Polymer space-charge-limited transistor as a solid-state vacuum tube triode

We report the construction of a polymer space-charge-limited transistor (SCLT), a solid-state version of vacuum tube triode. The SCLT achieves a high on/off ratio of 3 x 10(5) at a low operation voltage of 1.5 V by using high quality insulators both above and below the grid base electrode. Applying a greater bias to the base increases the barrier potential, and turns off the channel current, without introducing a large parasitic leakage current. Simulation result verifies the influence of base bias on channel potential distribution. The output current density is 1.7 mA/cm(2) with current gain greater than 1000. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi: 10.1063/1.3513334]