• 文献标题:   Self-Aligned Fabrication of Graphene RF Transistors with T-Shaped Gate
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BADMAEV A, CHE YC, LI Z, WANG C, ZHOU CW
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, transistor, selfaligned fabrication, tshaped gate, mushroom gate
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ So Calif
  • 被引频次:   53
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn300393c
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Exceptional electronic properties of graphene make it a promising candidate as a material for next generation electronics; however, self-aligned fabrication of graphene transistors has not been fully explored. In this paper, we present a scalable method for fabrication of self-aligned graphene transistors by defining a T-shaped gate on top of graphene, followed by self-aligned source and drain formation by depositing Pd with the T-gate as a shadow mask. This transistor design provides significant advantages such as elimination of misalignment, reduction of access resistance by minimizing ungated graphene, and reduced gate charging resistance. To achieve high-yield scalable fabrication, we have combined the use of large-area graphene synthesis by chemical vapor deposition, wafer-scale transfer, and e-beam lithography to deposit T-shaped top gates. The fabricated transistors with channel lengths in the range of 110-170 nm exhibited excellent performance with peak current density of 1.3 mA/mu m and peak transconductance of 0.5 mS/mu m, which is one of the highest transconductance values reported. In addition, the T-gate design enabled us to achieve graphene transistors with extrinsic current-gain cutoff frequency of 23 GHz and maximum oscillation frequency of 10 GHz. These results represent important steps toward self-aligned design of graphene transistors for various applications.