Electric field in a p–n -abrupt-junction diode as obtained by exact computer solution of the differential equations
- 1 April 1967
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 3 (4) , 160-162
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19670125
Abstract
A computer solution for the current, continuity and Poisson's differential equations has been obtained for the forward steady-state behaviour of a 1-dimensional abrupt p+-n-junction germanium diode at zero and at low to high injection levels at 300° K. The numerical integration has been performed in and outside the space-charge layer of the p-n junction by using the Hall-Shockley-Read and the Auger recombination processes and by eliminating the Boltzmann equilibrium approximation in the space-charge layer and the space-charge neutrality approximation in the quasineutral p and n region. The numerical results for the electric-field distributions are reported.Keywords
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