THRESHOLD SWITCHING TRANSIENT IN METAL A-SI-H C-SI(P-N) (MASS) HETEROJUNCTION DEVICE

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作者
CHEN, YW [1 ]
FANG, YK [1 ]
LEE, HD [1 ]
CHANG, CY [1 ]
机构
[1] NATL CHIAO TUNG UNIV,INST ELECTR,HSINCHU,TAIWAN
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10.1016/0038-1101(90)90051-F
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A novel structure of metal/a-Si:H/c-Si(p-n) (MASS) heterojunction threshold switching device was successfully developed. Three types of structures of devices are discussed. A typical structure is Cr/a-Si:H(i = 300 A ̊)/c-Si(p = 16 μm)/c-Si(n-n+) of the device, for which the switching voltage and holding voltage are 31 and 5 V, respectively. The corresponding switching current and holding current are 0.5 and 2.6 mA, respectively. All these characteristics are increased with the thickness of the a-Si:H i layer. The device can also be used as a light-controlled switching device, and sensitive in the visible light wavelength range. The minimum triggering optical power is 25 μW and the speed of response to light is 12-15 μs. © 1990.
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