Flip-flop circuit using a resonant-tunnelling hot electron transistor (RHET)
Abstract
This letter proposes a circuit using a resonant-tunnelling hot electron transistor (RHET). The circuit uses a resistor in series with the base of the RHET to make bistable states. Preliminary test results are reported which show that this circuit acts as a bistable multivibrator or flip-flop, indicating that the RHET has both switching and memory functions, while conventional transistors have only the switching function. This attractive feature should be useful for memory and/or logic applications, since the flip-flop is a fundamental function used in these circuits.
- Publication:
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Electronics Letters
- Pub Date:
- November 1986
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1986ElL....22.1228Y
- Keywords:
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- Bistable Circuits;
- Electron Tunneling;
- Flip-Flops;
- Quantum Wells;
- Resonant Tunneling;
- Transistors;
- Hot Electrons;
- Logic Circuits;
- Memory (Computers);
- Resistors;
- Resonators;
- Volt-Ampere Characteristics;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering