• 文献标题:   SymFET: A Proposed Symmetric Graphene Tunneling Field-Effect Transistor
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHAO P, FEENSTRA RM, GU G, JENA D
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, resonant tunneling device, tunneling, vertical fet
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES
  • ISSN:   0018-9383 EI 1557-9646
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Notre Dame
  • 被引频次:   81
  • DOI:   10.1109/TED.2013.2238238
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

In this paper, an analytical model for calculating the channel potential and current-voltage characteristics in a symmetric tunneling field-effect transistor (SymFET) is presented. The current in a SymFET flows by tunneling from an n-type graphene layer to a p-type graphene layer. A large current peak occurs when the Dirac points are aligned at a particular drain-to-source bias V-DS. Our model shows that the current of the SymFET is very weakly dependent on temperature. The resonant current peak is controlled by chemical doping and applied gate bias. The on/off ratio increases with graphene coherence length and doping. The symmetric resonant peak is a good candidate for high-speed analog applications and can enable digital logic similar to the BiSFET. Our analytical model also offers the benefit of permitting simple analysis of features such as the full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) of the resonant peak and higher order harmonics of the nonlinear current. The SymFET takes advantage of the perfect symmetry of the band structure of 2-D graphene, a feature that is not present in conventional semiconductors.