Issue 31, 2018

Understanding the bias dependence of low frequency noise in single layer graphene FETs

Abstract

This letter investigates the bias-dependent low frequency noise of single layer graphene field-effect transistors. Noise measurements have been conducted with electrolyte-gated graphene transistors covering a wide range of gate and drain bias conditions for different channel lengths. A new analytical model that accounts for the propagation of the local noise sources in the channel to the terminal currents and voltages is proposed in this paper to investigate the noise bias dependence. Carrier number and mobility fluctuations are considered as the main causes of low frequency noise and the way these mechanisms contribute to the bias dependence of the noise is analyzed in this work. Typically, normalized low frequency noise in graphene devices has been usually shown to follow an M-shape dependence versus gate voltage with the minimum near the charge neutrality point (CNP). Our work reveals for the first time the strong correlation between this gate dependence and the residual charge which is relevant in the vicinity of this specific bias point. We discuss how charge inhomogeneity in the graphene channel at higher drain voltages can contribute to low frequency noise; thus, channel regions nearby the source and drain terminals are found to dominate the total noise for gate biases close to the CNP. The excellent agreement between the experimental data and the predictions of the analytical model at all bias conditions confirms that the two fundamental 1/f noise mechanisms, carrier number and mobility fluctuations, must be considered simultaneously to properly understand the low frequency noise in graphene FETs. The proposed analytical compact model can be easily implemented and integrated in circuit simulators, which can be of high importance for graphene based circuits’ design.

Graphical abstract: Understanding the bias dependence of low frequency noise in single layer graphene FETs

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
18 Jun 2018
Accepted
20 Jul 2018
First published
23 Jul 2018

Nanoscale, 2018,10, 14947-14956

Understanding the bias dependence of low frequency noise in single layer graphene FETs

N. Mavredakis, R. Garcia Cortadella, A. Bonaccini Calia, J. A. Garrido and D. Jiménez, Nanoscale, 2018, 10, 14947 DOI: 10.1039/C8NR04939D

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