• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 41, Issue 3, 032103 (2020)
S. J. Mukhopadhyay1, Prajukta Mukherjee2, Aritra Acharyya3, and Monojit Mitra1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, West Bengal – 711103, India
  • 2Department of Electrical Engineering, Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, West Bengal – 736170, India
  • 3Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Cooch Behar Government Engineering College, West Bengal – 736170, India
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    S. J. Mukhopadhyay, Prajukta Mukherjee, Aritra Acharyya, Monojit Mitra. Influence of self-heating on the millimeter-wave and terahertz performance of MBE grown silicon IMPATT diodes[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(3): 032103 Copy Citation Text show less
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    S. J. Mukhopadhyay, Prajukta Mukherjee, Aritra Acharyya, Monojit Mitra. Influence of self-heating on the millimeter-wave and terahertz performance of MBE grown silicon IMPATT diodes[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2020, 41(3): 032103
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