Notable people named Schottky include:
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Ernst Max Schottky
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst"
* Anton Ernst (born 1 ...
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botanist
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Walter H. Schottky, physicist
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Friedrich Schottky
Friedrich Hermann Schottky (24 July 1851 – 12 August 1935) was a German mathematician who worked on elliptic, abelian, and theta functions and introduced Schottky groups and Schottky's theorem.
Biography
Friedrich Hermann Schottky was bor ...
, mathematician
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Schottky diode
The Schottky diode (named after the German physicist Walter H. Schottky), also known as Schottky barrier diode or hot-carrier diode, is a semiconductor diode formed by the junction of a semiconductor with a metal. It has a low forward voltag ...
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Schottky barrier
A Schottky barrier, named after Walter H. Schottky, is a potential energy barrier for electrons formed at a metal–semiconductor junction. Schottky barriers have rectifier, rectifying characteristics, suitable for use as a diode. One of the p ...
in electronics and physics
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Schottky transistor
A Schottky transistor is a combination of a transistor and a Schottky diode that prevents the transistor from saturating by diverting the excessive input current. It is also called a Schottky-clamped transistor.
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in electronics
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Schottky group
In mathematics, a Schottky group is a special sort of Kleinian group, first studied by .
Definition
Fix some point ''p'' on the Riemann sphere. Each Jordan curve not passing through ''p'' divides the Riemann sphere into two pieces, and we call ...
in mathematics
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Schottky defect
A Schottky defect is an excitation of the site occupations in a crystal lattice leading to point defects named after Walter H. Schottky. In ionic crystals, this defect forms when oppositely charged ions leave their lattice sites and become inco ...
in condensed matter physics
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Schottky anomaly
The Schottky anomaly, named after the German physicist Walter H. Schottky, Walter Schottky, is an effect observed in solid-state physics where the specific heat capacity of a solid at low temperature physics, low temperature has a peak. It is call ...
in condensed matter physics
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Schottky noise
Shot noise or Poisson noise is a type of noise which can be modeled by a Poisson process.
In electronics shot noise originates from the discrete nature of electric charge. Shot noise also occurs in photon counting in optical devices, where sh ...
in electronics, described mathematically by Walter H. Schottky, and also known as
shot noise
Shot noise or Poisson noise is a type of noise which can be modeled by a Poisson process.
In electronics shot noise originates from the discrete nature of electric charge. Shot noise also occurs in photon counting in optical devices, where s ...
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