Reconfigurable Si Nanowire Nonvolatile Transistors

Reconfigurable transistors merge unipolar p‐ and n‐type characteristics of field‐effect transistors into a single programmable device. Combinational circuits have shown benefits in area and power consumption by fine‐grain reconfiguration of complete logic blocks at runtime. To complement this volatile programming technology, a proof of concept for individually addressable reconfigurable nonvolatile transistors is presented. A charge‐trapping stack is incorporated, and four distinct and stable states in a single device are demonstrated.