Top-down fabrication of fully CMOS-compatible silicon nanowire arrays and their integration into CMOS inverters on plastic

Myeongwon Lee, Youngin Jeon, Taeho Moon, Sangsig Kim

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Abstract

A route to the top-down fabrication of highly ordered and aligned silicon nanowire (SiNW) arrays with degenerately doped source/drain regions from a bulk Si wafer is presented. In this approach, freestanding n- and p-SiNWs with an inverted triangular cross section are obtained using conventional photolithography, crystal orientation dependent wet etching, size reduction oxidation, and ion implantation doping. Based on these n- and p-SiNWs transferred onto a plastic substrate, simple SiNW-based complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) inverters are constructed for the possible applications of these SiNW arrays in integrated circuits on plastic. The static voltage transfer characteristic of the SiNW-based CMOS inverter exhibits a voltage gain of ∼9 V/V and a transition of 0.32 V at an operating voltage of 1.5 V with a full output voltage swing between 0 V and VDD, and its mechnical bendability indicates good fatigue properties for potential applications of flexible electronics. This novel top-down approach is fully compatible with the current state-of-the-art Si-based CMOS technologies and, therefore, offers greater flexibility in device design for both high-performance and low-power functionality.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2629-2636
Number of pages8
JournalACS nano
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011 Apr 26

Keywords

  • CMOS compatibility
  • CMOS inverter
  • field-effect transistor
  • ion implantation
  • plastic
  • silicon nanowire

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Materials Science(all)
  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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