• 文献标题:   Single-crystalline graphene radio-frequency nanoswitches
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI P, CUI TH
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, mems, rf switch
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS MICROENGINEERING
  • ISSN:   0960-1317 EI 1361-6439
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tsinghua Univ
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1088/0960-1317/25/7/075022
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Growth of monolayer single-crystalline graphene (SCG) using the low-pressure chemical vapor deposition method is reported. Graphene's superb quality and single-crystalline nature were characterized and verified by Raman microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and carrier mobility measurement. Radio-frequency (RF) nanoelectromechanical switches based on coplanar waveguide double-clamped SCG membrane were achieved, and the superb properties of SCG enable the switches to operate at a pull-in voltage as low as 1 V, with switch time in the nanosecond regime. Owing to their single-crystalline nature, the switches' lifetime (> 5000 times) is much longer than that of polycrystalline graphene ones reported. The RF devices exhibit good isolation (-30 dB at 40 GHz (Ka band)), which can be further improved by SCG's conductivity variation due to actuation voltage.