• DocumentCode
    3456742
  • Title

    On a model of disastrous failures in oscillator microwave diodes

  • Author

    Prima, N.A. ; Soloviev, E.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Semicond. Phys., Acad. of Sci., Kiev, Ukraine
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    13-16 Sept. 1999
  • Firstpage
    87
  • Lastpage
    88
  • Abstract
    We present the results of our investigations, both theoretical and experimental, of a possible mechanism of IMPATT diode failures. The mechanism is related to local nonuniformities of the temperature distribution over the active area.
  • Keywords
    IMPATT oscillators; failure analysis; microwave diodes; microwave oscillators; semiconductor device models; semiconductor device reliability; temperature distribution; IMPATT diode failures; active area; local nonuniformities; oscillator microwave diodes; temperature distribution; Conductivity; Electromagnetic heating; Equations; IEEE catalog; Microwave oscillators; Organizing; Physics; Semiconductor diodes; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1999. Microwave & Telecommunication Technology. 1999 9th International Crimean [In Russian with English abstracts]
  • Conference_Location
    Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine
  • Print_ISBN
    966-572-003-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CRMICO.1999.815154
  • Filename
    815154