Double-Gate MoS2 Field-Effect Transistors with Full-Range Tunable Threshold Voltage for Multifunctional Logic Circuits

Multifunctional reconfigurable devices, with higher information capacity, smaller size, and more functions, are urgently needed and draw most attention in frontiers in information technology. 2D semiconductors, ascribing to ultrathin body and easy electrostatic control, show great potential in developing reconfigurable functional units. This work proposes a novel double-gate field-effect transistor architecture with equal top and bottom gate (TG and BG) and realizes flexible optimization of the subthreshold swing (SS) and threshold voltage (V-TH). While the TG and BG are used simultaneously, as a single gate to drive the transistor, ultralow average SS value of 65.5 mV dec(-1) can be obtained in a large current range over 10(4), enabling the application in high gain inverter. While one gate is used to initialize the channel doping, full logic swing inverter circuit with high noise margin (over 90%) is demonstrated. Such device prototype is further extended for designing reconfigurable logic applications and can be dynamically switched and well maintained between binary and ternary logics. This study provides important concept and device prototype for future multifunctional logic applications.

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This study introduces a novel double-gate field-effect transistor architecture that allows for flexible optimization and switching for various logic applications, providing an important concept and device prototype for future multifunctional logic applications.