• 文献标题:   Graphene Negative Differential Resistance Circuit With Voltage-Tunable High Performance at Room Temperature
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SHARMA P, BERNARD LS, BAZIGOS A, MAGREZ A, IONESCU AM
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, negative differential resistance, field effect transistor, negative differential conductance
  • 出版物名称:   IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0741-3106 EI 1558-0563
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1109/LED.2015.2445858
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We propose, fabricate, and experimentally demonstrate a circuit based on graphene field-effect transistors (GFETs) showing enhanced negative differential resistance (NDR) characteristics at room temperature. The proposed graphene NDR (GNDR) circuit consists of three GFETs, which includes a two GFET inverter connected in a feedback loop with the main GFET in which the NDR is realized. Herein, a GNDR circuit is demonstrated using large-area chemical vapor deposition grown graphene and no doping step, which makes it compatible with silicon-based circuits. The circuit shows negative differential conductance (2.1 mS/mu m) that is almost an order of magnitude better than NDR based on 1-GFET. This conductance level is uniquely tunable (x2.3) with the supply voltage as well as with the back bias voltage. It also exhibits an improved peak-to-valley current ratio (2.2) and a wide voltage range (0.6 V) over which NDR is valid. In comparison with other NDR technologies, the GNDR has a very high peak-current-density of the order of 1 mA/mu m, which offers unique opportunities for designing circuits for applications requiring high current drive.