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Semiconductor device and a single electron device

US5679962A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 1995
Grant dateOct 21, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/852
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A semiconductor device includes a semi-insulating semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor layer structure including at least an undoped layer of a first semiconductor, an undoped spacer layer of a second semiconductor having an electron affinity smaller than that of the first semiconductor, and an n type electron supply layer of the second semiconductor successively laminated on the substrate, the undoped layer having a flat top surface and a flat rear surface on the flat top surface of the undoped spacer layer, having, at a top surface, a concavo-convex periodic structure, and a flat rear surface, the n-type electron supply layer of the second semiconductor having a flat top surface and a rear surface that buries concavities of the concavo-convex structure of the undoped spacer layer, and a plurality of periodically arranged Schottky electrodes on the flat top surface of the n type electron supply layer, arranged in a direction perpendicular to the concavo-convex periodic structure of the undoped spacer layer.

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