Transport properties of InAs nanowire field effect transistors: The effects of surface states

It is shown that interface trap states have pronounced effects on carrier transport and parameter extraction from top-gated InAs nanowire field effect transistors (NWFETs). Due to slow surface state charging and discharging, the NWFET characteristics are time dependent with time constants as long as ∼45s. This is also manifested in a time-dependent extrinsic transconductance that severely affects carrier mobility and carrier density determination from conventional three-terminal current-voltage characteristics. Slow gate voltage sweep rates result in charge balance between carrier capture and emission from interface states and lead to reduced hysteresis in the transfer curves. The gate transconductance is thus increased and intrinsic NW transport parameters can be isolated. In the InAs NWFETs, a carrier mobility value of ∼16000cm2∕Vs was obtained from the transfer curves at slow sweep rates, which is significantly higher than ∼1000cm2∕Vs obtained at fast sweep rates. A circuit model that takes into accoun...

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