EE 5340 Semiconductor Device Theory Lecture 05 – Spring 2011
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EE 5340Semiconductor Device TheoryLecture 05 – Spring 2011
Professor Ronald L. [email protected]
http://www.uta.edu/ronc
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Review the Following• R. L. Carter’s web page:
– www.uta.edu/ronc/• EE 5340 web page and syllabus. (Refresh
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• University and College Ethics Policies– www.uta.edu/studentaffairs/conduct/
• Makeup lecture at noon Friday (1/28) in 108 Nedderman Hall. This will be available on the web.
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First Assignment• Send e-mail to [email protected]
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Second Assignment• Submit a signed copy of the
document posted at
www.uta.edu/ee/COE%20Ethics%20Statement%20Fall%2007.pdf
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Schedule Changes Due to University Weather Closings• Make-up class will be held Friday, February 11 at 12 noon in 108 Nedderman Hall.
• Additional changes will be announced as necessary.
• Syllabus and lecture dates postings will be updated in the next 24 hours.
• Project Assignment will be posted in the next 36 hours.
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Intrinsic carrierconc. (MB limit)
• ni2 = no po = Nc Nv e-Eg/kT
• Nc = 2{2pm*nkT/h2}3/2
• Nv = 2{2pm*pkT/h2}3/2
• Eg = 1.17 eV - aT2/(T+b) a = 4.73E-4 eV/K b = 636K
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Classes ofsemiconductors• Intrinsic: no = po = ni, since Na&Nd
<< ni, ni2 = NcNve-Eg/kT, ~1E-13
dopant level !• n-type: no > po, since Nd > Na
• p-type: no < po, since Nd < Na
• Compensated: no=po=ni, w/ Na- =
Nd+ > 0
• Note: n-type and p-type are usually partially compensated since there are usually some opposite-type dopants
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Equilibriumconcentrations• Charge neutrality requires
q(po + Nd+) + (-q)(no +
Na-) = 0
• Assuming complete ionization, so Nd
+ = Nd and Na- = Na
• Gives two equations to be solved simultaneously
1. Mass action, no po = ni2, and
2. Neutrality po + Nd = no + Na8
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Equilibriumconc (cont.)• For Nd > Na (taking the + root)
no = (Nd-Na)/2 + {[(Nd-Na)/2]2+ni
2}1/2
• For Nd >> Na and Nd >> ni, can use the binomial expansion, giving
no = Nd/2 + Nd/2[1 + 2ni
2/Nd2 + … ]
• So no = Nd, and po = ni2/Nd in the
limit of Nd >> Na and Nd >> ni
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n-type equilibriumconcentrations• N ≡ Nd - Na , n type N > 0• For all N,
no = N/2 + {[N/2]2+ni2}1/2
• In most cases, N >> ni, sono = N, and
po = ni2/no = ni
2/N, (Law of Mass Action is al-ways true in
equilibrium)
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Position of theFermi Level• Efi is the Fermi
level when no = po
• Ef shown is a Fermi level for no > po
• Ef < Efi when no < po
• Efi < (Ec + Ev)/2, which is the mid-band
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p-type equilibriumconcentrations• N ≡ Nd - Na , p type N < 0 • For all N,
po = |N|/2 + {[|N|/2]2+ni2}1/2
• In most cases, |N| >> ni, sopo = |N|, and
no = ni2/po = ni
2/|N|, (Law of Mass Action is al-ways true in
equilibrium)
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Position of theFermi Level• Efi is the Fermi
level when no = po
• Ef shown is a Fermi level for no > po
• Ef < Efi when no < po
• Efi < (Ec + Ev)/2, which is the mid-band
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EF relative to Ec and Ev• Inverting no = Nc exp[-(Ec-EF)/kT]
gives Ec - EF = kT ln(Nc/no) For n-type material:
Ec - EF =kTln(Nc/Nd)=kTln[(Ncpo)/ni
2]• Inverting po = Nv exp[-(EF-Ev)/kT]
gives EF - Ev = kT ln(Nv/po) For p-type material:
EF - Ev = kT ln(Nv/Na)
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EF relative to Efi• Letting ni = no gives Ef = Efi
ni = Nc exp[-(Ec-Efi)/kT], soEc - Efi = kT ln(Nc/ni).
