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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2009
James B. Hannon, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Fenton R. Mcfeely, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Satoshi Oida, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
John J. Yurkas, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
James B. Hannon, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Fenton R. McFeely, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Satoshi Oida, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
John J. Yurkas, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of electrically activating a structure having one or more graphene layers formed on a silicon carbide layer includes subjecting the structure to an oxidation process so as to form a silicon oxide layer disposed between the silicon carbide layer and a bottommost of the one or more graphene layers, thereby electrically activating the bottommost graphene layer.