MINORITY-CARRIER ACCUMULATION AT HIGH-LOW JUNCTIONS

被引:8
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HOUT, SRI
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[1] Delft University of Technology, Electrical Engineering Department, Electronic Instrumentation Laboratory, 2600 GA Delft
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10.1016/0038-1101(93)90193-T
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The semiconductor transport equations have been solved for lifetime semiconductors under the assumption of quasineutrality which is calculated to be valid up to relatively high current densities. The effective diffusion length of minority carriers is shown to be (strongly) current dependent. Of the four nonequilibrium processes, minority carrier accumulation is treated analytically in greater detail, showing current dependent resistance decreases which are confirmed by both numerical solutions of the transport equations and experiments.
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页码:1135 / 1142
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