Thus EF - Efi = kT ln(no/ni) and for n-type EF - Efi = kT ln(Nd/ni)
• Likewise Efi - EF = kT ln(po/ni) and
for p-type Efi - EF = kT ln(Na/ni)
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Locating Efi in the bandgap • Since
Ec - Efi = kT ln(Nc/ni), andEfi - Ev = kT ln(Nv/ni)
• The 1st equation minus the 2nd gives Efi = (Ec + Ev)/2 - (kT/2) ln(Nc/Nv)
• Since Nc = 2.8E19cm-3 > 1.04E19cm-3 = Nv, the intrinsic Fermi level lies below the middle of the band gap
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Examplecalculations• For Nd = 3.2E16/cm3, ni =
1.4E10/cm3
no = Nd = 3.2E16/cm3
po = ni2/Nd , (po is always ni
2/no)=
(1.4E10/cm3)2/3.2E16/cm3
= 6.125E3/cm3 (comp to ~1E23 Si)
• For po = Na = 4E17/cm3,no = ni
2/Na = (1.4E10/cm3)2/4E17/cm3 = 490/cm3
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Samplecalculations• Efi = (Ec + Ev)/2 - (kT/2) ln(Nc/Nv), so
at 300K, kT = 25.86 meV and Nc/Nv = 2.8/1.04, Efi is 12.8 meV or 1.1% below mid-band
• For Nd = 3E17cm-3, given thatEc - EF = kT ln(Nc/Nd), we
have Ec - EF = 25.86 meV ln(280/3), Ec - EF = 0.117 eV =117meV ~3x(Ec - ED) what Nd gives Ec-EF =Ec/3
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Equilibrium electronconc. and energies
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EEexpNn
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Equilibrium hole conc. and energies
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EEexpNp
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Carrier Mobility• In an electric field, Ex, the velocity
(since ax = Fx/m* = qEx/m*) is vx = axt = (qEx/m*)t, and the displ
x = (qEx/m*)t2/2• If every tcoll, a collision occurs
which “resets” the velocity to <vx(tcoll)> = 0, then <vx> = qExtcoll/m* = mEx
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Carrier mobility (cont.)• The response function m is the
mobility.• The mean time between collisions, tcoll, may has several important causal events: Thermal vibrations, donor- or acceptor-like traps and lattice imperfections to name a few.
• Hence mthermal = qtthermal/m*, etc.
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Carrier mobility (cont.)• If the rate of a single contribution
to the scattering is 1/ti, then the total scattering rate, 1/tcoll is
m
m
m
t
t
all
collisions itotal
all
collisions icoll
11by given is mobility total
the and , 11
Figure 1.16 (p. 31 M&K) Electron and hole mobilities in silicon at 300 K as functions of the total dopant concentration. The values plotted are the results of curve fitting measurements from several sources. The mobility curves can be generated using Equation 1.2.10 with the following values of the parameters [3] (see table on next slide).
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Figure 1.16 (cont. M&K)
Parameter Arsenic Phosphorus Boronμmin 52.2 68.5 44.9μmax 1417 1414 470.5Nref 9.68 X 1016 9.20 X 1016 2.23 X 1017
α 0.680 0.711 0.719
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ammmmrefi NN
1minmax
min
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Drift Current• The drift current density (amp/cm2)
is given by the point form of Ohm LawJ = (nqmn+pqmp)(Exi+ Eyj+ Ezk), so
J = (sn + sp)E = sE, wheres = nqmn+pqmp defines the
conductivity• The net current is SdJI
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Drift currentresistance• Given: a semiconductor resistor
with length, l, and cross-section, A. What is the resistance?
• As stated previously, the conductivity,
s = nqmn + pqmp• So the resistivity,
r = 1/s = 1/(nqmn + pqmp)
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Drift currentresistance (cont.)• Consequently, since
R = rl/AR = (nqmn + pqmp)-1(l/A)
• For n >> p, (an n-type extrinsic s/c)
R = l/(nqmnA)• For p >> n, (a p-type extrinsic s/c)
R = l/(pqmpA)
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ReferencesM&K and 1Device Electronics for
Integrated Circuits, 2 ed., by Muller and Kamins, Wiley, New York, 1986.– See Semiconductor Device
Fundamen-tals, by Pierret, Addison-Wesley, 1996, for another treatment of the m model.
2Physics of Semiconductor Devices, by S. M. Sze, Wiley, New York, 1981.
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References *Fundamentals of Semiconductor
Theory and Device Physics, by Shyh Wang, Prentice Hall, 1989.
**Semiconductor Physics & Devices, by Donald A. Neamen, 2nd ed., Irwin, Chicago.
M&K = Device Electronics for Integrated Circuits, 3rd ed., by Richard S. Muller, Theodore I. Kamins, and Mansun Chan, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2003.