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III-V nitride resonant tunneling

US6218677A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1994
Grant dateApr 17, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB82Y10/00
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A resonant tunneling diode (400) made of a quantum well (406) with tunneling barriers (404, 408) made of two different materials such as calcium fluoride (408) and silicon dioxide (404). The calcium fluoride provides lattice match between the emitter (410) and the quantum well (406). Further resonant tunneling diodes with silicon lattice match barriers may be made of III-V compounds containing nitrogen.

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