Simulation of Dirac Tunneling Current of an Armchair Graphene Nanoribbon-Based P-N Junction Using a Transfer Matrix Method

2014 ◽  
Vol 974 ◽  
pp. 205-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Endi Suhendi ◽  
Rifky Syariati ◽  
Fatimah A. Noor ◽  
Neny Kurniasih ◽  
Khairurrijal

We have studied tunneling current in a p-n junction based on armchair graphene nanoribbon (AGNR) by using the relativistic Dirac equation and a transfer matrix method (TMM). The electron wave function was derived by solving the relativistic Dirac equation. The TMM, which is a numerical approach, was used to calculate electron transmittance and the tunneling current. The results showed that the tunneling current increases with the bias voltage. On the other hand, the tunneling current increases with the decreases in the electron incidence angle and temperature. Moreover, the increases in the AGNR width and electric field in the p-n junction result in the increase in the tunneling current.

2014 ◽  
Vol 896 ◽  
pp. 367-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Endi Suhendi ◽  
Fatimah A. Noor ◽  
Neny Kurniasih ◽  
Khairurrijal

Drain current in an armchair graphene nanoribbon field effect transistor (AGNRFET) has been quantum mechanically modeled. The transfer matrix method (TMM) was employed to obtain the electron transmittance, and the obtained transmittance was then utilized to calculate the drain current by using the Landauer formula. The calculated results showed that the drain current increases with the gate and drain voltages. It was also shown that the threshold voltage for the device is around 0.3 V. In addition, the AGNR width influences the drain current of AGNRFET.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1112 ◽  
pp. 128-132
Author(s):  
Endi Suhendi ◽  
Rifky Syariati ◽  
Fatimah A. Noor ◽  
Neny Kurniasih ◽  
Khairurrijal

We simulate quantum mechanical tunneling current in armchair graphene nanoribbon tunnel field-effect transistors (AGNR-TFETs). The relativistic Dirac equation is used to determine electron wave functions in the AGNRs, while the potential profile is solved by the Poisson equation. We use a transfer matrix method (TMM) to calculate the electron transmittance and the Dirac electron tunneling current in the AGNR-TFETs. The results show that the Dirac electron tunneling current increases with increasing the drain and gate voltages. Moreover, the AGNR width and the thickness of insulator affect the characteristics of the Dirac electron tunneling currents.


2015 ◽  
Vol 1112 ◽  
pp. 80-84
Author(s):  
Fatimah A. Noor ◽  
Rifky Syariati ◽  
Endi Suhendi ◽  
Mikrajuddin Abdullah ◽  
Khairurrijal

We have developed a model of the tunneling current in n-p-n bipolar transistor based on armchair graphene nanoribbon (AGNR). Airy-wavefunction approach is employed to obtain electron transmittance, and the obtained transmittance is then used to obtain the tunneling current. The tunneling current is calculated for various variables such as base-emitter voltage, base-current voltage, and AGNR width. It is found that the tunneling current increases with increasing the base-emitter voltage or the base-collector voltage. This result is due to the lowered barrier height of the base region caused by the increase in the base-emitter voltage or the base-collector voltage. In addition, the tunneling current density increases with the width for narrow AGNR and, on the other hand, it decreases for wide AGNR. This finding might be due to the contributions of the band gap energy and the electron effective mass of AGNR which are inversely proportional to the AGNR width.


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-262
Author(s):  
Rifky Syariati ◽  
◽  
Endi Suhendi ◽  
Fatimah A. Noor ◽  
Mikrajuddin Abdullah ◽  
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