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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Ossining, NY (US);
Tze-chiang Chen, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Kailash Gopalakrishnan, New York, NY (US);
Bahman Hekmatshoartabari, White Plains, NY (US);
Young H. Kwark, Chappaqua, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus with a programmable response includes a semiconductor device with a junction formed thereon, the junction having a built-in potential, a quantum well element proximate to the junction that provides an energy well within a depletion region of the junction. The energy well comprises one or more donor energy states that support electron trapping, and/or one or more acceptor energy states that support hole trapping; thereby modulating the built-in potential of the junction. The semiconductor device may be a diode, a bipolar diode, a transistor, or the like. A corresponding method is also disclosed herein.