Surface Modulation of Graphene Field Effect Transistors on Periodic Trench Structure.
In this work, graphene field effect transistors (FETs) were fabricated on a trench structure made by carbonized poly(methylmethacrylate) to modify the graphene surface. The trench-structured devices showed different characteristics depending on the channel orientation and the pitch size of the trenches as well as channel area in the FETs. Periodic corrugations and barriers of suspended graphene on the trench structure were measured by atomic force microscopy and electrostatic force microscopy. Regular barriers of 160 mV were observed for the trench structure with graphene. To confirm the transfer mechanism in the FETs depending on the channel orientation, the ratio of experimental mobility (3.6-3.74) was extracted from the current-voltage characteristics using equivalent circuit simulation. It is shown that the number of barriers increases as the pitch size decreases because the number of corrugations increases from different trench pitches. The noise for the 140 nm pitch trench is 1 order of magnitude higher than that for the 200 nm pitch trench.
School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University , Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, South Korea.
Jun Eon
JE
Jin
School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University , Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, South Korea.
Jun Hee
JH
Choi
Division of Quantum Phases and Device, School of Physics, Konkuk University , Seoul 143-701, South Korea.
Hoyeol
H
Yun
School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University , Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, South Korea.
Ho-Kyun
HK
Jang
School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University , Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, South Korea.
Byung Chul
BC
Lee
School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University , Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, South Korea.
Ajeong
A
Choi
Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, Institute for Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University , Suwon, South Korea.
Min-Kyu
MK
Joo
Materials Science Consulting & Management, 22113 Oststeinbek, Germany.
Urszula
U
Dettlaff-Weglikowska
The Alan G. MacDiarmid Nano Tech Institute, The University of Texas at Dallas , Richardson, Texas 75080, United States.
Siegmar
S
Roth
Division of Quantum Phases and Device, School of Physics, Konkuk University , Seoul 143-701, South Korea.
Sang Wook
SW
Lee
ICT Convergence Technology for Health & Safety and Department of Electronics and Information Engineering, Korea University , 2511 Sejong-ro, Sejong, South Korea.
Jae Woo
JW
Lee
School of Electrical Engineering, Korea University , Anam-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, South Korea.
Gyu Tae
GT
Kim
corrugation; field effect transistor; graphene; low-frequency noise; trench