Superfast high-current switching of GaAs avalanche transistor

Electronics Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 85-86

  Vainshtein, S ^a   Kostamovaara, J ^a   Sveshnikov, Y ^b   Gurevich, S ^c   Kulagina, M ^c   Yuferev, V ^c   Shestak, L ^d   Sverdlov, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Elma Malachit Joint Stock Company   (Russian Federation)

^c IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d 'Inject' Enterprise   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; INDUCTANCE; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; THYRISTORS; VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

AVALANCHE TRANSISTORS; LASER RADARS;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0346499652     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20040043     Document Type: Article

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