Nanomaterials (Oct 2022)

Low-Power Complementary Inverter Based on Graphene/Carbon-Nanotube and Graphene/MoS<sub>2</sub> Barristors

  • Dong-Ho Shin,
  • Young Gyu You,
  • Sung Il Jo,
  • Goo-Hwan Jeong,
  • Eleanor E. B. Campbell,
  • Hyun-Jong Chung,
  • Sung Ho Jhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12213820
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 21
p. 3820

Abstract

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The recent report of a p-type graphene(Gr)/carbon-nanotube(CNT) barristor facilitates the application of graphene barristors in the fabrication of complementary logic devices. Here, a complementary inverter is presented that combines a p-type Gr/CNT barristor with a n-type Gr/MoS2 barristor, and its characteristics are reported. A sub-nW (~0.2 nW) low-power inverter is demonstrated with a moderate gain of 2.5 at an equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) of ~15 nm. Compared to inverters based on field-effect transistors, the sub-nW power consumption was achieved at a much larger EOT, which was attributed to the excellent switching characteristics of Gr barristors.

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