diodetun

Tunnel Diode


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Author(s): Stephen Bowyer and Jennifer Huckaby

Usage:

Parameter TypeDefault value Required?
js: Saturation current (A) DOUBLE 1e-16 no
ct0: Zero-bias depletion capacitance (F) DOUBLE 0 no
fi: Built-in barrier potential (V) DOUBLE 0.8 no
gama: Capacitance power-law parameter DOUBLE 0.5 no
cd0: Zero-bias diffusion capacitance (F) DOUBLE 0 no
afac: Slope factor of diffusion capacitance (1/V) DOUBLE 38.696 no
r0: Bias-dependent part of series resistance in forward-bias (Ohms) DOUBLE 0 no
t: Intrinsic time constant of depletion layer (s) DOUBLE 0 no
area: Area multiplier DOUBLE 1 no
jv: Valley current at the valley voltage (A) DOUBLE 0.0001 no
jp: Peak current at the peak voltage (A) DOUBLE 0.001 no
vv: Valley volatge at the valley current (V) DOUBLE 0.5 no
vpk: Peak voltage at the peak current (V) DOUBLE 0.1 no
a2: Prefactor in the excess current exponent DOUBLE 30 no
mt: Slope factor of tunnel current (1/V) DOUBLE -1 no
mx: Slope factor of excess current (1/V) DOUBLE 1 no
mth: Slope factor of thermal current (1/V) DOUBLE 1 no
temper: Temperature (K) DOUBLE 300 no

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