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Semiconductor physics
Current–voltage characteristics of Schottky diodes at high current densities under the injection of minority carriers
T. T. Ìnatsakanova, A. G. Tandoeva, M. E. Levinshteĭnb, S. N. Yurkova, J. W. Palmourc a Russian Electrotechnical Institute Named after V. I. Lenin, Moscow, Russia
b Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg
c Wolfspeed, Cree Company, USA
Abstract:
An analytical expression is derived for the current–voltage characteristic of a Schottky diode at a high injection level of minority carriers. It is shown that, even at very high current densities, the higher the base doping level, the larger the voltage drop across the diode. The physical mechanism responsible for this “paradoxical” result is analyzed. The validity of the analytical result is confirmed by a numerical calculation with software that takes into account the whole set of nonlinear effects caused by a high injection level in the base layer and by heavy doping of the emitter region.
Received: 30.01.2017 Accepted: 15.02.2017
Citation:
T. T. Ìnatsakanov, A. G. Tandoev, M. E. Levinshteǐn, S. N. Yurkov, J. W. Palmour, “Current–voltage characteristics of Schottky diodes at high current densities under the injection of minority carriers”, Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, 51:8 (2017), 1125–1130; Semiconductors, 51:8 (2017), 1081–1086
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