High gain graphene field effect transistors for wideband amplifiers

We demonstrate graphene field of transistors (G-FETs) providing power gain of > 7 dB in a 50 O system. The G-FETs have |S21| > 0 dB up to 7 GHz. The result indicates the feasibility for G-FET based wideband amplifiers.

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