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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jingming Xu, Toronto, CA;
Michael Shur, Golden Valley, MN (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
357 16 ; 357 34 ; 357-4 ;
Abstract
A hot electron transistor includes two base regions between the emitter and collector, with the first and second bases separated by a base-base barrier. The emitter injects high energy electrons across an emitter barrier into the first base, which acts as an electron gun to focus and accelerate the electrons and inject them across the base-base barrier into the second base. An input signal is applied to the second base, to modulate the flow of electrons from the second base across a collector barrier and into the collector.