APPLICATION OF TUNNELING TO ACTIVE DIODES

Abstract

Gallium arsenide, gallium phosphide, gallium antimonide, and indium phosphide have been transported and deposited, with controlled doping, either as large crystallites when seeded on the walls of the tube, or as epitaxial layers when deposited on seed crystals. Material was transported simultaneously from different compounds and deposited as a ixed compound, e.g. Ga(As,P). Compounds were synthesized from the elements and deposited, e.g. GaP. P-n junctions, including low-current-density tunnel junctions, were prepared by the deposition of epitaxial layers. Heterojunctions were formed by deposition of compounds on dissimilar substrates. A discussion of the relationship between trapping and noise effect in GaAs tunnel diodes is presented. Data are presented on a diode in which these properties are measured in the negative resistance region. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 30, 1961
Accession Number
AD0270619

Entities

People

  • D.c. Jillson
  • N. Jr. Holonyak
  • S.f. Bevacqua

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Antimonides
  • Current Density
  • Diodes
  • Elements
  • Gallium
  • Gallium Antimonides
  • Gallium Arsenides
  • P-N Junctions
  • Quantum Tunneling
  • Tunnel Diodes
  • Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene