Accurate model for single-photon avalanche diodes

IET Circuits, Devices and Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-212

  Mita, R ^a   Palumbo, G ^a   Fallica, P G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS;

BIASING CIRCUITS; DYNAMIC BEHAVIOURS; VERILOG-A CODES;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 42149093751     PISSN: 1751858X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cds:20070180     Document Type: Article

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