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In the information display field, micro-light-emitting diodes (micro-LEDs) possess high potentials and they are expected to lead the direction of developing the next-generation new display technologies. Their display performances are superior to those produced by the currently prevailing liquid crystal and organic light-emitting diode based technologies. However, the micro-LED pixels and their driving circuits are often fabricated on different wafers, which implies that the so-called mass transfer seems to be inevitable, thus facing an obvious bottleneck. In this paper, the emerging graphene field effect transistors are used as the driving elements and integrated onto the GaN micro-LEDs, which is because the pixels and drivers are prepared directly on the same wafer, the technical problem of mass transfer is fundamentally bypassed. Furthermore, in traditional lithographic process, the ultraviolet photoresist directly contacts the graphene, which introduces severe carrier doping, thereby leading to deteriorated graphene transistor properties. This, not surprisingly, further translates into lower performances of the integrated devices. In the present work, proposed is a technique in which the polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) thin films act as both the protection layers and the interlayers when optimizing the graphene field effect transistor processing. The PMMA layers are sandwiched between the graphene and the ultraviolet photoresist, which is a brand new device fabrication process. First, the new process is tested in discrete graphene field effect transistors. Compared with those devices that are processed without the PMMA protection thin films, the graphene devices fabricated with the new technology typically show their Dirac point at a gate voltage (Vg) deviation from Vg = 0, that is, 22 V lower than their counterparts. In addition, an increase in the carrier mobility of 32% is also observed. Finally, after applying the newly developed fabrication process to the pixel-and-driver integrated devices, it is found that their performances are improved significantly. With this new technique, the ultraviolet photoresist no longer directly contacts the sensitive graphene channel because of the PMMA protection. The doping effect and the performance dropping are dramatically reduced. The technique is facile and cheap, and it is also applicable to two-dimensional materials besides graphene, such as MoS2 and h-BN. It is hoped that it is of some value for device engineers working in this field.
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Keywords:
- graphene /
- gallium nitride /
- micro-light emitting diode /
- polymethyl methacrylate
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图 1 基于PMMA作为载体转移图形化电极并进行石墨烯垫层光刻的新工艺的石墨烯晶体管制备流程图
Figure 1. Fabricated process of graphene transistor based on PMMA as the carrier to transfer patterned electrode and followed by graphene photolithography with PMMA underlayer.
图 2 未做器件工艺的石墨烯(黑色曲线)、有PMMA保护的石墨烯沟道(红色曲线)、无PMMA保护的石墨烯沟道的拉曼光谱(蓝色曲线)
Figure 2. Raman spectra of the graphene that does not undergo any device processing (black curve), graphene channel with PMMA protection (red curve), and graphene channel without PMMA protection (blue curve).
图 3 (a), (b), (c)分别是未做工艺的石墨烯、新工艺有PMMA保护、旧工艺无PMMA保护ID/IG拉曼显微成像; (d), (e), (f)分别是未做工艺的石墨烯、新工艺有PMMA保护、旧工艺无PMMA保护I2 D/IG拉曼显微成像
Figure 3. (a), (b), (c) are ID/IG Raman mapping of graphene without processing, graphene with new processing with PMMA protection, and graphene with old processing with no PMMA protection, respectively; (d), (e), (f) are I2 D/IG Raman mapping of graphene without processing, graphene with new processing with PMMA protection, and graphene with old processing with no PMMA protection, respectively.
图 4 (a)在有PMMA垫层保护的情况下, 去胶前后石墨烯场效应晶体管的转移特性曲线; (b) 优化后石墨烯场效应晶体管在室温下的输出特性曲线
Figure 4. (a) In the case of PMMA underlayer protection, the transfer characteristic curve before and after removing the resist from the graphene field effect transistor; (b) output characteristic curves of the optimized graphene field effect transistor at room temperature.
图 5 有无PMMA保护工艺过程的石墨烯场效应晶体管转移特性曲线
Figure 5. Transfer characteristic curves of graphene field effect transistors with and without PMMA protection processing.
图 6 室温下石墨烯场晶体管的场效应特性曲线 (a)转移曲线(插图为集成器件等效电路图); (b)输出曲线
Figure 6. Field effect characteristic curve of graphene transistor at room temperature: (a) Transfer curve (The insert show the equivalent circuit diagram of the integrated device); (b) output curve.
图 7 GaN micro-LED的I-V特性曲线(插图为5 V正向电压下的电致发光照片)
Figure 7. I-V characteristic curve of the GaN micro-LED (The insert shows the light emission photo under 5 V forward voltage).
图 8 (a)采用新工艺的集成器件I-V曲线; (b)传统光刻工艺集成器件的I-V曲线
Figure 8. I-V characteristic curves of the integrated device: (a) Based on the new process; (b) based on traditional technology.
图 9 集成器件的工作机制(外加总电压固定为5 V, 交叉点为静态工作点)
Figure 9. Working mechanism of the integrated device (The total applied voltage is fixed at 5 V, and the crossing point is the static working point).
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[1] Wu T Z, Sher C W, Lin Y, Lee C F, Liang S J, Lu Y J, Chen S W H, Guo W J, Kuo H C, Chen Z 2018 Appl. Sci. -Basel. 8 1557
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[4] Lee Y J, Yang Z P, Chen P G, Hsieh Y A, Yao Y C, Liao M H, Lee M H, Wang M T, Hwang J M 2014 Opt. Express 22 A1589
Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
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Google Scholar
[21] Chen J H, Jang C, Xiao S, Ishigami M, Fuhrer M S 2008 Nat. Nanotechnol. 3 206
Google Scholar
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