Surface Influence on the Conductance DLTS Spectra of GaAs MESFET's

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1986, Pages 1447-1453

  Blight, Stephen R ^a   Wallis, Robert H ^b   Thomas, Hugh ^c  

^a Marconi Research Center   (United Kingdom)

^b Plessey Research Caswell   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001226170     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1986.22693     Document Type: Article

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