A Review of Carbon Nanotube Field Effect Transistors

With the decline of ability to improve the MOSFET technology in the next decade or so, there is a rush to try to find a replacement. Carbon nanotubes, which are sheets of graphene rolled up, are being investigated as replacements for silicon devices. This new class of transistors, known as carbon nanotube transistors, is one of the current leading technologies to replace MOSFETs. Despite the tremendous growth and progress, there are still difficult problems that need to be solved. Therefore, to help with the research, this paper surveys all the current research that has been done and outlines the future research that is needed to create large-scale VLSI chip utilizing carbon nanotube transistors

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