Asymptotic Analysis of the Current-Voltage Curve of a pnpn Semiconductor Device

1989 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 243-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
HERBERT STEINRÜCK
Keyword(s):  
Asymptotic Analysis ◽  
Semiconductor Device ◽  
Voltage Curve ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Current Voltage Curve

ATP-activated chloride channel inhibited by an antibody to P glycoprotein

1994 ◽  
Vol 267 (4) ◽  
pp. C1095-C1102 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. J. Zhang ◽  
T. J. Jacob
Keyword(s):  
Single Channel ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
Fiber Cells ◽  
Cl Channel ◽  
P Glycoprotein ◽  
Voltage Curve ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Single Channel Activity ◽  
Current Voltage Curve

In this report, we present the characteristics of a Cl- channel found in lens fiber cells. The single channel has a conductance of 17 pS, a linear current-voltage curve, is activated by ATP or strong depolarization and is blocked by verapamil, quinidine, 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid, 5-nitro-2-(3- phenylpropylamino)benzoate, dideoxyforskolin, and tamoxifen. These properties are similar to those reported for a volume-activated Cl- channel associated with the multidrug resistance (MDR) gene product, P glycoprotein (24). Confirming this connection, we demonstrate that our lens Cl- channel is inhibited by an antibody to P glycoprotein. The data we present here may, therefore, be the first characterization of the single channel activity of the Cl- channel associated with P glycoprotein.

Evidence of Hysteresis in a New p-i-n-i-p-i-n Amorphous Silicon Device

1997 ◽  
Vol 467 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Caputo ◽  
G. De Cesare ◽  
F. Palma
Keyword(s):  
Charge Trapping ◽  
Bistable Behavior ◽  
Novel Device ◽  
Voltage Curve ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Recombination Processes ◽  
Current Voltage Curve ◽  
Numerical Device ◽  
Silicon Device

ABSTRACTA novel device based on a-Si:H p+-i-n−-i-p−-i-n+ structure, showing a hysteresis in its current-voltage curve is reported. A numerical device model allows to investigate in detail the fundamental role of the two lightly doped n− and p− layers, where charge trapping determines the bistable behavior of the device. The ON condition is mantained until the ambipolar charge injection overcomes the fixed charge. The transition OFF-ON starts when, increasing the applied voltage, one of the two lightly doped layers becomes completely depleted. The transition ON-OFF is, instead, mainly dependent on the recombination processes occurring in the central doped layers. Devices with hysteresis around 2 V and tum-on voltage around 12 are presented.

scholarly journals Modeling Asymmetry of a Current–Voltage Curve of a Novel MF-4SC/PTMSP Bilayer Membrane

Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Anatoly N. Filippov ◽  
Natalia A. Kononenko ◽  
Natalia V. Loza ◽  
Daria A. Petrova
Keyword(s):  
Good Accuracy ◽  
Thick Layer ◽  
Physicochemical Characteristics ◽  
Porous Membrane ◽  
Bilayer Membrane ◽  
Voltage Curve ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Current Voltage Curve ◽  
Exchange Membrane ◽  
A Current

A novel bilayer cation-exchange membrane—consisting of a thick layer of a pristine perfluorinated membrane MF-4SC (Russian equivalent of Nafion®-117) and a thinner layer (1 μm) of the membrane, on a base of glassy polymer of internal microporosity poly(1-trimethylsilyl-1-propyne) (PTMSP)—was prepared and characterized. Using the physicochemical characteristics of one-layer membranes MF-4SC and PTMSP in 0.05 M HCl and NaCl solutions, the asymmetric current–voltage curves (CVC) of the bilayer composite were described with good accuracy up to the overlimiting regime, based on the “fine-porous membrane” model. The MF-4SC/PTMSP bilayer composite has a significant asymmetry of CVC that is promising for using it in electromembrane devices, such as membrane detectors, sensors, and diodes.

scholarly journals The Cardiac Electrophysiology Web Lab

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Cooper ◽  
Martin Scharm ◽  
Gary R Mirams
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Electrophysiology ◽  
Computational Modelling ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Virtual Experiments ◽  
Online Resource ◽  
Voltage Curve ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Current Voltage Curve ◽  
The Mathematical Model

Computational modelling of cardiac cellular electrophysiology has a long history, with many models now available for different species, cell types, and experimental preparations. This success brings with it a challenge: how do we assess and compare the underlying hypotheses and emergent behaviours, in order to choose a model as a suitable basis for a new study, or characterize how a particular model behaves in different scenarios? We have created an online resource for the characterization and comparison of electrophysiological cell models under a wide range of experimental scenarios. The details of the mathematical model (quantitative assumptions and hypotheses formulated as ordinary differential equations) are separated from the experimental protocol being simulated. Each model and protocol is then encoded in computer-readable formats. A simulation tool runs virtual experiments on models, and a website – https://chaste.cs.ox.ac.uk/FunctionalCuration – provides a friendly interface, allowing users to store and compare results. The system currently contains a sample of 36 models and 23 protocols, including current-voltage curve generation, action potential properties under steady pacing at different rates, restitution properties, block of particular channels, and hypo-/hyper-kalaemia. This resource is publicly available, open source, and free; and we invite the community to use it and become involved in future developments. Those interested in comparing competing hypotheses using models can make a more informed decision; those developing new models can upload them for easy evaluation under the existing protocols, and even add their own protocols.

