Bistable switching on gallium arsenide Schottky gate field-effect transistors

Abstract
A bistable switching phenomenon including a memory effect has been observed on a GaAs FET with Schottky gate. The characteristics of the two states of the transistor appear to be very different, the first having a high input impedance of the gate and the second Ohmic behavior of the gate. Transitions between these two states are achieved through negative or positive pulses applied to the gate. The transition time is less than 1 μsec. Each state remains stable over a period of weeks.

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