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Lateral resonant tunneling

US5593908A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateJan 14, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/85
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

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

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