Silicon Single-Electron Devices

Accession number;04A0185868
Title;Silicon Single-Electron Devices
Author; TAKAHASHI Y (Ntt Basic Res. Lab., Atsugi-shi, Jpn) ONO Y (Ntt Basic Res. Lab., Atsugi-shi, Jpn) FUJIWARA A (Ntt Basic Res. Lab., Atsugi-shi, Jpn) INOKAWA H (Ntt Basic Res. Lab., Atsugi-shi, Jpn)
Journal Title;NTT Tech Rev
Journal Code:F0282C
ISSN:1348-3447
VOL.2;NO.2;PAGE.21-27(2004)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.11, REF.21
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;English
Abstract;Single-electron devices (SEDs) are attracting a lot of attention as devices for future large-scale integration because of their inherent low power and small size. We have developed a novel method of fabricating small Si single-electron transistors (SETs) called pattern-dependent oxidation (PADOX) and used it to make many kinds of SEDs. The low power consumption of SEDs is useful for logic circuits. In addition, SETs have two unique features that conventional transistors do not have; multi-input gate capability and conductance that oscillates as a function of gate voltage. We exploit these features to achieve complicated functions for logic circuits, such as multiple-valued logic. (author abst.)