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InP hot electron transistors with a buried metal gate

Miyamoto, Y ; Yamamoto, R ; Maeda, H ; Takeuchi, K ; Machida, N ; Wernersson, Lars-Erik LU and Furuya, K (2003) In Japanese Journal of Applied Physics 42(12). p.7221-7226
Abstract
To apply the ballistic nature of hot electrons, an InP hot electron transistor with a buried metal (BM-HET) is reported. In this device, carriers are extracted from the emitter by an attractive potential originating from an embedded metal grating, and they propagate through intrinsic semiconductor material only. A simple estimation shows a high cutoff frequency and low output conductance. The estimated highest cutoff frequency is approximately 1 THz. Fabricated devices show that the collector current increased with the gate bias. After extraction of the leakage cur-rent, a clear saturation of the collector current in common-emitter characteristics was confirmed and the possibility of BM-HET as a candidate for high-speed electron devices... (More)
To apply the ballistic nature of hot electrons, an InP hot electron transistor with a buried metal (BM-HET) is reported. In this device, carriers are extracted from the emitter by an attractive potential originating from an embedded metal grating, and they propagate through intrinsic semiconductor material only. A simple estimation shows a high cutoff frequency and low output conductance. The estimated highest cutoff frequency is approximately 1 THz. Fabricated devices show that the collector current increased with the gate bias. After extraction of the leakage cur-rent, a clear saturation of the collector current in common-emitter characteristics was confirmed and the possibility of BM-HET as a candidate for high-speed electron devices was demonstrated. (Less)
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hot electron transistors, buried metal gate, ballistic electron, InP
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Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
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42
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12
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7221 - 7226
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IOP Publishing
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  • wos:000187559600011
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0021-4922
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10.1143/JJAP.42.7221
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English
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  author       = {{Miyamoto, Y and Yamamoto, R and Maeda, H and Takeuchi, K and Machida, N and Wernersson, Lars-Erik and Furuya, K}},
  issn         = {{0021-4922}},
  keywords     = {{hot electron transistors; buried metal gate; ballistic electron; InP}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{12}},
  pages        = {{7221--7226}},
  publisher    = {{IOP Publishing}},
  series       = {{Japanese Journal of Applied Physics}},
  title        = {{InP hot electron transistors with a buried metal gate}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.42.7221}},
  doi          = {{10.1143/JJAP.42.7221}},
  volume       = {{42}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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