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Breakdown Mechanisms

Breakdown Mechanisms is a physical phenomenon characterized by the sudden loss of rectifying or insulating properties in a semiconductor device under high electric fields, distinguished within wide band gap materials by intrinsic avalanche, tunneling, or surface-related failure processes that limit operational voltage thresholds.

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On Pre-Breakdown Phenomena in Insulators and Electronic Semi-Conductors

J. Frenkel · Physical Review · 1938 · 2K citations

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Review of Commercial GaN Power Devices and GaN-Based Converter Design Challenges

Edward A. Jones, Fred Wang, Daniel Costinett · IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Power Electronics · 2016 · 1.2K citations

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Laser-induced electric breakdown in solids

N. Bloembergen · IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics · 1974 · 669 citations

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A Point Defect Model for Anodic Passive Films: II . Chemical Breakdown and Pit Initiation

L. F. Lin, C. Y. Chao, D.D. Macdonald · Journal of The Electrochemical Society · 1981 · 659 citations · Full text

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Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium in Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: Beyond the McWhirter criterion

G. Cristoforetti, Alessandro De Giacomo, M. Dell’Aglio et al. · Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy · 2009 · 659 citations

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  1. JS
    J. Suñé

    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

    36 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. GG
    G. Groeseneken

    IMEC, Belgium

    37 publications · 2.5K citations

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  3. KL
    K. L. Pey

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

    38 publications · 998 citations

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  4. EY
    Ernest Y. Wu

    IBM (United States), United States

    28 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. RD
    R. Degraeve

    IMEC, Belgium

    27 publications · 2K citations

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  1. IMEC

    Leuven, Belgium

    29 h-index

    307 publications

    20.3K citations

  2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    27 h-index

    101 publications

    5K citations

  3. IBM (United States)

    Armonk, United States

    26 h-index

    120 publications

    4.3K citations

  4. Xi'an Jiaotong University

    Xi'an, China

    25 h-index

    156 publications

    6.3K citations

  5. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

    Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

    24 h-index

    127 publications

    4.4K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    23 h-index

    86 publications

    8.3K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    155 publications

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  8. Toshiba (Japan)

    Tokyo, Japan

    22 h-index

    152 publications

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  1. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

    217 publications · 12.5K citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Physics

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  3. Applied Physics Letters

    155 publications · 7.4K citations

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  4. IEEE Electron Device Letters

    116 publications · 8.2K citations

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  5. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

    59 publications · 3.5K citations

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