A semiconductor device comprising stacked complimentary transistors are described. In some embodiments, the semiconductor device comprises a first device comprising an enhancement mode III-N heterostructure field effect transistor (HFET), and a second device over the first device. In an example, the second device comprises a depletion mode thin film transistor. In an example, a connector is to couple a first terminal of the first device to a first terminal of the second device.

Disclosed herein are transistor electrode-channel arrangements, and related methods and devices. For example, in some embodiments, a transistor electrode-channel arrangement may include a channel material, source/drain electrodes provided over the channel material, and a sealant at least partially enclosing one or more of the source/drain electrodes, wherein the sealant includes one or more metallic conductive materials.

A Schottky diode comprises: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a body of semiconductive material connected to the first electrode at a first interface and connected to the second electrode at a second interface, wherein the first interface comprises a first planar region lying in a first plane and the first electrode has a first projection onto the first plane in a first direction normal to the first plane, the second interface comprises a second planar region lying in a second plane and the second electrode has a second projection onto the first plane in said first direction, at least a portion of the second projection lies outside the first projection, said second planar region is offset from the first planar region in said first direction, and one of the first interface and the second interface provides a Schottky contact.

An artificial two-dimensional (2D) material includes a layered atomic structure including a middle atomic layer, a lower atomic layer, and an upper atomic layer. The lower and upper atomic layers are disposed on lower and upper surfaces of the middle atomic layer respectively. The middle atomic layer is a 2D planar atomic structure formed of a transition metal. The lower and upper atomic layers are a 2D planar atomic structure formed of heterogeneous atoms. Atoms of the layered atomic structure are bound by chemical bonding.

A multi-layer thin film composite is formed by applying a thin film formed from non-single-crystalline oxide onto a substrate; applying a protection film onto the thin film; and supplying energy to the thin film through at least one of the protection film or the substrate.

A multi-layer thin film composite is formed by applying a thin film formed from non-single-crystalline oxide onto a substrate; applying a protection film onto the thin film; and supplying energy to the thin film through at least one of the protection film or the substrate.

Composite materials including a thin-film layer of lateral p-n junctions can be employed in circuits or various components of electrical devices. A composite material comprises a thin-film layer including p-type regions alternating with n-type regions along a face of the thin-film layer, the p-type regions comprising electrically conductive particles dispersed in a first organic carrier and the n-type regions comprising electrically conductive particles dispersed in a second organic carrier, wherein p-n junctions are established at interfaces between the p-type and n-type regions.

Provided is a novel structure of a field effect transistor using a metal-semiconductor junction. The field effect transistor includes a wiring which is provided over a substrate and also functions as a gate electrode; an insulating film which is provided over the wiring, has substantially the same shape as the wiring, and also functions as a gate insulating film; a semiconductor layer which is provided over the insulating film and includes an oxide semiconductor and the like; an oxide insulating layer which is provided over the semiconductor layer and whose thickness is 5 times or more as large as the sum of the thickness of the insulating film and the thickness of the semiconductor layer or 100 nm or more; and wirings which are connected to the semiconductor layer through openings provided in the oxide insulating layer.

In order to provide a power semiconductor device reducing a leakage current due to a defect layer and having a small fluctuation in a threshold voltage, included are an n-type epitaxial film layer formed on a surface of the single crystal n-type semiconductor substrate and having a concave portion and a convex portion; an insulating film formed on a first region in a top portion of the convex portion; a p-type thin film layer formed on a surface of the insulating film and a surface of the n-type epitaxial film layer to form a pn junction between the p-type thin film layer and the n-type epitaxial film layer; and an anode electrode, at least part of which is formed on a surface of the p-type thin film layer and part of which passes through the p-type thin film layer and the insulating film.

A p-type oxide which is amorphous and is represented by the following compositional formula: xAO.yCu.sub.2O where x denotes a proportion by mole of AO and y denotes a proportion by mole of Cu.sub.2O and x and y satisfy the following expressions: 0≦x<100 and x+y=100, and A is any one of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba, or a mixture containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr and Ba.