DocumentCode
1094153
Title
SPICE model of the resonant-tunnelling diode
Author
Brown, E.R. ; Mahoney, L.J. ; Molvar, K.M.
Author_Institution
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA
Volume
32
Issue
10
fYear
1996
fDate
5/9/1996 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
938
Lastpage
940
Abstract
A SPICE3 model is developed for the resonant-tunnelling diode that combines a physical formulation of the coherent current component between zero bias and the valley point with an empirical formulation for the incoherent, or excess, current at bias voltages beyond the valley. The model is designed for type-I RTDs, such as GaAs-AlGaAs structures, and a fitting procedure is developed to derive the parameters of the model from the experimental current/voltage curve
Keywords
SPICE; resonant tunnelling diodes; semiconductor device models; GaAs-AlGaAs; SPICE3 model; bias voltages; coherent current component; current/voltage curve; excess current; fitting procedure; resonant-tunnelling diode; type-I RTDs;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19960576
Filename
509975
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