Patent ID: 6229161
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: G11C,H01L

Abstract:
A semiconductor device, comprising:an NDR device having end regions at either end of at least two contiguous regions of opposite polarity; anda control port located adjacent to, capacitively coupled to and facing at least one of the regions of the NDR device, said one region having a cross-section along a plane facing an interface between two of said contiguous regions, the control port and the NDR device configured and arranged with the cross-section having thickness wherein the capacitive coupling between the gate and said one region changes the potential across a majority of the cross-section in response to at least one voltage transition presented to the control port and independent of any MOS inversion channel formation against said one region, and therein enhancing switching of the NDR device between a current-passing mode and a current-blocking mode for current between the end regions.