Computer Simulation of Instability and Noise in High-Power Avalanche Devices

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1973, Pages 404-418

  Giblin, Roger A ^a   Scherer, Ernst F ^a   Wierich, Reinhard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, AVALANCHE;

EID: 0015615880     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1973.17663     Document Type: Article

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