EFFECTS OF TUNNELING ON HIGH EFFICIENCY IMPATT AVALANCHE DIODES
CHIVE M., CONSTANT E., PRIBETICH J., LEFEBVRE M.
EFFECTS
OF TUNNELING ON HIGH EFFICIENCY
IMPATT AVALANCHE DIODES
by M. CHIVE,
E. CONSTANT,
J. PRIBETICH,
M. LEFEBVRE
ABSTRACT: We study theoretically and experimentally the effect of a tunnel injection on high efficiency IMPATT avalanche diodes characterized by high low or low high low doping profile. Taking into account effects of tunneling some characteristics usually observed of such high