Skip to main content

Free Space Transistors for Advancing the Art of Software Defined Radio


EMSL Project ID
49176

Abstract

CMOS transistors have driven the technological change of the past generation. However, they have speed limits that cannot be exceeded, and these limits have restrained some areas especially in the field of Radio Frequency communications. Free space transistors promise 3 orders of magnitude faster speeds, and are compatible with current CMOS fabrication technologies. This proposal seeks to increase PNNL’s expertise and reputation in this new technology, to advance the science, and to apply it to the area of RF communications. EMSL microfabrication expertise and facilities, including photolithography, deep reactive ion etching, thin film deposition, etc., will be used for creation of the free space transistors.

Project Details

Start Date
2015-11-23
End Date
2016-09-30
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Ethan Farquhar
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Co-Investigator(s)

Ryan Kelly
Institution
Brigham Young University

Team Members

Rebecca Erikson
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory