• DocumentCode
    1067979
  • Title

    Static negative resistance in calculated MESFET drain characteristics

  • Author

    Norton, David E. ; Hayes, Russell E.

  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1980
  • fDate
    3/1/1980 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    570
  • Lastpage
    572
  • Abstract
    Static negative-resistance regions in MESFET drain current-voltage characteristics are sometimes observed in results obtained by computer-modeling techniques. This paper shows that in some cases these negative-resistance regions may be numerically induced by an inappropriate choice of the spatial mesh size used in the calculation. A criterion for choosing a sufficiently small mesh size is given.
  • Keywords
    Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Epitaxial layers; Equations; Indium phosphide; MESFETs; Numerical simulation; Spatial resolution; Substrates; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-ED.1980.19900
  • Filename
    1480693