Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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748030 | Solid-State Electronics | 2014 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Reconfigurable nanowire transistors merge the electrical properties of unipolar n- and p-type FETs into a single type of device with identic technology, geometry and composition. These four-terminal nanowire transistors employ an electric signal to dynamically program unipolar n- or p-type behavior. More than reducing the technological complexity, they open up the possibility of dynamically programming the functions of circuits at the device level, i.e. enabling a fine-grain reconfiguration of complex functions. We will review different reconfigurable concepts, analyze the transport properties and finally assess their maturity for building circuits.
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Authors
W.M. Weber, A. Heinzig, J. Trommer, D. Martin, M. Grube, T. Mikolajick,