Van der Waals (vdW) heterojunctions, which consist of p-type and n-type semiconductors, have provided new features for transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). In this work, a negative differential transconductance (NDT) transistor based on a MoSe2-WSe2 heterojunction (MoSe2-WSe2 H-TR) is proposed. The MoSe2-WSe2 H-TR provides desirable device characteristics for ternary circuit operation with a switching behavior of off-state / p-type turn-on / NDT region / p-type turn-on. As a result, a 100% output voltage (VOUT) swing inverter can be achieved in a ternary inverter, which consists of the proposed MoSe2-WSe2 vdW-H-TR and a MoS2 floating-gate transistor. Furthermore, a tunable intermediate-logic ternary circuit operation is demonstrated by controlling the threshold voltage (VTH) in a pull-down n-type MoS2 floating-gate transistor. We also investigated that a light-induced operation on the MoSe2-WSe2 vdW-H-TR offers control of the VOUT amplitude at the intermediate-logic state. Based on the proposed MoSe2-WSe2 vdW-H-TR, this work suggests a strategy to obtain a tunable ternary circuit, thus providing a new concept of heterojunction electronics using layered TMDs.
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