Method for controlling operation of light emitting transistors and laser transistors
US7711015B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 24, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 19, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S5/3416
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for controlling operation of a transistor includes the following steps: providing a bipolar transistor having emitter, base and collector regions; applying electrical signals to the transistor to produce light emission from the transistor; effecting photon-assisted tunneling of carriers in the transistor with self-generated photons of the light emission, and controlling operation of the transistor by controlling the photon-assisted tunneling.
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