Random telegraph signal noise instabilities in lattice-mismatched InGaAs/InP photodiodes

Microelectronics Reliability

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-345

  Pogany, D ^a,b   Guillot, G ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUT DES NANOTECHNOLOGIES DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL DEFECTS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

RANDOM TELEGRAPH SIGNAL NOISE;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0032650108     PISSN: 00262714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0026-2714(99)00007-4     Document Type: Article

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