Conductance Modeling for Graphene Nanoribbon (GNR) Interconnects

Author

Naeemi, Azad ; Meindl, James D.

Author_Institution

Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA

Volume

28

Issue

5

fYear

2007

fDate

5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

428

Lastpage

431

Abstract

Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs), which are single graphene sheets, share many of the fascinating electronic, mechanical, and thermal properties of carbon nanotubes. Compact physical models for conductance of GNRs as functions of chirality, width, Fermi level, and the type of electron scatterings at the edges are presented. For widths below 8 nm, the models demonstrate that single-layer GNRs can potentially outperform copper wires with unity aspect ratio

Keywords

Fermi level; carbon nanotubes; chirality; electric admittance; electron collisions; interconnections; nanoelectronics; nanowires; semiconductor device metallisation; semiconductor device models; Fermi level; carbon nanotubes; chirality; compact physical models; conductance modeling; electron scatterings; graphene nanoribbon interconnects; molecular electronics; quantum wires; Carbon nanotubes; Contact resistance; Electrons; Fabrication; Integrated circuit interconnections; Mechanical factors; Particle scattering; Silicon carbide; Substrates; Wires; Conductivity; interconnections; modeling; molecular electronics; quantum wires;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Device Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0741-3106

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LED.2007.895452

Filename

4160038