A simple digital-to-analog conversion technique using single-electron transistor

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 608-611

  Ahn, Su Jin ^a   Kim, Dae Mann ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coulomb blockade; Digitalto analog data conversion; Single electron tunneling

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CIRCUIT OSCILLATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRANSISTORS;

COULOMB BLOCKADE; SINGLE ELECTRON TRANSISTORS;

DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERSION;

EID: 0032050404     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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