Which barrier height modulation enables a Schottky diode to switch?

💡 Explanation

A Schottky diode switches because thermionic emission current exponentially increases with reduced barrier height under forward bias, therefore current flows rather than due to tunneling, which is significantly weaker; surface plasmon resonance is irrelevant.

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