Unipolar sequential circuits based on individual-carbon-nanotube transistors and thin-film carbon resistors

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 7525-7531

  Ryu, Hyeyeon ^a   Kälblein, Daniel ^a   Schmidt, Oliver G ^b,c   Klauk, Hagen ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

carbon nanotube transistors; sequential circuits; thin film carbon resistors; unipolar circuits

Indexed keywords

AIR-STABLE; COMPLEMENTARY CIRCUITS; DRAIN-SOURCE VOLTAGE; FABRICATION PROCESS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INTEGRATION DENSITY; LARGE-AREA ELECTRONICS; LOAD RESISTORS; LOW-VOLTAGE; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; ON/OFF RATIO; STATIC AND DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; STATIC POWER CONSUMPTION; SWITCHING DELAY TIME;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; INTEGRATION; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; RESISTORS; SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; TRANSISTORS; VACUUM;

CARBON FILMS;

EID: 80053322015     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn202486v     Document Type: Article

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