High-density and scalable graphene Hall sensor arrays through monolithic CMOS integration

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates the monolithic integration of high-density graphene Hall sensor arrays with CMOS circuitry, enabling scalable magnetic sensing technology with high yield.

Contribution

It introduces strategies for vertically connecting graphene Hall sensors with CMOS to achieve scalable, high-density sensor arrays with reliable monolithic integration.

Findings

Successful monolithic integration of GHS with CMOS demonstrated

High-yield fabrication of dense GHS arrays achieved

Validation of GHS performance within CMOS platform

Abstract

Electronic devices made from two-dimensional materials (2DMs) significantly outperform their silicon counterparts; however, silicon CMOS technology remains commercially predominant as it offers the capability to operate dense arrays of devices in a scalable fashion. In particular, graphene Hall sensors (GHSs) offer great improvements in magnetic field sensitivity and resolution compared to silicon Hall-effect sensors, making them extremely appealing for magnetic field imaging and biosensing. At present, GHS arrays have limited scalability compared to silicon CMOS since they require planar routing for biasing and multiplexing. In this work, we explore strategies to realize high-density graphene Hall sensor arrays by vertically connecting GHSs with silicon CMOS biasing and multiplexing circuitry, allowing the routing and circuitry to scale with the array. We investigate the importance of design choices in the chip layout and post-fabrication process in maximizing the reliability of graphene transfer onto mm-scale CMOS dies. Our experimental results validate the success of the integration process by showing for the first time that GHSs can be monolithically integrated with CMOS with high yield to form sensor arrays. We expect that these results will lead to further improvements in magnetic sensing technology and broader advancements in large-scale heterogeneous 2DM-CMOS systems.