Low-temperature electrical studies on metal-oxide varistors—A clue to conduction mechanisms
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 48 (4) , 1621-1627
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.323843
Abstract
Current‐voltage data for metal‐oxide varistors are presented in the temperature range 4.2–420 °K. These results and other general observations concerning varistor behavior are used to help decide which of the several mechanisms employed to explain varistor conduction are indeed applicable. We conclude that a tunneling process is the only viable mechanism so far proposed to qualitatively describe conduction at breakdown.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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