Room temperature tunneling switches and methods of making and using the same

Inventors

Yoke Khin Yap, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow

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Abstract

The tunneling channel of a field effect transistor comprising a plurality of tunneling elements contacting a channel substrate. Applying a source-drain voltage of greater than a turn-on voltage produces a source-drain current of greater than about 10 pA. Applying a source-drain voltage of less than a turn-on voltage produces a source-drain current of less than about 10 pA. The turn-on voltage at room temperature is between about 0.1V and about 40V.

Patent Number

US 9,825,154 B2

Assignee

Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (US)

Application Number

14/359,818

Date Filed

11-28-2012

Certificate of Correction

No

Issue Date

11-21-2017

Disciplines

Physics

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Recommended Citation

Yap, Yoke Khin, "Room temperature tunneling switches and methods of making and using the same" (2017). Michigan Tech Patents. 136.
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/patents/136