Patent ID: 6798000
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: B82Y,G11C,H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
A field-effect transistor, comprising:a nanowire, which forms a source region, a channel region and a drain region of the field-effect transistor, the nanowire being a semiconducting and/or metallically conductive nanowire; and at least one nanotube, which forms a gate region of the field-effect transistor, the nanotube being a semiconducting and/or metallically conductive nanotube, the channel region formed by the nanowire and a tip of the nanotube being arranged adjacent to one another and at a distance from one another in such a manner or being set up in such a manner that it is substantially impossible for there to be a tunneling current between the nanowire and the nanotube, and that the conductivity of the channel region of the nanowire can be controlled by means of a field effect as a result of an electric voltage being applied to the nanotube.