank wafer Build inverter from the bottom up First step will be to form the n-well Cover wafer with protective layer of SiO 2 (oxide) Remove layer where n-well should be built Implant or diffuse n dopants into exposed wafer Strip off SiO 2 Fabrication Steps

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P23 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Grow SiO 2 on top of Si wafer 900 – 1200 C with H 2 O or O 2 in oxidation furnace Oxidation

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P24 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Spin on photoresist Photoresist is a light-sensitive organic polymer Softens where exposed to light Photoresist

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P25 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Expose photoresist through n-well mask Strip off exposed photoresist Lithography

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P26 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Etch oxide with hydrofluoric acid (HF) Seeps through skin and eats bone; nasty stuff!!! Only attacks oxide where resist has been exposed Etch

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P27 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Strip off remaining photoresist Use mixture of acids called piranah etch Necessary so resist doesn’t melt in next step Strip Photoresist

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P28 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU n-well is formed with diffusion or ion implantation Diffusion Place wafer in furnace with arsenic gas Heat until As atoms diffuse into exposed Si Ion Implanatation Blast wafer with beam of As ions Ions blocked by SiO 2, only enter exposed Si n-well

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P29 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Strip off the remaining oxide using HF Back to bare wafer with n-well Subsequent steps involve similar series of steps Strip Oxide

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P30 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Deposit very thin layer of gate oxide < 20 Å (6-7 atomic layers) Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) of silicon layer Place wafer in furnace with Silane gas (SiH 4 ) Forms many small crystals called polysilicon Heavily doped to be good conductor Polysilicon

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P31 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Use same lithography process to pattern polysilicon Polysilicon Patterning

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P32 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Use oxide and masking to expose where n+ dopants should be diffused or implanted N-diffusion forms nMOS source, drain, and n-well contact Self-Aligned Process

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P33 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Pattern oxide and form n+ regions Self-aligned process where gate blocks diffusion Polysilicon is better than metal for self-aligned gates because it doesn’t melt during later processing N-diffusion

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P34 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Historically dopants were diffused Usually ion implantation today But regions are still called diffusion N-diffusion cont.

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P35 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Strip off oxide to complete patterning step N-diffusion cont.

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P36 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Similar set of steps form p+ diffusion regions for pMOS source and drain and substrate contact P-Diffusion

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P37 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Now we need to wire together the devices Cover chip with thick field oxide Etch oxide where contact cuts are needed Contacts

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P38 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Sputter on aluminum over whole wafer Pattern to remove excess metal, leaving wires Metalization

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P39 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Chips are specified with set of masks Minimum dimensions of masks determine transistor size (and hence speed, cost, and power) Feature size f = distance between source and drain Set by minimum width of polysilicon Feature size improves 30% every 3 years or so Normalize for feature size when describing design rules Express rules in terms of = f/2 E.g. = 0.3  m in 0.6  m process Layout

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P40 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Conservative rules to get you started Simplified Design Rules

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P41 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Transistor dimensions specified as Width / Length Minimum size is 4 / 2  sometimes called 1 unit In f = 0.6  m process, this is 1.2  m wide, 0.6  m long Inverter Layout

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P42 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU MOS transistors are stacks of gate, oxide, silicon Act as electrically controlled switches Build logic gates out of switches Draw masks to specify layout of transistors Now you know everything necessary to start designing schematics and layout for a simple chip! Summary

2007/11/20 Paul C.-P. Chao Optoelectronic System and Control Lab., EE, NCTU P43 Copyright 2015 by Paul Chao, NCTU Lecture notes © 2010 David Money Harris These notes may be used and modified for educational and/or non-commercial purposes so long as the source is attributed. About these Notes