A physical simulation model for field emission triode

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 2238-2244

  Lu, Chih Wen ^a   Lee Len, Chung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Field emission triode; Fowler nordheim; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

FIELD EFFECT TRIODE (FET); FOWLER-NORDHEIM CURRENT DENSITY-ELECTRIC FIELD RELATIONSHIP;

SOLID STATE DEVICES;

EID: 0032188408     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.725259     Document Type: Article

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