NUMERICAL MODELING OF SILICON PHOTODIODES FOR HIGH-ACCURACY APPLICATIONS .1. SIMULATION PROGRAMS

被引:9
作者
GEIST, J [1 ]
CHANDLERHOROWITZ, D [1 ]
ROBINSON, AM [1 ]
JAMES, CR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ALBERTA, ELECT ENGN, EDMONTON T6G 2G7, ALBERTA, CANADA
关键词
HIGH ACCURACY; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; PC-1D; PHOTODIODE MODELING; SILICON PHOTODIODES;
D O I
10.6028/jres.096.023
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The suitability of the semiconductor-device modeling program PC-1D for high-accuracy simulation of silicon photodiodes is discussed. A set of user interface programs optimized to support high-accuracy batch-mode operation of PC-1D for modeling the internal quantum efficiency of photodiodes is also described. The optimization includes correction for the dark current under reverse- and forward-bias conditions before calculating the quantum efficiency, and easy access to the highest numerical accuracy available from PC-1D, neither of which is conveniently available with PC-1D's standard user interface.
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页码:463 / 469
页数:7
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