Ch 7 – Coulomb Blockade and the Single-Electron Transistor EE 315/ECE 451 N ANOELECTRONICS I From notes by R Munden
O UTLINE 7.1 Coulomb Blockade 7.2 The Single-Electron Transistor 7.3 Other SET and FET Structures 7.4 Main Points 10/14/ J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315
7.1 C OULOMB B LOCKADE 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 3
C APACITOR P ROPERTIES 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 4
7.1.1 N ANOCAPACITOR 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 5 Tunnel one electron Classical Model of Capacitance This leads to:
C OULOMB B LOCKADE IN N ANOCAPACITOR 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 6 So, Energetically, We only notice the Blockade effect for very small capacitors And temperature plays a role k b = 86 μeV/K -> k b RT ~ K For || C, let d = L/10 C or T must be very small!
T UNNEL J UNCTIONS 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 7
T EMPERATURE D EPENDENCE 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 8
T EMPERATURE D EPENDENCE OF N ANOPARTICLE C LUSTERS 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 9
7.1.2 T UNNEL J UNCTIONS 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE Rt represents the ability of the electron to tunnel (the distance between the plates), while C is the capacitor that we are charging up. Rt cannot be too large, therefore, simply increasing d to decrease C does not make Coulomb Blockade a visible effect Uncertainty: Generally R>>Ro ~ 26kOhms
7.1.3 T UNNEL J UNCTION E XCITED BY C URRENT S OURCE 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE Classically: But when we allow tunneling: Hard to achieve experimentally
7.1.4 Q UANTUM D OT C IRCUITS 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE Using to TJ to achieve a small quantum dot (QD), or island, between them makes it easier to control the behavior. Where electron tunneling allows nq electrons to accumulate on the island
QD S TORED E NERGY 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 13
QD T UNNELING E VENT 10/14/2015 J. DENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 14
QD E NERGY B AND D IAGRAMS 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 15
E NERGY B ANDS (2) 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 16
E NERGY B ANDS (3) 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 17
E NERGY B ANDS (4) 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 18
C OULOMB S TAIRCASE 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE Tunneling
STM C OULOMB S TAIRCASE 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 20
7.2 S INGLE -E LECTRON T RANSISTOR 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 21
SET E NERGY D IAGRAM 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 22
C OULOMB D IAMONDS 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE Use the gate to adjust the potential on the island Tunneling occurs when both conditions are met. Tunneling Onto the islandTunneling Off the island
C OULOMB D IAMONDS 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 24
G ATE V OLTAGE C ONTROL FOR T RANSISTOR E FFECT 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE For very small C the effect is visible at Room Temp.
7.2.1 SET L OGIC 10/14/2015 J. D ENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 26
SET INVERTER 10/14/2015 J. DENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 27
SET L OGIC 10/14/2015 J. DENENBERG - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 28
7.3 SET & FET S TRUCTURES 11/1/2010 R.M UNDEN - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 29
7.3.1 CNT FET S AND SET S 11/1/2010 R.M UNDEN - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 30
CNT FET P ROPERTIES 11/1/2010 R.M UNDEN - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 31
7.3.2 S EMICONDUCTOR N ANOWIRE FET S 11/1/2010 R.M UNDEN - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 32
S EMICONDUCTING NW SET 11/1/2010 R.M UNDEN - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 33
7.3.3 M OLECULAR SET S AND M OLECULAR E LECTRONICS 11/1/2010 R.M UNDEN - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 34
M OLECULAR RTD AND SET 11/1/2010 R.M UNDEN - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 35
M AIN P OINTS 11/1/2010 R.M UNDEN - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE the Coulomb blockade effect current-biased tunnel junctions the influence of capacitance and energy on tunneling and Coulomb blockade basic Coulomb blockade structures tunnel junction models, tunneling in quantum dot circuits, and the Coulomb Diamond the SET and its applications electronic channels based on carbon nanotubes and semiconducting nanowires the basic idea of molecular electronics
7.5 P ROBLEMS 11/1/2010 R.M UNDEN - F AIRFIELD U NIV. - EE315 37