GaAs/AlGaAs and InGaAs/AlGaAs MODFET Inverter Simulations

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1986, Pages 1626-1634

  Ketterson, Andrew A ^a   Morkoç, Hadis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS - EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; LOGIC CIRCUITS;

DRIVER THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; HIGH GATE BIAS EFFECTS; MODFET INVERTER SIMULATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, FIELD EFFECT;

EID: 0022807083     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1986.22720     Document Type: Article

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