A Triple-Well Resonant-Tunneling Diode For Multiple-Valued Logic Application

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 365-367

  Tanoue, T ^a   Mizuta, H ^a   Takahashi, S ^a  

^a HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER METATHEORY -- MANY VALUED LOGICS; LOGIC CIRCUITS -- COMPONENTS;

FOUR POTENTIAL BARRIERS; NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCE (NDR); TRIPLE-WELL RESONANT TUNNELING DIODE;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, TUNNEL;

EID: 0024056609     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: 15580563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/55.745     Document Type: Article

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