SINGLE-ELECTRON MEMORY

被引:75
作者
NAKAZATO, K [1 ]
BLAIKIE, RJ [1 ]
CLEAVER, JRA [1 ]
AHMED, H [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CAMBRIDGE,CAVENDISH LAB,MICROELECTR RES CTR,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE,ENGLAND
关键词
MEMORIES; TUNNELING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;
D O I
10.1049/el:19930258
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A single-electron memory cell in which one bit of information is represented by +n and -n electron number states, is described. An experimental memory circuit for n congruent-to 100 was fabricated and the basic operation was confirmed at a temperature of 30 mK. This structure can be modified to operate with n = 1.
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页码:384 / 385
页数:2
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