2 is used between the island and the gate. Both devices are successfully simulated using Genius Simulator. It has been established that a device with a silicon dot is more promising at room temperature. A device with a silicon dot has a lower capacity and higher charging energy than a device without a quantum dot.

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Numerical Simulation of Set using TCAD

Tarun Singhal*, Vijay K. Lamba**, Javed Ashraf***
* Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, AFSET-Al Falah School of Engineering and Technology, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
** Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Global College of Engineering and Technology, Kahanpur, Punjab, India.
*** Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Al-Falah University, Faridabad, Haryana, India.
Periodicity:September - November'2021
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jele.12.1.15128

Abstract

The ability to control the electron flow of a Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor MOSFET decreases due to a quantum mechanical effect as the size decreases below 50 nm. To meet this challenge, a new area of device research is needed. One such area is devices based on tunneling phenomena, called single-electron devices. In this paper, the most fundamental single-electron device, the Single Electron Transistor (SET), is designed using visual Technical Computer Aided Design (TCAD) with a gate length of 2 nm and a gate width of 2 nm. The channel is ultra-thin with a length of 2 nm and a width of 0.005 nm, and the thickness of the channel is 0.3 nm. Then, a Si quantum dot with a size of 0.5 * 1.6 nm2 is used between the island and the gate. Both devices are successfully simulated using Genius Simulator. It has been established that a device with a silicon dot is more promising at room temperature. A device with a silicon dot has a lower capacity and higher charging energy than a device without a quantum dot.

Keywords

Quantum Tunneling, Coulomb Blockade (CB), Quantum Dot (QD), Single-Electron Transistor (SET).

How to Cite this Article?

Singhal, T., Lamba, V. K., and Ashraf, J. (2021). Numerical Simulation of Set using TCAD. i-manager's Journal on Electronics Engineering, 12(1), 29-34. https://doi.org/10.26634/jele.12.1.15128

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