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Tunnel injection, the Glossary

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Tunnel injection is a field electron emission effect; specifically a quantum process called Fowler–Nordheim tunneling, whereby charge carriers are injected to an electric conductor through a thin layer of an electric insulator.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 4 relations: Charge carrier, Field electron emission, Flash memory, Hot-carrier injection.

Charge carrier

In solid state physics, a charge carrier is a particle or quasiparticle that is free to move, carrying an electric charge, especially the particles that carry electric charges in electrical conductors.

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Field electron emission

Field electron emission, also known as field emission (FE) and electron field emission, is emission of electrons induced by an electrostatic field. Tunnel injection and field electron emission are Quantum mechanics.

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Flash memory

Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.

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Hot-carrier injection

Hot carrier injection (HCI) is a phenomenon in solid-state electronic devices where an electron or a “hole” gains sufficient kinetic energy to overcome a potential barrier necessary to break an interface state. Tunnel injection and Hot-carrier injection are Semiconductors.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel_injection

Also known as Tunnel release.