Normally-off junction field-effect transistors and complementary circuits

    公开(公告)号:GB2538896A

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-30

    申请号:GB201613996

    申请日:2015-01-20

    Applicant: IBM

    Abstract: A junction field-effect transistor (JFET) with a gate region that includes two separate subregions having material of different conductivity types and/or a Schottky junction that substantially suppresses gate current when the gate junction is forward-biased, as well as complementary circuits that incorporate such JFET devices. According to an aspect of the present invention, there is a junction field effect transistor (JFET) that includes a channel region and a gate region. The gate region includes a first gate sub-region and a second gate sub-region. The first gate sub-region forms a junction with the channel region. The second gate sub-region forms a junction with the first gate sub-region. The channel region and the second gate sub-region include material of a first conductivity type. The first gate sub-region includes material of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type.

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