Observation of Anomalous Negative DifferentialResistance in Diode Breakdown Simulation Using CarrierTemperature Dependent Impact Ionization
Author(s) -
Edwin C. Kan,
Gyoyoung Jin,
Zhiping Yu,
R.W. Dutton
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
vlsi design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1065-514X
pISSN - 1026-7123
DOI - 10.1155/1998/76350
Subject(s) - impact ionization , diode , materials science , ionization , differential (mechanical device) , carrier lifetime , negative resistance , optoelectronics , atomic physics , computational physics , chemistry , physics , electrical engineering , thermodynamics , engineering , silicon , voltage , ion , organic chemistry
When carrier temperatures are used to model impact ionization with self-consistent coolingeffects, anomalous negative differential resistance (NDR) was found in diode breakdownsimulation. Possible mechanisms responsible for the NDR are analyzed
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