Theoretical study of metal-insulator-metal tunneling diode figures of merit

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-79

  Hashem, Islam E ^a,b   Rafat, Nadia H ^a   Soliman, Ezzeldin A ^c  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b The American University in Cairo   (Egypt)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Airy function; metal insulator metal (MIM) diode; rectenna; tunneling current

Indexed keywords

AIRY FUNCTION; FIGURES OF MERITS; INSULATING LAYERS; INSULATOR LAYER; INSULATOR THICKNESS; METAL INSULATOR METALS; METAL-INSULATOR-METAL TUNNELING; MIM DIODES; NON-EQUILIBRIUM GREEN'S FUNCTION; RECTENNAS; RESPONSIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; TUNNELING CURRENT; TUNNELING TRANSMISSION; WORK-FUNCTION DIFFERENCE;

DIODES; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; TUNNEL DIODES;

MIM DEVICES;

EID: 84871347588     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2012.2228166     Document Type: Article

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