Pass-Transistor Logic Circuits Based on Wafer-Scale 2D Semiconductors

Adv Mater. 2022 Dec;34(48):e2202472. doi: 10.1002/adma.202202472. Epub 2022 Jul 10.

Abstract

2D semiconductors, such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2 ), have attracted tremendous attention in constructing advanced monolithic integrated circuits (ICs) for future flexible and energy-efficient electronics. However, the development of large-scale ICs based on 2D materials is still in its early stage, mainly due to the non-uniformity of the individual devices and little investigation of device and circuit-level optimization. Herein, a 4-inch high-quality monolayer MoS2 film is successfully synthesized, which is then used to fabricate top-gated (TG) MoS2 field-effect transistors with wafer-scale uniformity. Some basic circuits such as static random access memory and ring oscillators are examined. A pass-transistor logic configuration based on pseudo-NMOS is then employed to design more complex MoS2 logic circuits, which are successfully fabricated with proper logic functions tested. These preliminary integration efforts show the promising potential of wafer-scale 2D semiconductors for application in complex ICs.

Keywords: 2D semiconductors; complementary pass-transistor logic; integrated circuits; molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2); pseudo-NMOS logic gates.