Real-Time Investigation of NanoFET Current Surge Capability During Heavy Ion Irradiation

Autor: Thomas Baumann, Zhun Liu, R. M. Ronningen, Mary Anne Tupta, Benjamin W. Jacobs, Kan Xie, A.F. Zeller, Virginia M. Ayres, Steven Allen Hartz
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: MRS Proceedings. 1512
ISSN: 1946-4274
0272-9172
DOI: 10.1557/opl.2013.275
Popis: The real-time electronic performance of a gallium nitride nanowire-based field effect transistor was investigated at five-minute intervals over thirty minutes of continuous irradiation by Xenon-124 relativistic heavy ions. An initial current surge that resulted in device improvement rather than device failure was observed. The current surge, and subsequent electronic behavior, was modeled using a combined thermionic emission-tunnelling approach, leading to information about barrier height, carrier concentrations, expected temperature behavior, and tunnelling.
Databáze: OpenAIRE