Novel and simple, on-site extraction method of parameters; the ideality fac
tor, series resistance, leakage resistance, and saturation current, from bo
th the forward and the reverse current-voltage characteristics and their de
rivatives of non-ideal thermionic emission diodes is presented. The results
of successful application of the method on sets of different metal/n-Si Sc
hottky diodes and p-n junction diodes are reported and discussed. (C) 1999
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