Patent ID: 7943450

Claim:
A method for forming a gated resonant tunneling diode (GRTD), the method comprising: forming a body of a first conduction type; forming a first electrode region and a second electrode region in the body, wherein each of the first and second electrode regions are of a second conduction type, and wherein the first and second electrode regions are spatially separated from one another such that there is a channel region between the first and second electrode regions; forming a barrier region of the first conduction type in the channel region, wherein the level of doping of the barrier region is greater than the level of doping of the body; forming a quantum well region of the second conduction type in the channel region such that the barrier region is located between each of the first and second electrode regions and the quantum well region; forming an insulating layer over at least a portion of the channel region; and forming a gate electrode over at least a portion of the insulating layer.