SEQUENTIAL ETCH ANALYSIS OF ELECTRON INJECTION IN P+-GAAS

被引:7
作者
KLAUSMEIERBROWN, ME
KYONO, CS
DEMOULIN, PD
TOBIN, SP
LUNDSTROM, MS
MELLOCH, MR
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS,DEPT ELECTR & COMP ENGN,AUSTIN,TX 78754
[2] SPIRE CORP,BEDFORD,MA 01730
关键词
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS - Growth - SOLAR CELLS - Chemical Vapor Deposition - TRANSISTORS; BIPOLAR; -; Design;
D O I
10.1109/16.3384
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The influence of heavy impurity doping of electron injection currents in p** plus -n diodes is investigated experimentally. By extracting the n equals 1 diffusion current after successive etches of the p** plus -layer, the electron injection current is characterized. The technique is applied to a metal organic chemical vapor decomposition (MOCVD) grown GaAs solar cell Zn-doped 1. 2 multiplied by 10**1**0 cm**-**3 on the p-side. The results, which demonstrate that so-called bandgap narrowing effects enhance the injected electron current, have important implications for the design of GaAs solar cells and bipolar transistors.
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页码:1159 / 1161
页数:3
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