Nanoelectronic Device Applications Handbook

43	Analysis of Yield Improvement Techniques for CNFET-Based Logic Gates Rehman Ashraf, Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske and Siva G. Narendra

CONTENTS

43.1  Introduction

43.2  Background

43.3  Methodology

43.3.1    Semiconducting CNTs

43.3.2    Metallic CNTs Are Present

43.3.3    Metallic CNTs Are Being Removed

43.3.4    Functional Yield

43.4  Results

43.5  Conclusion

References

43.1  INTRODUCTION

Carbon nanotubes are hollow cylinders in which carbon atoms are arranged in the honeycomb lattice [1]. They were first demonstrated by Bethune [2] and Iijima [3] in 1993. Carbon nanotubes have found numerous applications in nanoelectronics because of their superior electronic properties.

Single-walled carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) ...