Simulation of proton radiation effect in HEMT devices

MA Maodan; CAO Yanrong; LYU Hanghang; WANG Zhiheng; REN Chen; ZHANG Longtao; LYU Ling; ZHENG Xuefeng; MA Xiaohua

doi:10.11805/tkyda2022010

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