Accession Number:

AD0625273

Title:

THE INSTABILITY OF NEGATIVE DIFFERENTIAL RESISTANCE.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

DELAWARE UNIV NEWARK DEPT OF PHYSICS

Personal Author(s):

• BOER,K. W.

Report Date:

1965-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

10.0

Abstract:

It is shown that the mathematical expression of the thermodynamic restriction on the power generated as a consequence of negative differential resistance in crystals given by Ridley Proc. Phys. Soc., 82, 954 1963. is incorrect. The appropriate relation is derived, and the influence of the formation of layer-like field domains on the possibility of stabilizing such regions is discussed.

Descriptors:

• *ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE
• STABILITY
• THERMODYNAMICS
• FIELD THEORY
• ELECTRICITY
• VOLTAGE
• POWER

Subject Categories:

• Electricity and Magnetism

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE