title: On the Current Drive Capability of Low Dimensional Semiconductors: 1D versus 2D.
abstract: Low-dimensional electronic systems are at the heart of many scaling approaches currently pursuit for electronic applications. Here, we present a comparative study between an array of one-dimensional (1D) channels and its two-dimensional (2D) counterpart in terms of current drive capability. Our findings from analytical expressions derived in this article reveal that under certain conditions an array of 1D channels can outperform a 2D field-effect transistor because of the added degree of freedom to adjust the threshold voltage in an array of 1D devices.
authors.affiliation: Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA. z.zhuyuqi@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Appenzeller
keywords: Current drive capability; Electron transport; Low-dimension semiconductor