美国宾夕法尼亚州立大学的研究人员开发出一种新型晶体管,可能会使快速、低功耗计算器件成为可能,这些器件主要针对能源受限的应用,包括智能传感网络、植入人体的医疗电子、超级移动计算等。这种新型器件被称作“邻接断续禁带”(nearbrokengap)隧道场效应晶体管(TFET),在低电压下,利用量子隧道效应,使电子穿越超薄能量势垒产生高电 Researchers at Penn State University have developed a new type of transistor that could potentially make fast, low-power computing devices that target energy-constrained applications, including smart sensor networks, medical electronics implanted in the body, Super mobile computing. Known as the “nearbrokengap” tunneling field effect transistor (TFET), the new device exploits the quantum tunneling effect at low voltages to create electrons through ultra-thin energy barriers that generate high electrical