Single SiC/Si heterostructure negative-differential-resistance diode for resistive-fuse applications

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 1824-1825

  Wu, Kuen Hsien ^a   Fang, Yean Kuen ^a   Ho, Jyh Jier ^a   Chen, Tzer Jing ^a   Hwang, Jun Dar ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG CHOU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Negative resistance; Semiconductor diodes; Silicon carbide

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC FUSES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NEGATIVE RESISTANCE; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SILICON CARBIDE;

RESISTIVE FUSES; RESONANT TUNNELING DIODES (RTD);

TUNNEL DIODES;

EID: 0031561220     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19971205     Document Type: Article

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