Impact oflocal-negative-feedback on the mrs avalanche photodetector operation

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-97

  Zappa, Franco ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Near infrared detectors; Photosensors

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; METAL RESISTANCE SEMICONDUCTOR (MRS) PHOTODETECTORS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0031696422     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.658816     Document Type: Article

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