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High Resolution Capacitance Bridge for Nano-structures


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Abstract

This technology is an Integrated Capacitance Bridge (ICB) that can perform ultra-high-resolution (aF), wide-temperature-range measurements of capacitance in nano-structures. The ICB has an operational range of 4K-300K and can measure at length scales 100x smaller than the current standard equipment. The ICB also uses a small excitation signal so that it can probe the electronic details of nano-scale structures without disturbing them. It can be used either as a stand-alone chip or integrated into a probe device for quality testing, measurement, or characterization of new and existing materials such as carbon nanotubes and graphene.

Stage of Research
The inventors have fabricated the ICB and tested it on top-gated graphene devices, exceeding the resolution of a commercially available capacitance bridge by several orders of magnitude.

Applications


  • Nanoscale testing and measurement of capacitance spectrum for nano-structures or materials that exhibit quantum capacitance, including:
    • characterizing new research materials (such as carbon nanotubes and graphene) in computing devices and memory
    • quality testing existing materials

Advantages


  • Ultra high-resolution:
    • 60aF/rt(Hz) (orders of magnitude better than commercially available equipment)
    • data are not distorted by the large contact resistance that often exists at the interfaces of nano-scale devices
  • Wide-temperature range - 4K-300K
  • Small excitation signal:
    • signal amplitude smaller than kBT/q (compared to 10's of millivolts in current equipment)
    • can probe nano-devices without disturbing them

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Date Released

 6/16/2011
 

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Linda Chao, Senior Associate
linda.chao@stanford.edu
(650) 725-9408 (Direct)

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