PIN avalanche photodiodes model for circuit simulation

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2105-2111

  Chen, Weiyou ^a,b   Liu, Shiyong ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Jilin University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; COMPUTER AIDED NETWORK ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; TRANSIENTS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (APD); CARRIER RATE EQUATION;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0030386290     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.544756     Document Type: Article

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