ELECTRIC FIELD PROFILE AND ELECTRON DRIFT VELOCITIES IN LITHIUM DRIFTED SILICON,

Abstract

The electric field profile and the drift velocity of electrons in lithium drifted silicon in the direction at room temperature have been measured. By injecting short bursts of 10 keV electrons into reverse biased diodes, current pulses were produced and viewed on a sampling oscilloscope. To improve the accuracy of the measurement, a picosecond signal averaging system was employed. Electric field profiles in thin Si(Li) showed an overcompensation of the p material near the n+ contact due to the lithium diffusion process. Drift velocity measurements as a function of electric field over the range from 2.0 to 48 kV/cm were obtained. At 48 kV/cm, the drift velocity of 8.6 x 10 to the 6th power cm/sec is not yet a saturation value. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0683711

Entities

People

  • C. B. Norris
  • H. R. Zulliger
  • R. H. Pehl
  • T. W. Sigmon

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorbers (Materials)
  • Accuracy
  • Advanced Materials
  • California
  • Cooperation
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Diffusion
  • Electric Fields
  • Electrons
  • Elementary Fermions
  • Elementary Particles
  • Engineered Materials
  • Fermions
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics