TY - GEN
T1 - Compound semiconductor based tunnel transistor logic
AU - Datta, Suman
AU - Mookerjea, S.
AU - Mohata, D.
AU - Liu, L.
AU - Saripalli, V.
AU - Narayanan, V.
AU - Mayer, T.
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - In this invited talk, we introduce a new transistor architecture based on inter-band tunneling mechanism as a step towards exploring steep switching transistors for energy efficient logic applications. While others have researched on developing these transistors in the Si, Ge and their alloys, we have focused specifically on narrow gap compound semiconductor (CS) systems to develop tunnel transistors. We address the following topics regarding the CS-based tunnel transistor architecture: a) the choice of appropriate materials to tune the transfer characteristics over a specified gate voltage swing b) the characteristic screening lengths in these device essential for scaling, c) an effective way to estimate the switching speed of tunnel transistors, d) digital circuit design methodologies utilizing tunnel transistors.
AB - In this invited talk, we introduce a new transistor architecture based on inter-band tunneling mechanism as a step towards exploring steep switching transistors for energy efficient logic applications. While others have researched on developing these transistors in the Si, Ge and their alloys, we have focused specifically on narrow gap compound semiconductor (CS) systems to develop tunnel transistors. We address the following topics regarding the CS-based tunnel transistor architecture: a) the choice of appropriate materials to tune the transfer characteristics over a specified gate voltage swing b) the characteristic screening lengths in these device essential for scaling, c) an effective way to estimate the switching speed of tunnel transistors, d) digital circuit design methodologies utilizing tunnel transistors.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84887323880
SN - 1893580156
SN - 9781893580152
T3 - 2010 International Conference on Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, CS MANTECH 2010
BT - 2010 International Conference on Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, CS MANTECH 2010
T2 - 2010 International Conference on Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology
Y2 - 17 May 2010 through 20 May 2010
ER -