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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2011
Ali Afzali-ardakani, Ossining, NY (US);
Bhupesh Chandra, Jersey City, NJ (US);
George Stojan Tulevski, White Plains, NY (US);
Fengnian Xia, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Ossining, NY (US);
Bhupesh Chandra, Jersey City, NJ (US);
George Stojan Tulevski, White Plains, NY (US);
Fengnian Xia, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for doping at least one of a graphene and a nanotube thin-film transistor field-effect transistor device to decrease contact resistance with a metal electrode. The method includes selectively applying a dopant to a metal contact region of at least one of a graphene and a nanotube field-effect transistor device to decrease the contact resistance of the field-effect transistor device.