The 'compensation rule' in steady-state space-charge-limited currents
- 14 June 1976
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
- Vol. 9 (11) , 2073-2080
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/9/11/015
Abstract
The conditions leading to the occurrence of the compensation rule in space-charge-limited current studies is discussed. It is shown that this effect is not fortuitous but that it can arise whenever a convergence point exists on current-voltage characteristics. Conditions leading to the appearance of a convergence point in such characteristics are discussed in terms of continuous and quasi-discrete trapping levels. The convergence point is shown to result when the concentration of a discrete (or nearly discrete) trap remains constant.Keywords
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