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Adjusting the Operating Voltage of an Nanoelectromechanical Relay Using Negative Capacitance.
- Source :
- IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices; Dec2017, Vol. 64 Issue 12, p5270-5273, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The operating voltage of a nanoelectromechanical (NEM) relay can be scaled down significantly using negative capacitance (NC), which is a unique property of ferroelectric materials. It has been observed that a ferroelectric capacitor can amplify the internal voltage of a device (higher than the externally applied voltage) by means of the NC effect. In this simulation work, depending on the structural parameters of a ferroelectric capacitor and an NEM relay, an NC + NEM relay (in which the gate electrode of the NEM relay is connected in series to the ferroelectric capacitor) was investigated. As a result, a sub-0.5-V operating voltage is theoretically estimated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00189383
- Volume :
- 64
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 127950402
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2017.2756676