Graphene Nanotechnology for the Next Generation Nonvolatile Memory

As conventional silicon technology is approaching its fundamental material and physical limits with continuous scaling, there is a growing push to look for new platform to design memory circuits for nanoelectronic applications. In this paper we explore new design concept of nonvolatile memory based on graphene nanotechnology. The investigation focuses on two forms of graphene based field effect transistor (FET) carbon nanotube FET (CNTFET) and graphene nanoribbon FET (GNRFET). The analysis reveals that GNRFET with a high trapping capable oxide layer is suitable for ultra high ensity nonvolatile memory.