A magneto-electric (ME) XNOR logic gate device includes a conducting device; and a ME-FET coupled to the conducting device. The ME-FET can be formed of a split gate; a first gate terminal coupled to a first portion of the split gate for receiving a first input signal; a second gate terminal coupled to a second portion of the split gate for receiving a second input signal; a source terminal coupled to a ground line; and a drain terminal coupled to the conducting device.

Provided are a high electron mobility transistor and a method of manufacturing the high electron mobility transistor. The high electron mobility transistor includes a gate electrode provided on a depletion forming layer. The gate electrode includes a first gate electrode configured to form an ohmic contact with the depletion forming layer, and a second gate electrode configured to form a Schottky contact with the depletion forming layer.

A magneto-electric (ME) inverter includes two anti-ferromagnetic spin orbit read (AFSOR) circuit elements, each AFSOR circuit element has a CMOS inverter; and an AFSOR device with a ME base layer; a semiconductor channel layer on the ME base layer and comprising a source terminal and a drain terminal, where the source terminal is coupled to an output of the CMOS inverter; and a gate electrode on the semiconductor channel layer. The gate electrode of a second AFSOR device of the two AFSOR circuit elements is coupled to the drain terminal of a first AFSOR device of the two AFSOR circuit elements.

A semiconductor memory device may include a substrate, first and second impurity regions on the substrate, first and second gate insulating layers sequentially stacked on the substrate and extended in a direction between the first and second impurity regions, and a gate electrode on the second gate insulating layer. The first and second impurity regions may have different conductivity types from each other, a bottom surface of the first gate insulating layer may be in direct contact with a top surface of the substrate, and the second gate insulating layer may include a ferroelectric material.

A micro device structure comprising at least part of an edge of a micro device is covered with a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) structure, wherein the MIS structure comprises a MIS dielectric layer and a MIS gate conductive layer, at least one gate pad provided to the MIS gate conductive layer, and at least one micro device contact extended upwardly on a top surface of the micro device.

A method is disclosed, including positioning a lead wire of a gate chip at a distance of less than 10 nm from a semiconductor heterostructure. The heterostructure includes a surface layer and a subsurface layer. The method also includes inducing an electrostatic potential in the subsurface layer by applying a voltage to the lead wire. The method also includes loading a charge carrier into the subsurface layer. The method also includes detecting the charge carrier in the subsurface layer of the semiconductor heterostructure by emitting a radio-frequency pulse using a resonator coupled to the at least one lead wire of the gate chip, detecting a reflected pulse of the emitted radio-frequency pulse, and determining a phase shift of the reflected pulse relative to the emitted radio-frequency pulse. The method also includes characterizing the quantum dot by measuring valley splitting of the quantum dot.

An electrical device includes at least one graphene quantum capacitance varactor. In some examples, the graphene quantum capacitance varactor includes an insulator layer, a graphene layer disposed on the insulator layer, a dielectric layer disposed on the graphene layer, a gate electrode formed on the dielectric layer, and at least one contact electrode disposed on the graphene layer and making electrical contact with the graphene layer. In other examples, the graphene quantum capacitance varactor includes an insulator layer, a gate electrode recessed in the insulator layer, a dielectric layer formed on the gate electrode, a graphene layer formed on the dielectric layer, wherein the graphene layer comprises an exposed surface opposite the dielectric layer, and at least one contact electrode formed on the graphene layer and making electrical contact with the graphene layer.

An HEMT with a stair-like compound layer as a drain includes a first III-V compound layer. A second III-V compound layer is disposed on the first III-V compound layer. The composition of the first III-V compound layer and the second III-V compound layer are different from each other. A source electrode, a gate electrode and a drain electrode are disposed on the second III-V compound layer. The gate electrode is disposed between the source electrode and the drain electrode. A first P-type III-V compound layer is disposed between the drain electrode and the second III-V compound layer. The first P-type III-V compound layer is stair-like.

A method of manufacturing a vertical metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MESFET) device is provided. The method includes forming a first oxide layer, forming a first electrode in the oxide layer, forming a crystallized silicon layer on the first electrode, forming a second electrode on the first oxide layer and on sidewalls of the crystalized silicon layer, forming a second oxide layer on upper surfaces of the second electrode. The method also includes forming a third electrode on an upper surface of the crystallized silicon layer.

A magneto-electric (ME) XNOR logic gate device includes a conducting device; and a ME-FET coupled to the conducting device. The ME-FET can be formed of a split gate; a first gate terminal coupled to a first portion of the split gate for receiving a first input signal; a second gate terminal coupled to a second portion of the split gate for receiving a second input signal; a source terminal coupled to a ground line; and a drain terminal coupled to the conducting device.