• DocumentCode
    882905
  • Title

    Effects of temperature on contact resistance of Gunn diodes

  • Author

    Bolton, R.M.G. ; Jones, B.F.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Oxford, Department of Engineering Science, Oxford, UK
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    25
  • fYear
    1969
  • Firstpage
    662
  • Lastpage
    663
  • Abstract
    Two different sets of experiments on the effect of temperature on Gunn diodes with Ag-Sn metal contacts have indicated the presence of a contact resistance which can be characterised by an activation energy. A model based on the diffusion of copper into the active region is put forward to account for the origin of the contact resistance and its variation with temperature.
  • Keywords
    Gunn devices; copper; diffusion in solids; electrical contacts; semiconductor diodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19690495
  • Filename
    4210713