Publication detail

PN Junction Local Avelanche Brakedown Influence on Course of VA Characteristic

Michal RAŠKA

Original Title

PN Junction Local Avelanche Brakedown Influence on Course of VA Characteristic

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The occurence of microplasma regions in PN junctions is attributed to crystal lattice imperfections. As a rule, these regions feature lower strong-field avalanche ionization breakdown voltages than other homogenous PN junction regions. The existence of such regions may lead to local avalanche breakdowns occuring in reverse-biased PN junctions at certain voltage. These local avalanche breakdowns affect course of VA characteristics. VA characteristics can exhibit regions with negative differential resistance in certain conditions and number of these regions correspond to number of microplasma regions in PN junction.

Keywords

Avalanche, PN junction, breakdown, diode, VA characteristic, microplasma

Authors

Michal RAŠKA

RIV year

2006

Released

1. 1. 2006

Publisher

VUT Brno

Location

Brno

ISBN

80-214-3162-8

Book

Student EEICT 2006

Edition

Neuveden

Edition number

První

Pages from

229

Pages to

233

Pages count

5

URL

Knihovna UFYZ

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT18503,
  author="Michal {Raška}",
  title="PN Junction Local Avelanche Brakedown Influence on Course of VA Characteristic",
  booktitle="Student EEICT 2006",
  year="2006",
  series="Neuveden",
  number="První",
  pages="5",
  publisher="VUT Brno",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="80-214-3162-8",
  url="Knihovna UFYZ"
}