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Scientists Invent a Hot-Emitter Transistor for Future High Performance, Low-Power, Multifunctional Devices

Chinese scientists invent a hot-emitter transistor
A hot-emitter transistor based on stimulated emission of heated carriers. Credit: IMR

Transistors, the building blocks of integrated circuits, face growing challenges as their size decreases. Developing transistors that use novel operating principles has become crucial to enhancing circuit performance.

Hot carrier transistors, which utilize the excess kinetic energy of carriers, have the potential to improve the speed and functionality of transistors. However, their performance has been limited by how hot carriers have traditionally been generated.

A team of researchers led by Prof. Liu Chi, Prof. Sun Dongming, and Prof...

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