학술논문

Proposal for a Negative Capacitance Topological Quantum Field-Effect Transistor
Document Type
Conference
Source
2021 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2021 IEEE International. :38.2.1-38.2.4 Dec, 2021
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Field effect transistors
Switches
Quantum capacitance
Topological insulators
Proposals
Electric fields
Electron devices
Language
ISSN
2156-017X
Abstract
A topological quantum field effect transistor (TQFET) uses electric field to switch a material from topological insulator (“on”, with conducting edge states) to a conventional insulator (“off”), and can have low subthreshold swing due to strong Rashba spin-orbit interaction. Numerous materials have been proposed, and electric field switching has been demonstrated in ultrathin Na3Bi. Here we propose a negative capacitance (NC) TQFET which uses a ferroelectric to amplify the electric field and potentially achieve very low switching voltages and energies. Materials challenges for realizing the NC-TQFET are discussed.