Investigation of the nonlinearity properties of the DC I-V characteristics of metal-insulator-metal (MIM) tunnel diodes with double-layer insulators

Journal of Computational Electronics

Volumn 6, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 159-162

  Hegyi, Barnabás ^a   Csurgay, Árpád ^a   Porod, Wolfgang ^b  

^a PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; DCI V characteristics; Double insulator layer; MIM diode; Tunneling theory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; TUNNEL DIODES;

DOUBLE INSULATOR LAYER; QUALITY FACTOR;

MIM DEVICES;

EID: 34247330451     PISSN: 15698025     EISSN: 15728137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10825-006-0083-9     Document Type: Article

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