• 文献标题:   Gigahertz Flexible Graphene Transistors for Microwave Integrated Circuits
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YEH CH, LAIN YW, CHIU YC, LIAO CH, MOYANO DR, HSU SSH, CHIU PW
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, radio frequency transistor, flexible electronic, low noise amplifier, frequency mixer
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Tsing Hua Univ
  • 被引频次:   52
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn5036087
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

Flexible integrated circuits with complex functionalities are the missing link for the active development of wearable electronic devices. Here, we report a scalable approach to fabricate self-aligned graphene microwave transistors for the implementation of flexible low-noise amplifiers and frequency mixers, two fundamental building blocks of a wireless communication receiver. A devised AlOx T-gate structure is used to achieve an appreciable increase of device transconductance and a commensurate reduction of the associated parasitic resistance, thus yielding a remarkable extrinsic cutoff frequency of 32 GHz and a maximum oscillation frequency of 20 GHz; in both cases the operation frequency is an order of magnitude higher than previously reported. The two frequencies work at 22 and 13 GHz even when subjected to a strain of 2.5%. The gigahertz microwave integrated circuits demonstrated here pave the way for applications which require high flexibility and radio frequency operations.