Field effect real space transistor

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1995-09-01

1996-10-29

Fahmy, Wael

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Heterojunction device

Field effect transistor

257194, 257280, H01L 310328, H01L 310336, H01L 2980

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055699430

ABSTRACT:
A heterostructure semiconductor device having source and drain electrodes sistively coupled to opposite ends of a channel, a barrier layer on one side of the channel, a delta doped layer in the channel or within a given distance of it, a gate electrode on the barrier so as to form a Schottky diode and at least one collector electrode mounted on said barrier layer. The collector electrode or electrodes can be resistively coupled to the barrier layer, but preferably the coupling is such as to form a Schottky diode. Changes to the gate bias affect the source current through the field effect mechanism. The collector current depends on the transfer of heated, energized carriers out of the channel over the front heterobarrier. At low gate bias, electrons entering the source travel to the drain while none travel to the collector. Energized carriers are localized to the depletion region due its high electric field drop. At an intermediate gate bias, source current is increased and the voltage drop along the channel shifts more toward the region below the collector. Some heated carriers are then present at the collector's barrier and transfer out of the channel to the collector. At high bias, carrier heating in the channel causes a large fraction of electrons from the source to transfer to the collector. With a rising gate voltage the drain current goes through a smooth peaking and reduction while the collector current rises monotonically.

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patent: 5455441 (1995-10-01), Awano

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