• DocumentCode
    2452203
  • Title

    SPICE emulator for breakdown mode operation of the gate-controlled diode

  • Author

    Rusu, Ana ; Dobrescu, D. ; Rusu, Ana ; Cozma, Danut

  • Author_Institution
    Politeh. Univ. of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    12-14 Oct. 2009
  • Firstpage
    405
  • Lastpage
    408
  • Abstract
    Recently, the gate-controlled diode come out from the test devices class and became a useful circuit device. The breakdown mode of the gate-controlled diode has a complex transfer characteristic which is not included in the available SPICE libraries. Therefore, for the design of the circuits which include this novel device, it must be emulated in SPICE. Based on this emulator, two elementary circuits have been simulated. The simulation results are in good agreement with the theoretical predictions of the above circuits.
  • Keywords
    SPICE; avalanche breakdown; avalanche diodes; SPICE emulator; avalanche breakdown; breakdown mode operation; complex transfer characteristics; elementary circuits; gate-controlled diode; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Electric breakdown; Hysteresis; MOS capacitors; P-n junctions; SPICE; Semiconductor diodes; Shape; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Semiconductor Conference, 2009. CAS 2009. International
  • Conference_Location
    Sinaia
  • ISSN
    1545-827X
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4413-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SMICND.2009.5336691
  • Filename
    5336691