Graduate Student Industrial Fellowship: Investigation of Transport Properties in Bipolar Quantum Resonant Tunneling Transistors

9625590柯克我们建议测量和分析优化生物极化量子阱共振隧穿晶体管(BiQuaRTT)性能所需的器件参数，该器件处于量子器件研究的前沿。该器件最有效的应用是用于无线通信的低相噪倍频器、用于冗余数字算术处理器的中央加法器元件以及次镜像磁场传感器。要为这些应用准备这种量子晶体管，需要对器件的电流-电压(I-V)行为有基本的了解，并对系统性能参数进行基准测量。该研究计划涉及德克萨斯农工大学NanoFAB中心和德克萨斯仪器公司之间的合作。***

9625590 Kirk We propose to measure and analyze device parameters needed to optimize the performance of the Biopolar Quantum-Well Resonant-Tunneling Transistor (BiQuaRTT) which is on the cutting edge of quantum device research. The applications where this device can be most effectively used are low-phase-noise frequency multipliers for wireless communications, central adder elements for redundant digit arithmetic processors, and submircon magnetic field sensors. The preparation of this quantum transistor for these applications requires a fundamental understanding of the device current-voltage (I-V) behavior, as well as benchmark measurements of system performance parameters. The research plan involves a collaboration between the NanoFAB Center at Texas A&M University and Texas Instruments, Incorporated. ***