Universal 1 / f noise model for reverse biased diodes

A 1 / f noise model is developed for reverse biased diodes based on McWhorter's concept of charge tunneling into semiconductor states at passivation layer interfaces [ A. L. McWhorter , in Semiconductor Surface Physics , edited by R. H. Kingston ( University of Pennsylvania Press , Philadelphia...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied physics letters 2009-05, Vol.94 (19), p.193508-193508-3
Hauptverfasser: Kinch, M. A., Wan, C.-F., Schaake, H., Chandra, D.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A 1 / f noise model is developed for reverse biased diodes based on McWhorter's concept of charge tunneling into semiconductor states at passivation layer interfaces [ A. L. McWhorter , in Semiconductor Surface Physics , edited by R. H. Kingston ( University of Pennsylvania Press , Philadelphia , 1957 ), pp. 207-228 ]. The charge modulates the width of semiconductor surface charge layers on either side of the junction, resulting in fluctuations in dark current from these volumes due to the net difference in depletion and diffusion current generation rates per unit volume in the semiconductor. The 1 / f spectrum associated with the fluctuating surface charge translates into a 1 / f spectrum in thermally generated diode dark current. The model is applied to midwavelength infrared HgCdTe N + / P diode architectures.
ISSN:0003-6951
1077-3118
DOI:10.1063/1.3133982