dc.creator | Weichold, Mark H. | |
dc.creator | Kinard, William B. | |
dc.creator | Kirk, Wiley P. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-17T17:13:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-17T17:13:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1992-03-03 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/177230 | |
dc.description.abstract | A gated resonant tunneling diode has a semiconductor mesa formed on a semiconductor substrate, a tunneling barrier layer between the mesa and the substrate, and a gate layered over the substrate about the mesa and aligned in close proximity to the tunneling barrier layer. A control voltage on the gate laterally constricts a potential well in the tunneling barrier to control the electrical size of a channel within which tunnelling occurs across the tunneling barrier layer. Preferably the gate and the tunneling layer are disposed at the base of the mesa, and the gate makes a rectifying Schottky junction in connection with the tunneling barrier layer. The device is constructed using an anisotropic etch to form the mesa with an undercut wall and a top portion overhanging the undercut wall, and a nonconformal deposition of gate material to align the gate with the top portion of the mesa. | en |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | United States. Patent and Trademark Office | |
dc.rights | Public Domain (No copyright - United States) | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
dc.title | Gate adjusted resonant tunnel diode device and method of manufacture | en |
dc.type | Utility patent | en |
dc.format.digitalOrigin | reformatted digital | en |
dc.description.country | US | |
dc.contributor.assignee | Texas A & M University System | |
dc.identifier.patentapplicationnumber | 07/491558 | |
dc.subject.uspcprimary | 257/192 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 257/24 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 257/25 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 257/472 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 257/E29.195 | |
dc.subject.uspcother | 257/E29.242 | |
dc.date.filed | 1990-03-12 | |
dc.publisher.digital | Texas A&M University. Libraries | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | B82Y 10/00 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | H01L 29/772 | |
dc.subject.cpcprimary | H01L 29/7391 | |