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GB2338592A
GB2338592A GB9813142A GB9813142A GB2338592A GB 2338592 A GB2338592 A GB 2338592A GB 9813142 A GB9813142 A GB 9813142A GB 9813142 A GB9813142 A GB 9813142A GB 2338592 A GB2338592 A GB 2338592A
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John Henry Jefferson
Timothy Jonathan Phillips
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Priority to JP2000555300A priority patent/JP2002518851A/ja
Priority to EP99928062A priority patent/EP1088346A1/en
Priority to US09/701,884 priority patent/US6753593B1/en
Priority to PCT/GB1999/001885 priority patent/WO1999066561A1/en
Priority to US09/719,484 priority patent/US6498354B1/en
Priority to JP2000555299A priority patent/JP4864202B2/ja
Priority to PCT/GB1999/001940 priority patent/WO1999066562A1/en
Priority to GB9914160A priority patent/GB2338599A/en
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    • H10D30/014—Manufacture or treatment of FETs having zero-dimensional [0D] or one-dimensional [1D] channels, e.g. quantum wire FETs, single-electron transistors [SET] or Coulomb blockade transistors
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    • H10D30/00—Field-effect transistors [FET]
    • H10D30/40—FETs having zero-dimensional [0D], one-dimensional [1D] or two-dimensional [2D] charge carrier gas channels
    • H10D30/402—Single electron transistors; Coulomb blockade transistors
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    • H10D30/43—FETs having zero-dimensional [0D], one-dimensional [1D] or two-dimensional [2D] charge carrier gas channels having 1D charge carrier gas channels, e.g. quantum wire FETs or transistors having 1D quantum-confined channels
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    • H10D62/00—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers
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    • H10D62/81—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials of structures exhibiting quantum-confinement effects, e.g. single quantum wells; of structures having periodic or quasi-periodic potential variation
    • H10D62/812—Single quantum well structures
    • H10D62/813—Quantum wire structures
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    • H10D62/812—Single quantum well structures
    • H10D62/814—Quantum box structures
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    • H10D62/85—Semiconductor bodies, or regions thereof, of devices having potential barriers characterised by the materials being Group III-V materials, e.g. GaAs
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S977/936—Specified use of nanostructure for electronic or optoelectronic application in a transistor or 3-terminal device
    • Y10S977/937—Single electron transistor

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GB9813142A GB2338592A (en) 1998-06-19 1998-06-19 Single electron transistor
GB9914160A GB2338599A (en) 1998-06-19 1999-06-18 Single electron transistor
US09/701,884 US6753593B1 (en) 1998-06-19 1999-06-18 Quantum wire field-effect transistor and method of making the same
JP2000555300A JP2002518851A (ja) 1998-06-19 1999-06-18 量子ワイヤー電界効果トランジスタ及びその製造方法
EP99928062A EP1088346A1 (en) 1998-06-19 1999-06-18 Quantum wire field-effect transistor and method of making the same
EP99957113A EP1088347B1 (en) 1998-06-19 1999-06-18 Single charge carrier transistor and detection method using the same
PCT/GB1999/001885 WO1999066561A1 (en) 1998-06-19 1999-06-18 Single charge carrier transistor, method of holding a charge carrier within a quantum dot, and method of detection
US09/719,484 US6498354B1 (en) 1998-06-19 1999-06-18 Single charge carrier transistor, method of holding a charge carrier within a quantum dot, and method of detection
JP2000555299A JP4864202B2 (ja) 1998-06-19 1999-06-18 単一電荷キャリアトランジスタ、量子ドット内に電荷キャリアを保持する方法、及び検出方法
PCT/GB1999/001940 WO1999066562A1 (en) 1998-06-19 1999-06-18 Quantum wire field-effect transistor and method of making the same

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