Gigahertz flexible graphene transistors for microwave integrated circuits.

@article{Yeh2014GigahertzFG,
  title={Gigahertz flexible graphene transistors for microwave integrated circuits.},
  author={Chao-Hui Yeh and Yi-Wei Lain and Yu-Chiao Chiu and C. H. Liao and David Ricardo Moyano and Shawn S. H. Hsu and Po-Wen Chiu},
  journal={ACS nano},
  year={2014},
  volume={8 8},
  pages={
          7663-70
        }
}
Flexible integrated circuits with complex functionalities are the missing link for the active development of wearable electronic devices. Here, we report a scalable approach to fabricate self-aligned graphene microwave transistors for the implementation of flexible low-noise amplifiers and frequency mixers, two fundamental building blocks of a wireless communication receiver. A devised AlOx T-gate structure is used to achieve an appreciable increase of device transconductance and a commensurate… 
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