Gunn diode with layered structure
OwnerAbhishek A. Sharma, Tahir Ghani +1inventors
InventorsAbhishek A. Sharma, Tahir Ghani, Wilfred Gomes
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OwnerAbhishek A. Sharma, Tahir Ghani +1inventors
InventorsAbhishek A. Sharma, Tahir Ghani, Wilfred Gomes
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Gunn diodes are formed using a set of layered semiconductor materials, with one or more n-doped upper layers and contacts over the uppermost semiconductor layer. A diode may include alternating layers of indium, gallium, and arsenic (e.g., InGaAs) and indium, aluminum, and arsenic (e.g., InAlAs), where an uppermost layer of the stack includes two regions of highly-doped InGaAs, and a layer of InAlAs is directly below the two regions of highly-doped InGaAs. The InAlAs layer forms the active region and is n-doped to a lower dopant concentration than the two InGaAs regions. Further alternating layers of InGaAs and InAlAs may be below the active region. A gate may be included between the two contacts and over the active region; the gate may apply a bias voltage to the active region. The Gunn diodes may advantageously be used in low-temperature environments, such as cooled IC devices.
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