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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 1998

Filed:

Jun. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

Jerry R Meyer, Catonville, MD (US);

Craig A Hoffman, Columbia, MD (US);

Filbert J Bartoli, Jr, Upper Marlboro, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
438172 ; 438573 ; 438962 ;
Abstract

This invention describes a nanometer scale interband lateral resonant tunneling transistor, and the method for producing the same, with lateral geometry, good fanout properties and suitable for incorporation into large-scale integrated circuits. The transistor is of a single gate design and operation is based on resonant tunneling processes in narrow-gap nanostructures which are highly responsive to quantum phenomena. Such quantum-effect devices can have very high density, operate at much higher temperatures and are capable of driving other devices.


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