Electronic device using two dimensional semiconductor material

US11024759B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-11024759-B2
Application numberUS-201816226950-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 20, 2018
Priority dateDec 14, 2018
Publication dateJun 1, 2021
Grant dateJun 1, 2021

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Provided is an electronic device containing: a two-dimensional semiconductor material; and another heterogeneous material adjacent to the two-dimensional semiconductor material, wherein the heterogeneous material is doped with an impurity of a type different from the two-dimensional semiconductor material or has a band gap different from the two-dimensional semiconductor material.

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The invention claimed is: 1. An electronic device comprising: a two-dimensional semiconductor material layer; and a heterogeneous material layer disposed on top of and in contact with the two-dimensional semiconductor material layer, wherein the heterogeneous material layer is a silicon substrate doped with an impurity of a type different from the two-dimensional semiconductor material layer, and wherein the two-dimensional semiconductor material layer is a MoS 2 layer. 2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of a depletion layer of a PN junction between the two-dimensional semiconductor material layer and the silicon substrate is controlled by a thickness of the two-dimensional semiconductor material layer. 3. The electronic device according to claim 2 , wherein the electronic device is a photodiode. 4. An electronic device comprising: a two-dimensional semiconductor material layer; and a heterogeneous material layer disposed on top of and in plane contact with the two-dimensional semiconductor material layer, wherein the heterogeneous material layer has a band gap different from the two-dimensional semiconductor material layer, and wherein the two-dimensional semiconductor material layer is a MoS 2 layer, and the heterogeneous material layer comprises GaS. 5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein the electronic device is a transistor and a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) is formed in the transistor due to a band gap difference between the two-dimensional semiconductor material layer and the heterogeneous material layer. 6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the heterogeneous material layer is adjacent to a gate electrode of the transistor. 7. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein the heterogeneous material layer is a crystalline layer and has insulating property of interrupting leakage current when an electric field is applied to a gate electrode of the transistor.

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  • PN junction isolations · CPC title

  • characterised by the materials · CPC title

  • having wide bandgap charge-carrier supplying layers, e.g. modulation doped HEMTs such as n-AlGaAs/GaAs HEMTs · CPC title

  • the devices having potential barriers, e.g. phototransistors · CPC title

  • the potential barrier being a PN heterojunction · CPC title

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What does patent US11024759B2 cover?
Provided is an electronic device containing: a two-dimensional semiconductor material; and another heterogeneous material adjacent to the two-dimensional semiconductor material, wherein the heterogeneous material is doped with an impurity of a type different from the two-dimensional semiconductor material or has a band gap different from the two-dimensional semiconductor material.
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Korea Advanced Inst Sci & Tech
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H10F10/16. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 01 2021 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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