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Thickness engineered tunneling field-effect transistors (TE-TFET) as a high performance ultra-scaled steep transistor is proposed. This device exploits a specific property of 2D materials: layer thickness dependent energy bandgap (Eg).…
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Tunnel field effect transistor (TFET) devices are attractive as they show good scalability and have very low leakage current. However they suffer from low on-current and high threshold voltage. In order to employ the TFET for circuit…
Tunnel Field Effect Transistors (TFET) have extremely low leakage current, exhibit excellent subthreshold swing and are less susceptible to short channel effects. However, TFETs do face certain special challenges, particularly with respect…
Strain engineering has recently been explored to improve tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs). Here, we report design and performance of strained ultra-thin-body (UTB) III-V TFETs by quantum transport simulations. It is found that for an…
Tunneling field-effect transistors (TFETs) have gained a great deal of recent interest due to their potential to reduce power dissipation in integrated circuits. One major challenge for TFETs so far has been achieving high drive currents,…
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We investigated the effect of material choice and orientation in limiting source to drain tunneling (SDT) in nanowire (NW) p-MOSFETs. Si, Ge, GaSb, and Ge0.96Sn0.04 nanowire MOSFETs (NWFETs) were simulated using rigorous ballistic quantum…
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A simple electronic experiment with a field effect transistor type microstructure is suggested. The thin superconductor layer is the source-drain channel of the layered structure where an AC current is applied. It is necessary to measure…
Triple heterojunction (THJ) TFETs have been proposed to resolve the low ON-current challenge of TFETs. However, the design space for THJ-TFETs is limited by fabrication challenges with respect to device dimensions and material interfaces.…
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