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Current Modeling for Accumulation Mode GaN Schottky Barrier MOSFET for Integrated UV Sensors

  • Park, Won-June;Hahm, Sung-Ho
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.79-84
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    • 2017
  • The drain current of the SB MOSFET was analytically modeled by an equation composed of thermionic emission and tunneling with consideration of the image force lowering. The depletion region electron concentration was used to model the channel electron concentration for the tunneling current. The Schottky barrier width is dependent on the channel electron concentration. The drain current is changed by the gate oxide thickness and Schottky barrier height, but it is hardly changed by the doping concentration. For a GaN SB MOSFET with ITO source and drain electrodes, the calculated threshold voltage was 3.5 V which was similar to the measured value of 3.75 V and the calculated drain current was 1.2 times higher than the measured.

Characterizations of nitrided gate oxides by fowler-nordheim tunneling electron injection (Fowler-nordheim 터널링 전자주입에 의한 질화 게이트 산화막의 특성 분석)

  • 장성수;문성근;노관종;노용한;이칠기
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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    • v.35D no.7
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    • pp.79-87
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    • 1998
  • Nitrided oxides which have been investigated as alternative gate oxide for metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect devices were grown by two-step process using N$_{2}$O gas, and were chaacterized via a fowler-nordheim tunneling(FNT) electron injection technique. Electrical characteristics of nitrided gate oxides were superior to that of control oxides.Further, the FNT electron injection into the nitrided gate oxides reveals that gate oxides degrade more both if electrons were foreced to inject from the gate metal and if thicker nitrided gate oxides were used in the thickness range of 90~130.angs.. Models are suggested to explain these phenomena.

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Characterization of Hot Electron Transistors Using Graphene at Base (그래핀을 베이스로 사용한 열전자 트랜지스터의 특성)

  • Lee, Hyung Gyoo;Kim, Sung Jin;Kang, Il-Suk;Lee, Gi Sung;Kim, Ki Nam;Koh, Jin Won
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.147-151
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    • 2016
  • Graphene has a monolayer crystal structure formed with C-atoms and has been used as a base layer of HETs (hot electron transistors). Graphene HETs have exhibited the operation at THz frequencies and higher current on/off ratio than that of Graphene FETs. In this article, we report on the preliminary results of current characteristics from the HETs which are fabricated utilizing highly doped Si collector, graphene base, and 5 nm thin $Al_2O_3$ tunnel layers between the base and Ti emitter. We have observed E-B forward currents are inherited to tunneling through $Al_2O_3$ layers, but have not noticed the Schottky barrier blocking effect on B-C forward current at the base/collector interface. At the common-emitter configuration, under a constant $V_{BE}$ between 0~1.2V, $I_C$ has increased linearly with $V_{CE}$ for $V_{CE}$ < $V_{BE}$ indicating the saturation region. As the $V_{CE}$ increases further, a plateau of $I_C$ vs. $V_{CE}$ has appeared slightly at $V_{CE}{\simeq}V_{BE}$, denoting forward-active region. With further increase of $V_{CE}$, $I_C$ has kept increasing probably due to tunneling through thin Schottky barrier between B/C. Thus the current on/off ration has exhibited to be 50. To improve hot electron effects, we propose the usage of low doped Si substrate, insertion of barrier layer between B/C, or substrates with low electron affinity.

Molecular Level Detection of Heavy Metal Ions Using Atomic Force Microscope (원자간인력현미경을 이용한 분자수준의 중금속 이온 검출)

  • Kim, Younghun;Kang, Sung Koo;Choi, Inhee;Lee, Jeongjin;Yi, Jongheop
    • Clean Technology
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.69-74
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    • 2005
  • A metal ion detector with a submicron size electrode was fabricated by field-induced AFM oxidation. The square frame of the mesa pattern was functionalized by APTES for the metal ion detection, and the remaining portion was used as an electrode by the self-assembly of MPTMS for Au metal deposition. The conductance changed with the quantity of adsorbed copper ions, due to electron tunneling between the mobile and surface electrodes. The smaller electrode has a lower limit of detection due to the enhancement in electron tunneling through metal ions that are adsorbed between the conductive-tip (mobile) and the surface (fixed) electrode. This two-electrode system immobilized with different functional groups was successfully used in the selective adsorption and detection of target materials.

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Electron Transport Mechanisms in Ag Schottky Contacts Fabricated on O-polar and Nonpolar m-plane Bulk ZnO

  • Kim, Hogyoung
    • Transactions on Electrical and Electronic Materials
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.285-289
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    • 2015
  • We prepared silver Schottky contacts to O-polar and nonpolar m-plane bulk ZnO wafers. Then, by considering various transport models, we performed a comparative analysis of the current transport properties of Ag/bulk ZnO Schottky diodes, which were measured at 300, 200, and 100 K. The fitting of the forward bias current-voltage (I-V) characteristics revealed that the tunneling current is dominant as the transport component in both the samples. Compared to thermionic emission (TE), a stronger contribution of tunneling current was observed at low temperature. The reverse bias I-V characteristics were well fitted with the thermionic field emission (TFE) in both the samples. The presence of acceptor-like adsorbates, such as O2 and H2O, modulated the surface conductive state of ZnO, thereby affecting the tunneling effect. The degree of activation/passivation of acceptor-like adsorbates might be different in both the samples owing to their different surface morphologies and surface defects (e.g., oxygen vacancies).

Investigation of Junction-less Tunneling Field Effect Transistor (JL-TFET) with Floating Gate

  • Ali, Asif;Seo, Dongsun;Cho, Il Hwan
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.156-161
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    • 2017
  • This work presents a novel structure for junction-less tunneling field effect transistor (JL-TFET) with a floating gate over the source region. Introduction of floating gate instead of fixed metal gate removes the limitation of fabrication process suitability. The proposed device is based on a heavily n-type-doped Si-channel junction-less field effect transistor (JLFET). A floating gate over source region and a control-gate with optimized metal work-function over channel region is used to make device work like a tunnel field effect transistor (TFET). The proposed device has exhibited excellent ID-VGS characteristics, ION/IOFF ratio, a point subthreshold slope (SS), and average SS for optimized device parameters. Electron charge stored in floating gate, isolation oxide layer and body doping concentration are optimized. The proposed JL-TFET can be a promising candidate for switching performances.