Remodeling light emitting diode in low current region

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1426-1430

  Acharya, Y B ^a   Vyavahare, P D ^b  

^a PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^b SHRI G S INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

LED; Logarithmic electrometers; Low current

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LOGARITHMIC AMPLIFIERS; TEMPERATURE;

LOW CURRENT REGION;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 0032124212     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.701471     Document Type: Article

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