Surface and Interfacial Properties of InP

Abstract

Calculations of the effect of bulk traps on the time dependence of the channel current in InP accumulation-type MISFET's are reported. It is shown that a uniform density of deep acceptors in the bulk material given rise to a decay in the channel current which decays approximately linearly as a function of the logarithm of time. If capture of the electrons is assumed to occur by a nonradiative multiphonon emission procession, then the temperature dependence that is obtained agrees with experimental results. The energy level and the density of the deep acceptor Fe (1+) trap involved in space-charge-limited current (SCLC) flowing in semi-insulating (SI) InP was deduced from I-V measurements and a model employing either the low-field Hall mobility or the high-field saturated electron velocity v subscipt s. The modified model based on v subscript s, yields the Fe3(+) energy level, D sub 1 = 0.6eV, and the trap density N sub t = 3 X 10 to the 15th power/cc, consistent with data obtained by other means.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 1985
Accession Number
ADA159912

Entities

People

  • H. H. Wieder
  • L. G. Meiners

Organizations

  • University of California, San Diego

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bulk Materials
  • Charge Carriers
  • Charge Density
  • Conduction Bands
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Mobility
  • Electrons
  • Energy Bands
  • Fermi Levels
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Low Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Semiconductors
  • Space Charge
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Semiconductor Device Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster