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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2019
Josephine Bea Chang, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Robert S. Howell, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Matthew R. King, Wake Forest, NC (US);
Josephine Bea Chang, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Robert S. Howell, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Matthew R. King, Wake Forest, NC (US);
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
A vertical transistor is provided that includes a base structure and a superlattice structure overlying the base structure. The superlattice structure comprises a multichannel ridge having sidewalls. The multichannel ridge comprises a plurality of heterostructures that each form a channel of the multichannel ridge. The vertical transistor also includes a source region that overlies the base structure and is in contact with a first end of the superlattice structure, a floating drain that overlies the base structure and is in contact with a second end of the superlattice structure, and a drain. When the vertical transistor is in an 'ON' state, current flows from the source region through the channels of the multichannel ridge to the floating drain, which funnels the current to the drain through at least a portion of the base structure.