接触工程可重新配置的二维Schottky结场效应晶体管,具有低泄漏电流
Yaoqiang Zhou1, Lei Tong1, Zefeng Chen2
1Department of Electronic Engineering and Materials Science and Technology Research Center, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
Nature communications
|July 17, 2023
概括
研究人员使用二维 (2D) 材料开发了一种可重新配置的Schottky结场效应晶体管 (SJFET). 这种新型设备提供可切换的极性,高开/关比,低功耗的集成电路.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 凝聚物质物理学 凝聚物质物理学
- 纳米电子学纳米电子学
背景情况:
- 二维 (2D) 材料对低功耗集成电路具有前景.
- 现有的二维晶体管经常因双极运输而遭受高泄漏电流和低开/关比.
- 需要具有改进性能特征的可重新配置设备.
研究的目的:
- 实现可重新配置的Schottky结场效应晶体管 (SJFET) 具有可切换的极性.
- 在2D晶体管中实现高开/关比和抑制泄漏电流.
- 探索低功率光伏逻辑电路中的应用.
主要方法:
- 使用不对称的范德瓦尔斯接触几何学的SJFET的制造.
- 电气传输性能的表征,包括开/关比和泄漏电流.
- 调整行为和光伏性能的调查.
主要成果:
- 证明了一个可重新配置的SJFET,具有平衡和可切换的n和p单极性.
- 实现了超过10^6的Ids开/关比,静态泄漏功率被抑制到10^-5nW.
- 观测到可逆的舒特基校正,理想系数为~1.0和可调整的校正比率.
- 展示了可重新配置的光伏性能,具有开关开路电压和光响应性标志.
结论:
- 可逆极性SJFET为克服传统2D晶体管的局限性提供了一个可行的解决方案.
- 该设备可实现可重新配置的逻辑功能,并显著降低功耗.
- 为开发用于节能应用的先进二维电子设备铺平了道路.
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