Active solid-state devices (e.g. – transistors – solid-state diode – Regenerative type switching device
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-30
2007-01-30
Pham, Long (Department: 2814)
Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode
Regenerative type switching device
C257S183000, C257S185000, C257S189000, C257S191000, C372S045013
Reexamination Certificate
active
10970359
ABSTRACT:
A semiconductor device exhibiting interband tunneling with a first layer with a first conduction band edge with an energy above a first valence band edge, with the difference a first band-gap. A second layer with second conduction band edge with an energy above a second valence band edge, with the difference a second band-gap, and the second layer formed permitting electron carrier tunneling transport. The second layer is between the first and a third layer, with the difference between the third valence band edge and the third conduction band edge a third band-gap. A Fermi level is nearer the first conduction band edge than the first valence band edge. The second valence band edge is beneath the first conduction band edge. The second conduction band edge is above the third valence band edge. The Fermi level is nearer the third valence band edge than to the third conduction band edge.
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Chow David H.
Nguyen Chanh
Schulman Joel N.
HRL Laboratories LLC
Pham Long
Rao Shrinivas H.
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