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US007711015B2 (12) Unlted States Patent (10) Patent N0.2 US 7,711,015 B2 Holonyak, Jr. et al. (45) Date of Patent: May 4, 2010 (54) METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION 4,845,535 A 7/1989 Yamanishi et a1. ........ .. 315/172 OF LIGHT EMITTING TRANSISTORS AND 4,958,208 A 9/1990 Tanaka ........... .. 357/34 LASER TRANSISTORS 5,003,366 A 3/1991 Mishima et al. 357/34 5,239,550 A 8/1993 Jain .......................... .. 372/45 75 _ . _ 5,293,050 A 3/1994 Chapple-Sokolet al. .... .. 257/17 ( ) Inventors‘ H‘irlonyagilh" UrbanIaL’ IL gs)’ 5,334,854 A 8/1994 Ono et al. ................... .. 257/13 1 0,“ eng’ ampalgn’ (U )’ 5,389,804 A 2/1995 Yokoyama et al. 257/197 Gabnelwalter, Urbana> IL (Us) 5,399,880 A 3/1995 Chand ............ .. 257/21 _ 5,414,273 A 5/1995 Shimura et al. ....... .. 257/17 (73) Asslgneei Th1? 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Cl. ............................. .. 372/11; 372/1; 372/30; _ _ _ 372/3 8'03 A method for controlling operation of a transistor includes the (58) Fleld of Classl?catlon Search ................. .. 372/11, following Steps: providing a bipolar transistor having emitter’ _ _ _ 372/1’ 30 base and collector regions; applying electrical signals to the See aPPhCaUOn ?le for Complete Search hlstory- transistor to produce light emission from the transistor; (56) References Cited effecting photon-assisted tunneling of carriers in the transis tor With self-generated photons of the light emission, and U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS controlling operation of the transistor by controlling the pho ton-assisted tunneling. 2,569,347 A 9/1951 Shockley 4,485,391 A 11/1984 Poulain et al. .............. .. 357/19 4,710,936 A 12/1987 Shibata et a1. .............. .. 372/45 29 Claims, 11 Drawing Sheets (3) V02: V55: 0 Equilibrium se iCollector Sub-Collector (1)4» w Transmission US 7,711,015 B2 Page 2 US. 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