Abstract Herein, the design and characterization of Ag/SeO2/C avalanche type resonant tunneling devices are reported. Thin pellets of SeO2 nano-powders pressed under hydraulic pressure of 1.0 MPa which is used as the active material are characterized. They showed tetragonal structure refereeing to space group of P 4 2 m b c and lattice parameters of a = b = 7.866 Å and c =5.336 Å. The current-voltage characteristic curves have shown that SeO2 can perform as active media to produce resonant tunneling diodes when forward biased and as avalanche type diode when reverse biased. The peak to valley current ratios of these diodes reached 18.3. In addition, the impedance spectroscopy measurements have shown that the device works in the low impedance mode when operated in the microwave range of frequency near 1.50 GHz. Negative conductance effect is observed in that frequency domain. The features of the Ag/SeO2/C nominate them for use as signal amplifiers and microwave oscillators.

Abstract Herein, metal-oxide-semiconductor fields effect transistors (MOSFET) are fabricated and characterized. p − type germanium dioxide coated onto Au/ n-CdSe substrates and top contacted with carbon point contacts is used to form the MOSFET devices. The structural investigations which were carried out with the help of X-ray diffraction technique revealed large lattice mismatched polycrystalline layers of CdSe and GeO2. The design of the energy band diagram has shown the formation of two Schottky arms (Au/ n − CdSe, C/GeO2) at the interfaces of the n − CdSe/ p − GeO2 layers. The capacitance-voltage characteristics which are recorded in the frequency domain of 1.0-50.0 MHz revealed the ability of formation of NMOS and PMOS layers. The signal frequency controlled built in potential is tunable in the range of 2.34 and 5.18 eV. In addition, the conductance and capacitance spectral analyses in the frequency domain of 10-1800 MHz revealed the domination of current conduction by tunneling and correlated barriers hoping below and above 760 MHz, respectively. In addition to its features as MOSFET devices, the Au/CdSe/GeO2/C hybrid devices are found to be appropriate for use as microwave cavities.