Question

Transistors switched using this phenomenon, as opposed to thermal injection, are predicted to break the 60 millivolt-per-decade subthreshold swing limit currently impairing power scaling. A magnetoresistive effect named for this phenomenon is the operating principle of MTJs. A form of this phenomenon used to erase NOR flash memory chips is the mechanism for field emission. (10[1])This phenomenon causes the negative differential resistance of an Esaki diode. The current due to this phenomenon varies with the height of a metal tip above a sample in a form of microscopy. Alpha particles escape from the nucleus’s attractive potential via this process in Gamow’s model of alpha decay. For 10 points, name this quantum phenomenon in which a particle passes (10[1])through (10[1])a classically (10[1])forbidden barrier. (-5[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: quantum tunneling [accept tunnel FETs; accept tunnel magnetoresistance; accept Fowler–Nordheim tunneling; accept tunnel diodes; accept scanning tunneling microscopy]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech AMTSU5410
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BTennessee11610
Caleb WestKentuckySouth Carolina11710
Caden HausteinHardingVanderbilt B11910
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AGeodesic121-5
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicVanderbilt A12210

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2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y2100%0%0%93.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%70.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y5100%0%20%105.60
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