FET THz detectors operating in the quantum capacitance limited region

International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 597-609

  Sensale Rodriguez, Berardi ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Wang, Ronghua ^a   Zimmermann, Tom ^a   Fay, Patrick ^a   Jena, Debdeep ^a   Xing, Huili ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

field effect devices; frequency limit; GaN; plasma wave; quantum capacitance; THz detection

Indexed keywords

FIELD-EFFECT DEVICES; FREQUENCY LIMITS; GAN; QUANTUM CAPACITANCE; THZ DETECTION;

CAPACITANCE; DETECTORS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; MESFET DEVICES; PLASMA WAVES; TERAHERTZ WAVES;

TERAHERTZ WAVE DETECTORS;

EID: 84555195015     PISSN: 01291564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129156411006891     Document Type: Article

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