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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lars Ivar Samuelson, Malmö, SE;
Knut Wilfried Deppert, Lund, SE;
Assignee:
BTG International Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/906 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/906 ;
Abstract
A single electron tunnelling device is formed by positioning between first and second electrodes a particle formed of a material having a first conductivity characteristic having a surface layer of a material of a second conductivity characteristic, the thickness of said layer being sufficiently small to support quantum mechanical tunnelling therethrough.