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Schottky barrier of nonuniform contacts to n-type and p-type silicon

R. D. ThompsonK. N. Tu

Year: 1982 Journal:   Journal of Applied Physics Vol: 53 (6)Pages: 4285-4288   Publisher: American Institute of Physics

Abstract

A current-voltage measurement and thermionic emission theory have been applied to discrete parallel diodes (nonuniform diodes) with the unusual result that the sum of the apparent Schottky barriers to n Si and p Si is not equal to the band gap of Si.

Keywords:
Thermionic emission Schottky diode Metal–semiconductor junction Diode Silicon Schottky barrier Optoelectronics Condensed matter physics Materials science Wide-bandgap semiconductor Band gap Voltage Current (fluid) Type (biology) Schottky effect Physics Electron Quantum mechanics Thermodynamics

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Semiconductor materials and interfaces
Physical Sciences →  Physics and Astronomy →  Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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