Graphene/Silicon-on-Insulator Heterogenous Cascode Amplifier With High Gain

  • Tian Tian
  • , Jinshu Zhang
  • , Kai Xiao
  • , Yingxin Chen
  • , Yuxuan Zhu
  • , Peng Zhou
  • , Wenzhong Bao*
  • , Junhao Chu
  • , Jing Wan*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Although graphene field-effect transistors (GFET) exhibit high carrier mobility and transconductance, they suffer from low output resistance, resulting in limited voltage and power gain. In this study, a heterogenous process is developed to integrate single-layer graphene with silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate, then achieving a groundbreaking high-gain cascode amplifier. By combining the advantages of high transconductance from GFET and high output resistance from SOI-FET, the heterogenous cascode amplifier shows high output resistance and high voltage gain. Moreover, the heterogenous cascode amplifier demonstrates a significant improvement in transconductance (12.6 times of SOI-FET) and output resistance (98.7 times of GFET). A maximum gain of up to 80 is obtained by optimizing the bias conditions, vastly exceeding that of standalone GFET and SOI-FET devices. This graphene/SOI heterogenous cascode amplifier exhibits promising applications in radio-frequency transistor technology and wireless communication.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2209-2212
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Electron Device Letters
Volume45
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Cascode amplifier
  • graphene field effect transistor
  • heterogenous process
  • high gain
  • silicon-on-insulator

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