DocumentCode
1003530
Title
Room temperature negative differential resistance of metal (CoSi2)/insulator (CaF2) resonant tunnelling diode
Author
Suemasu, Takashi ; Watanabe, Manabu ; Asada, Minoru ; Suzuki, Nobuhiro
Author_Institution
Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Japan
Volume
28
Issue
15
fYear
1992
fDate
7/16/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1432
Lastpage
1434
Abstract
The first room temperature negative differential resistance in a nanometre-thick metal (CoSi2)/insulator (CaF2) resonant tunneling diode is reported. This device consists of heterostructures with two metallic (CoSi2) wells and three insulator (CaF2) barriers grown on n-Si
Keywords
calcium compounds; cobalt compounds; metal-insulator-semiconductor devices; negative resistance; resonant tunnelling devices; superlattices; tunnel diodes; 0.9 nm; 1.9 nm; 300 K; 77 K; CoSi 2-CaF 2-Si; MISD; Si substrate; heterostructures; insulator barriers; metallic wells; nanometre-thick metal; peak to valley current ratios; resonant tunnelling diode; room temperature negative differential resistance; silicides; ultra thin layers;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19920911
Filename
256058
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