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In this work, we present a concept that leverages the strong piezoelectric polarization field in InGaN, which counteracts the external electric field at reverse bias. We show that despite the smaller InGaN band-gap and lower critical electric field, its st ...

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Doping Engineering for PDP Optimization in SPADs Implemented in 55-nm BCD Process

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We introduce a new family of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) with enhanced depletion regions in a 55-nm Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) technology. We demonstrate how to systematically engineer doping profiles in the main junction and in deep p-well layers ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2024

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Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2024

Correlated insulator collapse due to quantum avalanche via in-gap ladder states

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The significant discrepancy observed between the predicted and experimental switching fields in correlated insulators under a DC electric field far-from-equilibrium necessitates a reevaluation of current microscopic understanding. Here we show that an elec ...

Nature Portfolio2023

Enhancement-mode Multi-channel AlGaN/GaN Transistors with LiNiO Junction Tri-Gate

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Extended-gate field-effect transistor with aptamer functionalisation layer for measuring hormone concentration in biofluids and corresponding fabrication method

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The present invention concerns a biosensor (1) for sensing stress hormone cortisol concentration in a biofluid (27). The biosensor (1) comprises: an electrical transistor transducer (3) comprising a transistor gate electrode (17); a sensing electrode eleme ...

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Intrinsic Polarization Super Junctions: Design of Single and Multichannel GaN Structures

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Exploring negative capacitance and neuromorphic devices based on CMOS-compatible ferroelectric HfO2

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Ferroelectric materials are explored for numerous applications thanks to their properties associated with electrically switchable spontaneous polarization. Perovskites are an established class of ferroelectrics used for sensors and actuators. However, they ...

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LiNiO Junction Gate for High-performance Enhancement-mode GaN Power Transistor

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New Technologies to Enhance the Figures-of-Merit of GaN Power Devices

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A hybrid III-V tunnel FET and MOSFET technology platform integrated on silicon

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p-GaN field plate for low leakage current in lateral GaN Schottky barrier diodes

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High-voltage gallium nitride Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) suffer from large off-state leakage current, which further degrades during operation at high temperatures and limits the device blocking capabilities. The key to achieving low off-state leakage is ...

AIP American Institute of Physics2021

Heterostructure design and field management in III-N high-electron mobility electronic devices

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Multi-channel nanowire devices for efficient power conversion

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Nanowire-based devices can potentially be of use in a variety of electronic applications, from ultrascaled digital circuits to 5G communication networks. However, the devices are typically restricted to low-power applications due to the relatively low elec ...

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Passivating Polysilicon Recombination Junctions for Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells

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Polysilicon recombination junctions whose n-type bottom layers double as a passivating contact to the silicon surface are investigated. Such recombination junctions are a key element in the interconnection of tandem devices with a silicon bottom cell, and ...

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Intrinsic switching in Si-doped HfO2: A study of Curie-Weiss law and its implications for negative capacitance field-effect transistor

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HfO2-based ferroelectrics are considered a promising class of materials for logic and memory applications due to their CMOS compatibility and ferroelectric figures of merit. A steep-slope field-effect-transistor (FET) switch is a device for logic applicati ...

AMER INST PHYSICS2021

Enhancement Mode Tri-gate GaN Power Devices and Logic Circuits

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Gallium Nitride (GaN) is one of the most promising materials for high frequency power switching due to its exceptional properties such as large saturation velocity, high carrier mobility, and high breakdown field strength. The high switching frequency of G ...

EPFL2021

GaN vertical power devices on silicon substrates

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Gallium Nitride (GaN) is a wonder material which has widely transformed the world by enabling energy-efficient white light-emitting diodes. Over the past decade, GaN has also emerged as one of the most promising materials for developing power devices which ...

EPFL2021

Ionizing-Radiation Response and Low-Frequency Noise of 28-nm MOSFETs at Ultrahigh Doses

Christian Enz

Total ionizing dose (TID) mechanisms are investigated in 28-nm MOSFETs via dc static and low-frequency noise measurements. nMOSFETs and pMOSFETs are irradiated up to 1 Grad(SiO2) and annealed at high temperatures. TID sensitivity depends on the channel len ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

Electrochemical and morphological engineering of 2D materials for nanopore sensing

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Nanopores are nanometer-sized holes that were initially proposed for DNA sequencing. Several years ago sequencing was made possible with biological nanopores. However, solid-state nanopores have plenty of advantages to offer compared to their biological co ...

EPFL2020