• DocumentCode
    879990
  • Title

    Space-charge wave instability in a semiconductor exhibiting field-dependent diffusion coefficient and saturated drift velocity

  • Author

    Gueret, P.

  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    1969
  • Firstpage
    248
  • Lastpage
    249
  • Abstract
    It is shown that, in a semiconductor biased in the saturation region, the combination of a field-dependent diffusion coefficient with a gradient in the steady-state electric-field distribution may lead to space-charge wave amplification.
  • Keywords
    diffusion in solids; semiconductor materials; space charge;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19690191
  • Filename
    4210407