Investigation of lateral spreading current in the 4H-SiC Schottky barrier diode chip

Xi Wang; Yiwen Zhong; Hongbin Pu; Jichao Hu; Xianfeng Feng; Guowen Yang

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/42/11/112802

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