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Negative Differential Resistance Effects

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The negative differential resistance (NDR) condition is shown by some materials under proper circumstances further more. In some device components, at a given interval of applied voltage, the slope of the I/V curve becomes negative. It is straightforward that the definition of negative resistance is only related to the differential resistance \(\frac{dV}{dI}\), the value of the resistance (\(\frac{V}{I}\)) being always positive.

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    Corrado Di Natale

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Di Natale, C. (2023). Negative Differential Resistance Effects. In: Introduction to Electronic Devices. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27196-0_5

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