Open Access Review Article

Evidence of Electron Charging Induced Alternating Currents in Nanopillar Transistor

Te Chien Wang and Yue Min Wan*

Department of Electronic Engineering, I-Shou University, Taiwan

Corresponding Author

Received Date: June 06 , 2019;  Published Date: June 10 , 2019

Abstract

Study of electron charging in nanopillar transistor at 300K shows that elastic vibration is an automatic behavior in the device. The frequency observed in the drain-source current is found to agree with the charging frequency. Given a quantum dot of size ~10x10x9nm3, the maximum displacement estimated is 0.3nm. Once the displacement diminishes to zero, single-electron tunnel dominates the I-V. A forced vibration model is proposed to explain the correlation between surface charges and vibrations. When the distribution of charges is uniformly on each SiNx atom, vibration becomes stable and can yield homogenous damping current.

Keywords:Quantum dot; Nanopillar transistor; Pulse voltage; Mechanical vibration

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