Theoretical Analysis and Characterization of Multi-Islands Single-Electron Devices with Applications

A two- (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) multiple-tunnel junctions array is investigated. Device structure and electrical characteristics are described. We present a comparison of carriers transport through devices based on polymetallic grains based on master equation and the orthodox theory. The Coul...

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Autores principales: Touati, Amine, Chatbouri, Samir, Sghaier, Nabil, Kalboussi, Adel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3932202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24672302
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/241214
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author Touati, Amine
Chatbouri, Samir
Sghaier, Nabil
Kalboussi, Adel
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description A two- (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) multiple-tunnel junctions array is investigated. Device structure and electrical characteristics are described. We present a comparison of carriers transport through devices based on polymetallic grains based on master equation and the orthodox theory. The Coulomb blockade effect of 2D and 3D arrays is observed at low and high temperatures. The conduction mechanism is handled by the tunnel effect, and we adopt in addition the thermionic and Fowler-Nordheim emissions. Numerical simulation results focused on flash-memory and photodetector applications. Memory characteristics such as program/erase select gate operation are demonstrated in 2D devices. Also 3D array scheme is discussed for the high-density NCs scalable for photodetector application.
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spelling pubmed-39322022014-03-26 Theoretical Analysis and Characterization of Multi-Islands Single-Electron Devices with Applications Touati, Amine Chatbouri, Samir Sghaier, Nabil Kalboussi, Adel ScientificWorldJournal Research Article A two- (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) multiple-tunnel junctions array is investigated. Device structure and electrical characteristics are described. We present a comparison of carriers transport through devices based on polymetallic grains based on master equation and the orthodox theory. The Coulomb blockade effect of 2D and 3D arrays is observed at low and high temperatures. The conduction mechanism is handled by the tunnel effect, and we adopt in addition the thermionic and Fowler-Nordheim emissions. Numerical simulation results focused on flash-memory and photodetector applications. Memory characteristics such as program/erase select gate operation are demonstrated in 2D devices. Also 3D array scheme is discussed for the high-density NCs scalable for photodetector application. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3932202/ /pubmed/24672302 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/241214 Text en Copyright © 2014 Amine Touati et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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