Principle of a variable capacitor based on Coulomb blockade of nanometric-size clusters

P. Seneor; N. Lidgi; J. Carrey; H. Jaffres; F. Nguyen Van Dau; A. Friederich; A. Fert

doi:10.1209/epl/i2003-10122-3

Principle of a variable capacitor based on Coulomb blockade of nanometric-size clusters

P. Seneor, N. Lidgi, J. Carrey, H. Jaffres, F. Nguyen Van Dau, A. Friederich, A. Fert

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We show how Coulomb blockade of electrons in a dispersive set of clusters embedded in the dielectric of a capacitor can be used to design a voltage tunable variable capacitor (varactor). We calculate the variation of capacitance for typical size distribution of the clusters and as a function of the dielectric constants of the insulators. We also discuss the temperature and frequency dependence of the capacitor.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	699-704
Number of pages	6
Journal	EPL
Volume	65
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2003-10122-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2004
Externally published	Yes

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