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Self-aligned graphene field-effect transistors on SiC (0001) substrates with self-oxidized gate dielectric

Jia Li1, Cui Yu1, Li Wang2, Qingbin Liu1, Zezhao He1, Shujun Cai1 and Zhihong Feng1,

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 Corresponding author: Feng Zhihong, Email:ga917vv@163.com

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Abstract: A scalable self-aligned approach is employed to fabricate monolayer graphene field-effect transistors on semi-insulated 4H-SiC (0001) substrates. The self-aligned process minimized access resistance and parasitic capacitance. Self-oxidized Al2O3, formed by deposition of 2 nm Al followed by exposure in air to be oxidized, is used as gate dielectric and shows excellent insulation. An intrinsic cutoff frequency of 34 GHz and maximum oscillation frequency of 36.4 GHz are realized for the monolayer graphene field-effect transistor with a gate length of 0.2 μm. These studies show a pathway to fabricate graphene transistors for future applications in ultra-high frequency circuits.

Key words: grapheme, self-aligned, transistors



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Fig. 1.  (Color online) Schematic illustration of self-aligned graphene transistor process flow. (a) Monolayer graphene on Si-face 4H-SiC. (b) T-gates were patterned using e-beam lithography, with trilayer electron beam resist. (C) Two nm Al was deposited and exposed in air to form Al2O3 dielectric. (d) T-gate stack was deposited. (e) After lift-off, T-gate stands on graphene. (f) The self-aligned source and drain were created by depositing 20 nm Au metal.

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Fig. 2.  (a) AFM image of epitaxial graphene grown on SiC, showing the terrace structure. (b) Representative Raman spectra of the epitaxial graphene. The Raman signal of epitaxial graphene was obtained by subtracting the signal of bare SiC. (c) Lorentzian fits of 2D peak.

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Fig. 3.  (a) AFM image of the self-oxidized Al2O3 dielectric. (b) Gate leakage current of the graphene transistor.

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Fig. 4.  DC characteristics of the self-aligned graphene transistor with 200 nm gate length. (a) Ids-Vds output characteristics of the device at various gate voltages. (b) The transfer characteristic of the device at different drain voltages. (c) The extracted transconductance, Gm = dIds/dVgs, for the device with different Vds.

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Fig. 5.  (Color online) Current and power gains versus frequency for an Lch = 200 nm device. (a) Current gain $\vert H_{21}\vert $ before (fT = 15.9 GHz) and after de-embedding (fT = 34 GHz). (b) Maximum available gain (MAG) before (fmax = 20 GHz) and after de-embedding (fmax = 36.4 GHz).

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[2]
Booth T J, Blake P, Nair R R, et al. Macroscopic graphene membranes and their extraordinary stiffness. Nano Lett, 2008, 8(8): 2442 doi: 10.1021/nl801412y
[3]
Cheng R, Bai J W, Liao L, et al. High-frequency self-aligned graphene transistors with transferred gate stacks. PNAS, 2012, 109(29): 11588 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1205696109
[4]
Liao L, Lin Y C, Bao M Q, et al. High-speed graphene transistors with a self-aligned nanowire gate. Nature, 2010, 467: 305 doi: 10.1038/nature09405
[5]
Badmaev A, Che Y C, Li Z, et al. Self-aligned fabrication of graphene RF transistors with T-shaped gate. ACS Nano, 2012, 4: 3371 https://scholars.opb.msu.edu/en/publications/self-aligned-fabrication-of-graphene-rf-transistors-with-t-shaped-2
[6]
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[8]
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[9]
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[10]
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[11]
Lin Y M, Dimitrakopoulos C, Jenkins K A, et al. 100-GHz Transistors from wafer-scale epitaxial graphene. Science, 2010, 327: 662 doi: 10.1126/science.1184289
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Fiori G, Iannaccone G. Insights on radio frequency bilayer graphene FETs. IEDM, 2012: 17. 3. 1
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Badmaev A, Che Y, Li Z, et al. Self-aligned fabrication of graphene RF transistors with T-shaped gate. Acs Nano, 2012, 6: 3371 doi: 10.1021/nn300393c
[18]
Kim K, Choi J Y, Kim T, et al. A role for graphene in silicon-based semiconductor devices. Nature, 2011, 479: 338 doi: 10.1038/nature10680

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      Self-aligned graphene field-effect transistors on SiC (0001) substrates with self-oxidized gate dielectric

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        National Key Laboratory of ASIC, Hebei Semiconductor Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050051, China

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        Information Center of Science and Technology, Beijing 100040, China

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      the National Natural Science Foundation of China 61306006

      Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61306006)

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      • Corresponding author: Feng Zhihong, Email:ga917vv@163.com
      • Received Date: 2013-11-05
      • Revised Date: 2013-12-19
      • Published Date: 2014-07-01

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