Negative differential resistance in GaN tunneling hot electron transistors

Abstract

Room temperature negative differential resistance is demonstrated in a unipolar GaN-based tunneling hot electron transistor. Such a device employs tunnel-injected electrons to vary the electron energy and change the fraction of reflected electrons, and shows repeatable negative differential resistance with a peak to valley current ratio of 7.2. The device was stable when biased in the negative resistance regime and tunable by changing collector bias. Good repeatability and double-sweep characteristics at room temperature show the potential of such device for high frequency oscillators based on quasi-ballistic transport.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Nov 17, 2014
Source ID
10.1063/1.4900780

Entities

People

  • Digbijoy Nath
  • Siddharth Rajan
  • Zhichao Yang

Organizations

  • Office of Naval Research
  • Ohio State University

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics