摘要:
A semiconductor device of the quantum interference type has channel means (4,6;55) for passing carriers from a source region (31;36;52) to a drain region (33;56) of the device, at least part of the said channel means (4,6;55) comprising two conductive paths extending in parallel between the source and drain regions (31;36;52/32;56), and field control means (35;59) arranged for subjecting the said conductive paths to a selectively variable electric or magnetic field so as to control the passage of carriers through the said channel means (4,6;55). The device is provided with carrier-energy filtering means (40;53) arranged for restricting the energy levels, of carriers entering the said channel means (4,6;55), to a predetermined narrow band of energy levels. In this way quantum interference in the device can be improved as compared with a known semiconductor device of the quantum interference type.
摘要:
A semiconductor device utilizing the resonant-tunneling effect, such as a light emitting-resonant-tunneling bipolar transistor, comprises stacked first through fifth semiconductor layers (16, 15B₂, 15W, 15B₁, 13). The semiconductor device has an energy level condition of |Ec₃ - Ec₁ |≒|Ev₃ - Ev₅|, where Ec₃ is a resonant energy level of electrons in a conduction band of the third layer (15W) and Ev₃ is a resonant energy level of holes in a valence band thereof, and Ec₁ is an energy level of a conduction band of the first layer (16) and Ev₅ is an energy level of a valence band of the fifth layer (13).
摘要:
A Schottky gate electrode of a refractory metal silicide is formed on a compound semiconductor, by which the barrier height is maintained satisfactorily even after heat treatment above 800°C. Accordingly, it is possible to form an impurity diffused region using the Schottky gate electrode as a mask and then effect the recrystallization of the semi-conductor and the activation of the impurity by heat treatment, so that source and drain regions can be positioned by self alignment relative to the gate electrode.
摘要:
A compound semiconductor (e.g., GaAs) IC device comprising: a compound semiconductor substrate (1) having a semi-insulating compound surface region; an active element laminated layer (2 to 5) formed on the surface region; an isolation region of a semi-insulating (intrinsic) compound semiconductor (9) which is filled in a groove (7) extending into the surface region through the laminated layer (2 to 5); and active elements formed in the isolated regions (8) of the laminated layer (2 to 5), respectively.
摘要:
A high-speed semiconductor device including an emitter layer (18); a base layer (15); a collector layer (13); a potential-barrier layer (14) disposed between the base layer and the collector layer; and a superlattice (16) disposed between the emitter layer and the base layer. The superlattice is formed with at least one quantum well therein and has a low impedance state for tunneling carriers therethrough. Preferably, the high-speed semiconductor device may further include a graded layer (17) disposed between the emitter layer and the superlattice. The graded layer has a conduction-energy level which is approximately equal to that of the emitter layer at one end and is approximatelv equal to a predetermined conduction-energy level of the superlattice at another end. In addition, the high-speed semiconductor device may act as a frequency multiplier.
摘要:
Logic circuitry (1) includes a resonant-tunneling transistor ( 1) and a resistor (13) connected in series thereto. The resonant-tunneling transistor has a superlattice structure and may be a resonant-tunneling hot electron transistor or a resonant-tunneling bipolar transistor. The resonant-tunneling transistor is operable to flow a current, between a collector and an emitter, having one of at least three different current values of a first, a second or a third value in response to a base voltage (V IN ) in one of three different voltage values of a first, second or a third value. The third current value lies between the first and second current values, and the second voltage value lies between the first and third voltage values. The logic circuitry outputs one of at least three states having a high value, a low value, and a value approximately in between the high and low values in response to a signal applied to the logic circuitry the signal having an amplitude of one of the first to third voltage values.
摘要:
A high-speed semiconductor device comprising an emitter potential barrier layer (2) disposed between an emitter layer (1) and a base layer (3), a collector layer (5), and a collector potential barrier layer (4a) disposed between the base layer (3) and the collector layer (5). The collector potential barrier layer (4a) has a structure having a barrier height changing from a high level to a low level along the direction from the base layer (3) to the collector layer (5), whereby, even when no bias voltage is applied between the collector layer (5) and the emitter layer (1), a collector current can flow through the device.
摘要:
A high-speed semiconductor device including an emitter layer (18); a base layer (15); a collector layer (13); a potential-barrier layer (14) disposed between the base layer and the collector layer; and a superlattice (16) disposed between the emitter layer and the base layer. The superlattice is formed with at least one quantum well therein and has a low impedance state for tunneling carriers therethrough. Preferably, the high-speed semiconductor device may further include a graded layer (17) disposed between the emitter layer and the superlattice. The graded layer has a conduction-energy level which is approximately equal to that of the emitter layer at one end and is approximatelv equal to a predetermined conduction-energy level of the superlattice at another end. In addition, the high-speed semiconductor device may act as a frequency multiplier.