Theoretical Analysis of Heterojunction Phototransistors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1972, Pages 152-159

  Moriizumi, Toyosaka ^a   Takahashi, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES--PHOTOELECTRIC;

EID: 0015299694     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1972.17391     Document Type: Article

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