シリコンベースの半導体装置におけるグラフェンの役割
Kinam Kim1, Jae-Young Choi, Taek Kim
1Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Samsung Electronics, Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do 446-712, South Korea. kn_kim@samsung.com
Nature
|November 19, 2011
まとめ
炭素ナノマテリアルであるグラフェンは,次世代の電子機器に高い電荷キャリアのモビリティを提供します. ゼロバンドギャップのような制限があるにもかかわらず,特に高速アプリケーションや光学モデュレータのために,シリコンベースのデバイスを向上させることができます.
科学分野:
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
- 凝縮物質物理学 凝縮物質物理学
- 電気工学 電気工学とは
背景:
- シリコンベースのエレクトロニクスは,性能と容量スケーリングの制限に直面しています.
- 炭素原子の単一層であるグラフェンは,特殊な電荷载体運動性を示しています.
- グラフェンのゼロバンドギャップは,従来の半導体アプリケーションに課題をもたらす.
研究 の 目的:
- 次世代の電子機器におけるグラフェンの可能性を調査する.
- グラフェンの高性能半導体用途の適性を評価する.
- グラフェンが既存のシリコン技術を拡張できる特定の分野を特定する.
主な方法:
- 充電キャリアの移動性と帯域構造を含むグラフェンの基本的な性質のレビュー.
- シリコンと比較したグラフェンの性能特性の分析.
- 電子回路におけるグラフェンの潜在的な統合戦略の調査.
主要な成果:
- グラフェンは,シリコンと比較して,電荷キャリアの移動性が優れていることを示しています.
- グラフェンのゼロバンドギャップは,オン/オフ電流比が悪い結果となり,シリコンの完全な代替品としての使用を制限します.
- グラフェンは,特定のアプリケーションにおけるシリコンベースのデバイスの強化に有望であることが示されています.
結論:
- グラフェンは,半導体技術の進歩のための有望な材料です.
- グラフェンは特に高速電子機器や光学調節器に適しています.
- ハイブリッドシリコン-グラフェンデバイスは,パフォーマンスの大幅な改善を提供することができます.
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