Title :
Antenna-coupled metal-insulator-metal tunneling diode for energy harvesting
Author :
Yesilkoy, Filiz ; Choi, Kwangsik ; Mittal, Sunil ; Peckerar, Martin ; Dagenais, Mario
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Electromagnetic wave rectification is demonstrated at 6 and 17 GHz in an asymmetric unbiased metal-semiconductor-metal tunneling diode that uses geometric field enhancement and traps in the tunneling barrier.
Keywords :
MIM devices; energy harvesting; semiconductor diodes; antenna-coupled metal-insulator-metal tunneling diode; electromagnetic wave rectification; energy harvesting; frequency 17 GHz; frequency 6 GHz; geometric field enhancement; metal-semiconductor-metal tunneling diode; tunneling barrier; Antennas; Electric fields; Nickel; Oxidation; Plasmas; Resistance; Tunneling;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110622
