• 文献标题:   The Dependence of the High-Frequency Performance of Graphene Field-Effect Transistors on Channel Transport Properties
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ASAD M, BONMANN M, YANG XX, VOROBIEV A, JEPPSON K, BANSZERUS L, OTTO M, STAMPFER C, NEUMAIER D, STAKE J
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, logic gate, dielectric, transistor, silicon, frequency measurement, resistance, graphene, fieldeffect transistor, high frequency, transit frequency, maximum frequency of oscillation, microwave electronic, contact resistance, transconductance
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE JOURNAL OF THE ELECTRON DEVICES SOCIETY
  • ISSN:   2168-6734
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chalmers Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   3
  • DOI:   10.1109/JEDS.2020.2988630
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

This paper addresses the high-frequency performance limitations of graphene field-effect transistors (GFETs) caused by material imperfections. To understand these limitations, we performed a comprehensive study of the relationship between the quality of graphene and surrounding materials and the high-frequency performance of GFETs fabricated on a silicon chip. We measured the transit frequency (f T) and the maximum frequency of oscillation (f max) for a set of GFETs across the chip, and as a measure of the material quality, we chose low-field carrier mobility. The low-field mobility varied across the chip from 600 cm2/Vs to 2000 cm2/Vs, while the f T and f max frequencies varied from 20 GHz to 37 GHz. The relationship between these frequencies and the low-field mobility was observed experimentally and explained using a methodology based on a small-signal equivalent circuit model with parameters extracted from the drain resistance model and the charge-carrier velocity saturation model. Sensitivity analysis clarified the effects of equivalent-circuit parameters on the f T and f max frequencies. To improve the GFET high-frequency performance, the transconductance was the most critical parameter, which could be improved by increasing the charge-carrier saturation velocity by selecting adjacent dielectric materials with optical phonon energies higher than that of SiO2.