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Is There A Minimum Size and a Maximum Speed for a Nanoscale Amplifier?
Author(s) -
JOACHIM C.,
BERGAUD C.,
PINNA H.,
TANG H.,
GIMZEWSKI J. K.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb09877.x
Subject(s) - triode , amplifier , dissipation , materials science , nanoscopic scale , wafer , chemical mechanical planarization , optoelectronics , planar , bandwidth (computing) , electrical engineering , nanotechnology , physics , computer science , telecommunications , voltage , capacitor , engineering , cmos , computer graphics (images) , thermodynamics , layer (electronics)
The C 60 electromechanical amplifier is a working 3‐terminal device based on the modulation of the tunnel‐transport regime through a C 60 molecule by a reversible deformation of its cage. We present the advantages of the planarization of this triode such as a surface extension lower than 0.05μm 2 on the wafer and a large gain ( G d > 40). High‐speed operation (bandwidth greater than 1 GHz) and low energy dissipation in the attojoules range are discussed together with the technological difficulties to fabricate such a planar molecular triode.