Characterisation of schottky diode performance by numerical simulation coupled with harmonic balance

1997 27th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 1997

Volumn 1, Issue , 1997, Pages 190-195

  Grajal, J ^a   Krozer, V ^b   Gonzalez, E ^a   Gismero, J ^a   Maldonado, F ^a   Lin, C ^c   Simon, A ^c   Hartnagel, H L ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT TRANSPORT; HARMONIC BALANCE SIMULATORS; IMAGE-FORCE EFFECTS; NONLINEAR ELEMENTS; PHYSICAL SIMULATOR; RECOMBINATION VELOCITY; THERMIONIC-FIELD EMISSION; TUNNELING TRANSPORTS;

SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES;

CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CONTACTS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; VARACTORS;

DRIFT DIFFUSION CURRENT TRANSPORT; HARMONIC BALANCE; SCHOTTKY CONTACTS; THERMIONIC FIELD EMISSION CURRENTS;

EID: 0031336972     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.1997.337795     Document Type: Conference Paper

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