Space-Charge-Limited Tunnel Emission into an Insulating Film
- 1 October 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 33 (10) , 2993-2995
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1728550
Abstract
Expressions are derived that enable calculation of the effects of space charge on the current density of electrons tunneling from a metal into the conduction band of an insulating film. The effect of electron traps in the insulating material is considered. It is shown that if the insulating film contains a high trap density, space charge can severely limit the tunnel current density that can be achieved, even for very thin films.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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