• DocumentCode
    918495
  • Title

    GaAs Schottky diodes with near-ideal characteristics

  • Author

    Irvin, J.C. ; Sze, Simon M.

  • Volume
    59
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    1971
  • fDate
    7/1/1971 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1121
  • Lastpage
    1122
  • Abstract
    The I-V characteristics of some GaAs Schottky-barrier IMPATT diodes are found to be nearly ideal at operating temperatures (∼200°C). Fabricated on epitaxial n-type substrate with platinum contacts, the diodes use a truncated cone shape to avoid soft breakdown. The breakdown voltage and its temperature dependence are close to calculated values for one-sided abrupt junctions.
  • Keywords
    Avalanche breakdown; Capacitance; Electrodes; Gallium arsenide; Schottky barriers; Schottky diodes; Semiconductor diodes; Shape; Substrates; Temperature dependence;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1971.8344
  • Filename
    1450274