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A comprehensive study of bistable gated bipolar device

  • Xu Cheng
  • , Russell Duane

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Abstract

Bistable gated bipolar (BGB) devices, a novel negative differential resistance (NDR) device, is investigated in this paper. Experimental demonstration for both n-channel and p-channel devices is carried out in a partially depleted silicon-on-insulator technology. The temperature dependence of its NDR characteristics is measured and found to be in good agreement with analytical models. A feasible scheme is proposed to implement this device in scaled CMOS technologies. As the basic principle for applications, the measured hysteresis characteristic of a storage cell utilizing the BGB device is reported for the first time. Potential applications for logic and memory are also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2589-2597
Number of pages9
JournalIEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume53
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006

Keywords

  • MOS devices
  • Negative resistance devices

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