TY - GEN
T1 - Nanostructure and quantum-effect electronics in Japan
AU - Kiehl, Richard
PY - 1994/1/1
Y1 - 1994/1/1
N2 - The search for circuitry that is not bound by the limits of conventional technologies has lead to research on a variety of radically different approaches to future electronics. The basic idea behind this work is to exploit physical effects in structures that are ultra small (nanometer size) in one or more dimensions. Quantum effects, such as resonant tunneling are being used in heterostructures with ultra-small vertical dimensions while ballistic electron motion, electron-wave interference, single-electron tunneling, and other effects are being explored in nanostructures with ultra-small lateral dimensions such as quantum point contacts, quantum dots, and quantum wires. In summary, a wide range of work aimed at developing future electronic circuitry based on physical effects in devices with ultra-small dimensions is being carried out in Japan. Functional operation of resonant-tunneling digital circuits has been demonstrated.
AB - The search for circuitry that is not bound by the limits of conventional technologies has lead to research on a variety of radically different approaches to future electronics. The basic idea behind this work is to exploit physical effects in structures that are ultra small (nanometer size) in one or more dimensions. Quantum effects, such as resonant tunneling are being used in heterostructures with ultra-small vertical dimensions while ballistic electron motion, electron-wave interference, single-electron tunneling, and other effects are being explored in nanostructures with ultra-small lateral dimensions such as quantum point contacts, quantum dots, and quantum wires. In summary, a wide range of work aimed at developing future electronic circuitry based on physical effects in devices with ultra-small dimensions is being carried out in Japan. Functional operation of resonant-tunneling digital circuits has been demonstrated.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:0028087533
SN - 0780318455
T3 - Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference
SP - 122
EP - 123
BT - Digest of Technical Papers - IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference
A2 - Anon, null
PB - Publ by IEEE
T2 - Proceedings of the 1994 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference
Y2 - 16 February 1994 through 18 February 1994
ER -