Thanks to its single-atomic-layer structure, high carrier transport, and low power dissipation, carbon nanotube electronics is a leading candidate towards beyond-silicon technologies. Its low temperature fabrication processes enable three-dimensional (3D) integration with logic and memory (static random access memory (SRAM), magnetic random access memory (MRAM), resistive random access memory (RRAM), etc.) to realize efficient near-memory computing. Importantly, carbon nanotube transistors require good thermal stability up to 400 °C processing temperature to be compatible with back-end-of-line (BEOL) process, which has not been previously addressed. In this work, we developed a robust wafer-scale process to build complementary carbon nanotube transistors with high thermal stability and good uniformity, where AlN was employed as electrostatic doping layer. The gate stack and passivation layer were optimized to realize high-quality interfaces. Specifically, we demonstrate 1-bit carbon nanotube full adders working under 250 °C with rail-to-rail outputs.
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Nano Research 2022, 15(11): 9875-9880
Published: 22 March 2022
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