Abstract:
An apparatus comprising an array of field-effect transistors, each field-effect transistor comprising a channel, source and drain electrodes configured to enable a flow of electrical current through the channel, and a gate electrode configured to enable the flow of electrical current to be varied, the gate electrode separated from the channel by a dielectric material configured to inhibit a flow of electrical current between the channel and gate electrode, wherein the gate electrode of each field-effect transistor is connected in parallel to the gate electrodes of the other field-effect transistors in the array, and wherein a respective two-terminal current-limiting component is coupled to each gate electrode such that, in the event that a defect in the dielectric material of a particular field-effect transistor allows a leakage current to flow between the channel and gate electrode of that field-effect transistor, the respective two-terminal current-limiting component limits the magnitude of the leakage current so that the other field-effect transistors in the array are substantially unaffected by the leakage current.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of sensors;readout circuitry configured to read information from each of the plurality of sensors; and wherein the apparatus has identifier information and calibration information stored with the identifier information and the apparatus is configured to be coupled to at least one other apparatus to form an array of apparatus.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprising at least one pair of a first inner andsecond outer photodetector, each photodetector comprising a channel member, respective source and drain electrodes configured to enable a flow of electrical currentthrough the channel member between the source and drain electrodes, and a plurality of quantum dots configured to generate electron-hole pairs on exposure to incident electromagnetic radiation to produce a detectable change in the electrical current flowing through the channel member. The first inner and second outer photodetectorsare configured to generate electron-hole pairs which produce an increase and decrease in electrical current through the channel members. The first inner and the second outer photodetectorssharea common channel member, which ispartitioned by one or more of the respective source and drain electrodes respectively extending in two dimensions such that the first inner photodetector is defined within the second outer photodetector.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus wherein the method comprises: providing at least one electrode within a semiconductor layer wherein the semiconductor layer is provided on a first side of a wafer; thinning the wafer to produce a thinned wafer; providing graphene on a second side of the thinned wafer; attaching the semiconductor layer to an electrical interface on the first side of the thinned wafer; and providing at least one electrical connection from the graphene to the electrical interface so as to form a transistor comprising the at least one electrode and the graphene.
Abstract:
An apparatus, comprising a quantum dot graphene field effect transistor configured to operate in such a way that photons incident thereon cause electron-hole pairs to be formed;a connector element connected to the back gate of the quantum dot graphene field effect transistor;a switch element configured to function as an output switch in order to provide an output for a current flowing through the quantum dot graphene field effect transistor; wherein the quantum dot graphene field effect transistor is configured to be back gate biased via the connector element connected to the back gate in such a way that the electrons or the holes formed are trapped in an at least one quantum dot and respectively the holes or the electrons migrate to the channel of the quantum dot field effect transistor; and wherein a drain to source voltage connected to the quantum dot graphene field effect transistor causes a current proportional to the charge of the holes or electrons trapped at the quantum dots by the electrons or holes to flow in the channel.
Abstract:
A sensor array comprising a plurality of apparatus and a method of forming such a sensor array. Each apparatus comprises: a plurality of sensors; readout circuitry configured to read information from each of the plurality of sensors; and identifier information and calibration information stored with the identifier information, and each apparatus is configured to be coupled to at least one other apparatus of the sensor array. Each apparatus is calibrated before it is coupled to another apparatus, and the sensor array is calibrated after the plurality of apparatus have been coupled together.