DOI: 10.3390/mi15040522 ISSN: 2072-666X
A Ternary Inverter Based on Hybrid Conduction Mechanism of Band-to-Band Tunneling and Drift-Diffusion Process
Bin Lu, Xin Ma, Dawei Wang, Guoqiang Chai, Yulei Chen, Zhu Li, Linpeng Dong- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Control and Systems Engineering
In this paper, a novel transistor based on a hybrid conduction mechanism of band-to-band tunneling and drift-diffusion is proposed and investigated with the aid of TCAD tools. Besides the on and off states, the proposed device presents an additional intermediate state between the on and off states. Based on the tri-state behavior of the proposed TDFET (tunneling and drift-diffusion field-effect transistor), a ternary inverter is designed and its operation principle is studied in detail. It was found that this device achieves ternary logic with only two components, and its structure is simple. In addition, the influence of the supply voltage and the key device parameters are also investigated.