Investigation of Coulomb scattering on sSi/Si0.5Ge0.5/sSOI quantum-well p-MOSFETs

sSi/Si_0.5Ge_0.5/sSOI quantum-well (QW) p-MOSFETs with HfO₂/TiN gate stack were fabricated and characterized. According to the low temperature experimental results, carrier mobility of the strained Si_0.5Ge_0.5 QW p-MOSFET was mainly governed by phonon scattering from 300 to 150 K and Coulomb scattering below 150 K, respectively. Coulomb scattering was intensified by the accumulated inversion charges in the Si cap layer of this Si/SiGe heterostructure, which led to a degradation of carrier mobility in the SiGe channel, especially at low temperature.