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The frequency dependent electrical characteristics of Sn/p-InP Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs)

D. KORUCU1,* , Ş. ALTINDAL1, T.S. MAMMADOV2, S. ÖZÇELIK1

Affiliation

  1. Physics Department, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Gazi University, 06500, Ankara, Turkey
  2. National Academy of Science, Institute of Physics, Baku, Azerbaijan

Abstract

The frequency and bias voltage dependent of the capacitance-voltage (C-V) and conductance-voltage (G/w-V) characteristics of Sn/p-InP Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) were investigated in the frequency range of 100 kHz-7 MHz at room temperature. Experimental data shows that the measured capacitance (Cm) and conductance (Gm/w) increase with decreasing frequency due to a continuous distribution of (Nss) and the effect of series resistance (Rs). These changes in the Cm and Gm/w especially are found noticeable at low frequencies. The variation of the Rs and Nss for the Sn/p-InP SBD obtained from Cm-V and Gm/ω-V characteristics using Nicollian and Goetzberger and Hill’s methods, respectivelly. The distribution profile of Rs-V gives two peaks in the inversion and accumulation region, respectively, at low frequencies and these peaks disappear with increasing frequencies. Also, the energy-density distribution profile of interface states exponentially decreases with increasing frequency. Experimental results confirm that the values of Nss and Rs of the Sn/pInP SBDs are important parameters which strongly influence the Cm-V and Gm/ω-V measurements.

Keywords

Sn/p-InP SBDs, Frequency and voltage dependence, Interface states, Series resistance.

Citation

D. KORUCU, Ş. ALTINDAL, T.S. MAMMADOV, S. ÖZÇELIK, The frequency dependent electrical characteristics of Sn/p-InP Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs), Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 2, 9, September 2008, pp.525-529 (2008).

Submitted at: June 25, 2008

Accepted at: Aug. 28, 2008