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Method of fabricating lateral resonant tunneling structure

US5529952A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 20, 1994
Grant dateJun 25, 1996
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Expiry dateSep 20, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/979
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A resonant tunneling diode (400) with lateral carrier transport through tunneling barriers (404, 408) grown as a refilling of trenches etched into a transverse quantum well (410) and defining a quantum wire or quantum dot (406). The fabrication method uses angled deposition to create overhangs at the top of openings which define sublithographic separations for tunneling barrier locations.

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