Hysteresis in resonant tunneling diode based multiple-peak driver device for multivalued SRAM cells: analysis, simulation, and experimental results

This paper describes results of our investigation on the hysteresis phenomenon observed in multiple-peak resonant tunneling devices based on a series combination of resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs). We have modelled this hysteresis by assuming that when one of the diodes in the series combination is switching from its prenegative differential resistance (NDR) region to its post-NDR region or back, the others are acting as a combined load to it. …