Nonlinear Charge Control in AlGaAs/GaAs Modulationdoped FET's

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1987, Pages 1617-1625

  Hughes, William A ^a   Snowden, Christopher M ^b  

^a GEC Research Limited Hirst Research Centre ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTING ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

MODFET; MODULATION-DOPED FET; NONLINEAR CHARGE CONTROL; PINCHOFF VOLTAGES; POISSON'S EQUATION;

TRANSISTORS, FIELD EFFECT;

EID: 0023401964     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1987.23129     Document Type: Article

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