Description of field emission current/voltage characteristics in terms of scaled barrier field values (f -values)

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 209-213

  Forbes, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

F -VALUES; FOWLER-NORDHEIM PLOT; LOCAL WORK-FUNCTION;

FIELD EMISSION;

EID: 38849164362     PISSN: 10711023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1116/1.2834563     Document Type: Article

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