DC and Large-Signal Time-Dependent Electron Transport in Heterostructure Devices: An Investigation of the Heterostructure Barrier Varactor

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1995, Pages 1393-1403

  Jones, J Robert ^a   Tait, Gregory B ^b   Jones, Stephen H ^a   Katzer, D Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FREQUENCY MULTIPLYING CIRCUITS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MODELS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; CURRENT TRANSPORT; FREQUENCY TRIPLER; HETEROSTRUCTURE BARRIER VARACTOR; HETEROSTRUCTURE DEVICES; QUASI OPTICAL TRIPLER ARRAYS;

VARACTORS;

EID: 0029358555     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.398654     Document Type: Article

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