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Large signal operation of small band-gap carbon nanotube-based ambipolar transistor: a high-performance frequency doubler.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20677775     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A small band-gap carbon nanotube (SBG CNT) with a large diameter of 4 nm has been used to fabricate ambipolar field-effect transistors (FETs) with ultrahigh carrier mobility of more than 18 300 and 8300 cm(2)/V x s for holes and electrons, respectively. Using a top-gate device geometry with 12 nm HfO(2) being the gate oxide, the SBG CNT-based FET exhibits an almost perfect symmetric ambipolar transfer characteristic without any noticeable hysteresis, and a highly efficient frequency doubler is constructed based on this near perfect ambipolar FET. The SBG CNT-based frequency doubler is shown to be able to operate in a large signal mode where the input AC signal, being applied to the top-gate electrode, drives the FET operating alternatively in a p- or n-region yielding an output signal at the drain electrode with doubled frequency and high conversion efficiency. For an input AC signal of 1 kHz, detailed frequency power spectrum analysis shows that more than 95% of the output signal is concentrated at the doubled frequency at 2 kHz, with a gain of more than 0.15, and this represents the highest gain so far achieved in carbon-based devices, including graphene-based devices.
Authors:
Zhenxing Wang; Li Ding; Tian Pei; Zhiyong Zhang; Sheng Wang; Tao Yu; Xiaofei Ye; Fei Peng; Yan Li; Lian-Mao Peng
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nano letters     Volume:  10     ISSN:  1530-6992     ISO Abbreviation:  Nano Lett.     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-08     Completed Date:  2011-01-04     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101088070     Medline TA:  Nano Lett     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3648-55     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices, Department of Electronics, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
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