More energy efficient transistors through quantum tunneling
Monday, March 26, 2012 - 15:31
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Pennsylvania State University have announced breakthroughs in the development of tunneling field effect transistors (TFETs), a semiconductor technology that takes advantage of the quirky behavior of electrons at the quantum level.
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