Groves, C., Ghin, R., David, J.P.R. et al. (1 more author) (2003) Temperature dependence of impact ionization in GaAs. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 50 (10). pp. 2027-2031. ISSN 0018-9383
Abstract
The temperature dependence of electron and hole impact ionization in gallium arsenide (GaAs) has been determined from photomultiplication measurements at temperatures between 20 K and 500 K. It is found that impact ionization is suppressed by increasing temperature because of the increase in phonon scattering. Temperature variations in avalanche multiplication are shown to decrease with decreasing avalanching region width, and the effect is interpreted in terms of the reduced phonon scattering in the correspondingly reduced ionization path length. Effective electron and hole ionization coefficients are derived and are shown to predict accurately multiplication characteristics and breakdown voltage as a function of temperature in p/sup +/in/sup +/ diodes with i-regions as thin as 0.5 /spl mu/m.
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Keywords: | avalanche diodes, avalanche photodiodes, impact ionization, ionization coefficients, semiconductor materials measurements, temperature dependence |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Sherpa Assistant |
Date Deposited: | 19 Dec 2005 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jun 2014 09:04 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TED.2003.816918 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/TED.2003.816918 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:897 |