Cathode Field in Diodes under Partial Space-Charge Conditions
- 15 August 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 76 (4) , 554-558
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.76.554
Abstract
A method for calculating the electric field at the cathode of a diode for any condition of current flow in the diode is presented. A "universal" curve gives the cathode field as a function of diode current. The equation for this curve is
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