The Silicon Micro-Hall Device -- Design, Fabrication, and Applications.

Abstract

A family of silicon devices, the micro-Hall devices, are described. These include the diffused, diffused-epitaxial, isolation-diffused-epitaxial, mesa-epitaxial, and silicon-on-sapphire isolation-diffused structures. The design and fabrication of these devices are presented in complete detail. The theory of the Hall effect and its applications to the theory of fast neutron displacement damage to silicon is presented. A quantitative model of radiation damage in the form of spherical intrinsic voids representing the damage clusters is described. Three applications of the isolation-diffused-epitaxial silicon micro-Hall device are discussed. The characteristics of the silicon micro-Hall device as magnetic sensor are presented. This application requires a careful compensation for voltages due to the misalignment of the measuring arms. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0713999

Entities

People

  • Harold D. Southward
  • Roy A. Colclaser

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Compensation
  • Corpuscular Radiation
  • Detectors
  • Displacement
  • Fabrication
  • Fast Neutrons
  • Hall Effect
  • Magnetic Detectors
  • Misalignment
  • Neutrons
  • Radiation
  • Sapphire

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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