Title :
Emission of hot electrons out of semiconductors
Author :
Bass, Fridrich G. ; Yeremka, Victor D. ; Kulagin, Oleg P.
Author_Institution :
The Usikov Inst. of Radiophys. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Kharkov, Ukraine
Abstract :
This paper gives the expressions for electron emission current out of the semiconductor heated by the constant and variable electric fields when the magnetic field is present or does not exist. The corrections caused by heat dimensional effects have been taken into account. The cases of the normal and anomalous skin-effect have been considered separately. A new method based on the expressions obtained is proposed to find the effective electron mass, electron concentration, and characteristics of electron-phonon interaction in semiconductors
Keywords :
anomalous skin effect; effective mass; electron field emission; electron-phonon interactions; hot carriers; semiconductor materials; semiconductors; skin effect; vacuum microelectronics; anomalous skin-effect; constant electric field heating; effective electron mass; electron concentration; electron emission current; electron-phonon interaction; heat dimensional effects; hot electron emission; magnetic field; normal skin-effect; semiconductors; variable electric field heating; Charge carrier processes; Cooling; Electron emission; Equations; Frequency; Magnetic fields; Phonons; Resistance heating; Scattering; Temperature dependence;
Conference_Titel :
Vacuum Microelectronics Conference, 1996. IVMC'96., 9th International
Conference_Location :
St. Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3594-5
DOI :
10.1109/IVMC.1996.601784