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BY N.VIJAYALAKSHMI Roll.No.30
What is SET?
Single electron transistor (SET) is a device of single electronics It is of nanometer-scale devices SETs can solve the intrinsic drawbacks of CMOS technology it can be combined with CMOSs to improve overall performance of integrated circuits -reducing power consumption and achieving greater functionality
Contnd..
SET can be viewed as a field-effect transistor in which the channel is replaced by two tunnel junctions forming a metallic island
FET Vs SET
field-effect transistor when electrons are added to a semiconductor on and turns off when they are removed. One then has a transistor that turns on and off again every time one electron is added to it we call it a single electron transistor the electrons are confined within a small volume and communicate with the electrical leads by tunnelling Aggressive scaling of MOSFET dimensions to near-10nanometer scale is expected to produce a number of fundamental reliability issues related to irregular dopant distributions, parameter fluctuations, and continuity of the channel region.
PRINCIPLE OF SET
Contd..
As the bias voltage is increased an electron can pass through the island when the energy in the system reaches the Coulomb energy This effect is known as the Coulomb blockade If the gate voltage is increased, the energy of the initial system gradually increases, while the energy of the system with one excess electron on the island gradually decreases
VERSIONS OF SET
two versions "metallic" and "semi conducting".
FABRICATION OF SET
AFM image of a single electron transistor made by the STM nano-oxidation process Schematic of a single electron transistor
CONCLUSION
Because of its small size, low energy consumption and high sensitivity, SET has found many applications in many areas SETs could be used for memory device, but even the latest SETs suffer from offset charges, which means that the gate voltage needed to achieve maximum current varies randomly from device to device.