A Si Memory Device Composed of a One-Dimensional Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect-Transistor Switch and a Single-Electron-Transistor Detector
- 1 April 1999
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 38 (4S) , 2457
- https://doi.org/10.1143/jjap.38.2457
Abstract
A novel Si memory device composed of a small one-dimensional (1D) Si-wire metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) field-effect transistor (FET) and a single-electron transistor (SET) is proposed, and its fundamental characteristics at 40 K are demonstrated. The small Si SET is fabricated by means of pattern-dependent oxidation (PADOX), which is almost completely compatible with Si MOSLSI processes. The 1D MOSFET provides a very steep subthreshold slope that is very close to the physical limit at room temperature in spite of the very short channel. This guarantees low voltage operation as well as small size. The memory device uses a 1D MOSFET as a switch for electrons transported to and from the memory node. The very small number of stored electrons is detected by a highly sensitive SET electrometer. The device can operate with an extremely small number of electrons, which assures ultralow-power and high-speed operation.Keywords
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