Title :
On thermal and excess currents in GaSb tunnel diodes
Author :
Nanavati, R.P. ; Eisencraft, Marcio
fDate :
10/1/1968 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Experimental results presented here show that excess and thermal currents coexist independent of one another. Excess current behaves according to an analytical expression based on linear temperature dependence of built-in voltage. Thermal current changes from recombination-generation at low voltage to normal injection current at higher voltages.
Keywords :
Current measurement; Diodes; Gallium arsenide; Low voltage; Photonic band gap; Predictive models; Pulse measurements; Temperature dependence; Temperature sensors; Tunneling;
Journal_Title :
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/T-ED.1968.16520
