Song Seung Min, Bong Jae Hoon, Hwang Wan Sik, Cho Byung Jin
Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, 305-338 Korea.
Department of Materials Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, Goyang, 412-791, Korea.
Sci Rep. 2016 May 4;6:25392. doi: 10.1038/srep25392.
Graphene devices for radio frequency (RF) applications are of great interest due to their excellent carrier mobility and saturation velocity. However, the insufficient current saturation in graphene field effect transistors (FETs) is a barrier preventing enhancements of the maximum oscillation frequency and voltage gain, both of which should be improved for RF transistors. Achieving a high output resistance is therefore a crucial step for graphene to be utilized in RF applications. In the present study, we report high output resistances and voltage gains in graphene-on-silicon (GoS) FETs. This is achieved by utilizing bare silicon as a supporting substrate without an insulating layer under the graphene. The GoSFETs exhibit a maximum output resistance of 2.5 MΩ∙μm, maximum intrinsic voltage gain of 28 dB, and maximum voltage gain of 9 dB. This method opens a new route to overcome the limitations of conventional graphene-on-insulator (GoI) FETs and subsequently brings graphene electronics closer to practical usage.
用于射频(RF)应用的石墨烯器件因其出色的载流子迁移率和饱和速度而备受关注。然而,石墨烯场效应晶体管(FET)中电流饱和不足是阻碍最大振荡频率和电压增益提高的一个障碍,而对于射频晶体管来说,这两者都需要改进。因此,实现高输出电阻是石墨烯用于射频应用的关键一步。在本研究中,我们报告了硅基石墨烯(GoS)FET中的高输出电阻和电压增益。这是通过使用裸硅作为支撑衬底,且在石墨烯下方不设置绝缘层来实现的。GoS FET表现出2.5 MΩ∙μm的最大输出电阻、28 dB的最大本征电压增益以及9 dB的最大电压增益。这种方法开辟了一条新途径,以克服传统绝缘体上石墨烯(GoI)FET的局限性,并随后使石墨烯电子学更接近实际应用。