20 Mb/s Zero-power graphene-on-glass microwave envelope detectors for ubiquitous ultra-low-power wireless network

We report the first experimental results of single graphene-on-glass FET-based envelope detectors operating at digital communication data rate of 20 Mb/s with RF carrier frequency above 5 GHz. The new ambipolar GFET envelope detectors operated with zero power consumption, which is potentially ideal...

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Published in2014 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS2014) pp. 1 - 3
Main Authors Jeong-sun Moon, Hwa-Chang Seo, Kyung-Ah Son, Baohua Yang, Wong, Danny, Le, Duc, McGuire, Chuck
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.06.2014
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Amplitude shift keying
Detectors
Envelope Detector
FET
Frequency measurement
Graphene
Logic gates
Radio frequency
Ultra-low-power Communication
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Summary:We report the first experimental results of single graphene-on-glass FET-based envelope detectors operating at digital communication data rate of 20 Mb/s with RF carrier frequency above 5 GHz. The new ambipolar GFET envelope detectors operated with zero power consumption, which is potentially ideal for ultra-low-power wireless networks. GFET ambipolar envelope detectors offer excellent 40 dB linear dynamic range over the incoming RF power with sensitivity down to -60 dBm. For the first time, we demonstrated that the ambipolar nature of graphene FETs offer performance advantages over state-of-the-art CMOS FET-based envelope detector ICs for ultra-low-power wireless communications. With graphene's transferability to any substrate, further development of GFETs could potentially deliver higher data rates to ubiquitous ULP communication platforms.
ISSN:0149-645X
2576-7216
DOI:10.1109/MWSYM.2014.6848337