LIMITS OF THE POSSIBILITIES OF NEMAG, ARISING FROM THE INSTABILITY OF THE STATE WITH NEGATIVE CONDUCTIVITY

Abstract

Negative transverse conductivity in a hole-type semiconductor the use of which constitutes the basis of the semiconductor instrument NEMAG, exists only for rather weak transverse fields. Therefore strong fields formed by the carriers themselves and contamination centers, as well as fields arising from the formation and development of space charges, will eradicate the negative conductivity of the instruments. In this study there are found quantitative criteria which determine the possibility of the practical creation of a state with negative condu tivity: the maximum degree of alloying and the time of the automatic breakdown of the negative conductivity. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 05, 1961
Accession Number
AD0264511

Entities

People

  • A.l. Zakharov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Carbides
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Conductivity
  • Contamination
  • Electronics
  • Inorganic Carbon Compounds
  • Inorganic Chemicals
  • Instability
  • Semiconductors
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Space Charge
  • Transverse

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Space