Abstract
A number of hot-electron device concepts are reviewed with the emphasis on their potential for applications and the limitations. The discussion is restricted to charge-injection devices, i.e., those in which hot electrons are transported either ballistically or thermionically between adjacent layers. Recent developments related to the metal-base transistor and its all-semiconductor analogs, as well as those related to the real-space-transfer effect in heterolayers, are critically reviewed.
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