scholarly journals Self-Cascode Current-Voltage Curve-Construction Algorithm from Single MOSFET Measurements for Analog Figures-of-Merit Extraction

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Li�gia Martins d'Oliveira ◽  
Valeriya Kilchytska ◽  
Denis Flandre ◽  
Michelly De Souza
Keyword(s):  
Threshold Voltage ◽  
Extraction Method ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Experimental Measurements ◽  
Saturation Regime ◽  
Figures Of Merit ◽  
Voltage Curve ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Current Voltage Curve ◽  
Self Cascode

This paper proposes a curve extraction method for I-V curves and analog figures-of-merit of self-cascode MOSFET associations (SC) using a code that exploits I-V curves of single transistors as input. The method was validated by using experimental measurements of fabricated SC and the very single transistors that compose them. The results indicate a very low error between the SC generated by the code and the measured reference for operation in saturation regime and above threshold voltage, for both the I-V curves and their derivatives. This method is then valid for the assessment of the SC structures in new technologies, avoiding experimental dedicated layouts or complex set-ups.

scholarly journals Measurement of the Current-Voltage Curve of Photovoltaic Cells Based on a DAQ and Python

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 94-98
Author(s):  
Israel Reyes-Ramírez ◽  
◽  
Jorge Fonseca-Campos ◽  
Juan Luis Mata Machuca
Keyword(s):  
Photovoltaic Cells ◽  
Voltage Curve ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Current Voltage Curve

Ab Initio Study of the Sub-threshold Electron Transport Properties of Ultra-scaled Amorphous Phase Change Material Germanium Telluride

2014 ◽  
Vol 1697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Liu ◽  
Xu Xu ◽  
M. P. Anantram
Keyword(s):  
Electron Transport ◽  
Ab Initio ◽  
Transport Properties ◽  
Defect States ◽  
Germanium Telluride ◽  
Voltage Curve ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Current Voltage Curve ◽  
Electron Transport Properties ◽  
Change Material

ABSTRACTThe sub-threshold electron transport properties of amorphous (a-) germanium telluride (GeTe) phase change material (PCM) ultra-thin films are investigated by using ab initio molecular dynamics, density function theory, and Green’s function simulations. The simulation results reproduce the trends in measured electron transport properties, e.g. current-voltage curve, intra-bandgap donor-like and acceptor-like defect states, and p-type conductivity. The underlying physical mechanism of electron transport in ultra-scaled a-PCM is unraveled. We find that, though the current-voltage curve of the ultra-scaled a-PCM resembles that of the bulk a-PCM, their physical origins are different. Unlike the electron transport in bulk a-PCM, which is governed by the Poole-Frenkel effect, the electron transport in ultra-scaled a-PCM is largely dominated by tunneling transport via intra-bandgap donor-like and acceptor-like defect states.

Two types of K+ channels at the basolateral membrane of proximal tubule: inhibitory effect of taurine

1999 ◽  
Vol 277 (2) ◽  
pp. F290-F297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-François Noulin ◽  
Emmanuelle Brochiero ◽  
Jean-Yves Lapointe ◽  
Raynald Laprade
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Channels ◽  
Time Constant ◽  
Potassium Conductance ◽  
Single Type ◽  
K Channel ◽  
Open Probability ◽  
Open Time ◽  
Voltage Curve ◽  
Current Voltage ◽  
Current Voltage Curve

The cell-attached configuration of the patch-clamp technique was used to investigate the effects of taurine on the basolateral potassium channels of rabbit proximal convoluted tubule. In the absence of taurine, the previously reported ATP-blockable channel, KATP, was observed in 51% of patches. It is characterized by an inwardly rectifying current-voltage curve with an inward slope conductance of 49 ± 5 pS ( n = 15) and an outward slope conductance of 13 ± 6 pS ( n = 15). The KATP channel open probability ( P o) is low, 0.15 ± 0.06 ( n = 15) at a − V p = −100 mV ( V pis the pipette potential), and increases slightly with depolarization. The gating kinetics are characterized by one open time constant (τo = 5.0 ± 1.9 ms, n = 6) and two closed time constants (τC1 = 5.2 ± 1.5 ms, τC2 = 140 ± 40 ms; n = 6). In 34% of patches, a second type of potassium channel, sK, with distinct properties was recorded. Its current-voltage curve is characterized by a sigmoidal shape, with an inward slope conductance of 12 ± 2 pS ( n = 4). Its P o is voltage independent and averages 0.67 ± 0.03 ( n = 4) at − V p = −80 mV. Both its open time and closed time distributions are described by a single time constant (τo = 96 ± 19 ms, τC = 10.5 ± 3.6 ms; n = 4). Extracellular perfusion of 40 mM taurine fails to affect sK channels, whereas KATP channel P o decreases by 75% (from 0.17 ± 0.06 to 0.04 ± 0.02, n = 7, P < 0.05). In conclusion, the absolute basolateral potassium conductance of rabbit proximal tubules is the resulting combination of, at least, two types of potassium channels of roughly equal importance: a high-conductance low-open probability KATP channel and a low-conductance high-open probability sK channel. The previously described decrease in the basolateral absolute potassium conductance by taurine is, however, mediated by a single type of K channel: the ATP-blockable K channel.

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