• 文献标题:   An investigation of performance limits of conventional and tunneling graphene-based transistors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GRASSI R, GNUDI A, GNANI E, REGGIANI S, BACCARANI G
  • 作者关键词:   graphene nanoribbon, carbon electronic, nanoelectronic device, tunneling fet
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL ELECTRONICS
  • ISSN:   1569-8025
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Bologna
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1007/s10825-009-0282-2
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

In this paper we perform a simulation study on the limits of graphene-nanoribbon field-effect transistors (GNR-FETs) for post-CMOS digital applications. Both conventional and tunneling FET architectures are considered. Simulations of conventional narrow GNR-FETs confirm the high potential of these devices, but highlight at the same time OFF-state leakage problems due to various tunneling mechanisms, which become more severe as the width is made larger and require a careful device optimization. Such OFF-state problems are partially solved by the tunneling FETs, which allow subthreshold slopes better than 60 mV/dec, at the price of a reduced ON-current. The importance of a very good control on edge roughness is highlighted by means of a direct simulation of devices with non-ideal edges.