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Effects of metal contacts and doping for high-performance field-effect transistor based on tungsten diselenide (WSe2)

  • Jo, Seo-Hyeon;Park, Jin-Hong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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    • 2016.02a
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    • pp.294.1-294.1
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    • 2016
  • Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) with two-dimensional layered structure, such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) and tungsten diselenide (WSe2), are considered attractive materials for future semiconductor devices due to its relatively superior electrical, optical, and mechanical properties. Their excellent scalability down to a monolayer based on the van der Waals layered structure without surface dangling bonds makes semiconductor devices based on TMD free from short channel effect. In comparison to the widely studied transistor based on MoS2, researchs focusing on WSe2 transistor are still limited. WSe2 is more resistant to oxidation in humid ambient condition and relatively air-stable than sulphides such as MoS2. These properties of WSe2 provide potential to fabricate high-performance filed-effect transistor if outstanding electronic characteristics can be achieved by suitable metal contacts and doping phenomenon. Here, we demonstrate the effect of two different metal contacts (titanium and platinum) in field-effect transistor based on WSe2, which regulate electronic characteristics of device by controlling the effective barreier height of the metal-semiconductor junction. Electronic properties of WSe2 transistor were systematically investigated through monitoring of threshold voltage shift, carrier concentration difference, on-current ratio, and field-effect mobility ratio with two different metal contacts. Additionally, performance of transistor based on WSe2 is further enhanced through reliable and controllable n-type doping method of WSe2 by triphenylphosphine (PPh3), which activates the doping phenomenon by thermal annealing process and adjust the doping level by controlling the doping concentration of PPh3. The doping level is controlled in the non-degenerate regime, where performance parameters of PPh3 doped WSe2 transistor can be optimized.

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Extension of the Dynamic Range using the Switching Operation of In-Pixel Inverter in Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Image Sensors

  • Seong, Donghyun;Choi, Byoung-Soo;Kim, Sang-Hwan;Lee, Jimin;Lee, Jewon;Lee, Junwoo;Shin, Jang-Kyoo
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.71-75
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    • 2019
  • This paper proposes the extension of the dynamic range in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors (CIS) using switching operation of in-pixel inverter. A CMOS inverter is integrated in each unit pixel of the proposed CIS for switching operations. The n+/p-substrate photodiode junction capacitances are added to each unit pixel. When the output voltage of the photodiode is less than half of the power supply voltage of the CMOS inverter, the output voltage of the CMOS inverter changes from 0 V to the power supply voltage. Hence, the output voltage of the CMOS inverter is adjusted by changing the supply voltage of the CMOS inverter. Thus, the switching point is adjusted according to light intensity when the supply voltage of the CMOS inverter changes. Switching operations are then performed because the CMOS inverter is integrated with in each unit pixel. The proposed CIS is composed of a pixel array, multiplexers, shift registers, and biasing circuits. The size of the proposed pixel is $10{\mu}m{\times}10{\mu}m$. The number of pixels is $150(H){\times}220(V)$. The proposed CIS was fabricated using a $0.18{\mu}m$ 1-poly 6-metal CMOS standard process and its characteristics were experimentally analyzed.

Recent Advances in the Piezo-Phototronic Effect for Optoelectronics (광전자소자를 위한 Piezo-Phototronic 효과의 연구 동향)

  • Shin, Kyung-Sik;Kim, Seongsu;Kim, Dohwan;Yoon, Gyu Cheol;Kim, Sang-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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    • v.50 no.3
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    • pp.173-179
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    • 2013
  • Wurtzite nanomaterials, such as ZnO, GaN, and InN, have become a subject of great scientific and technological interest as they simultaneously have piezoelectric and semiconductor properties. In particular, the piezoelectric potential (piezopotential) created by dynamic straining in the nanowires drives a transient flow of current in the external load, converting mechanical energy into electricity. Further, the piezopotential can be used to control the carrier generation, transport, separation, and/or recombination at the metal-semiconductor junction or p-n junction, which is called the piezophototronic effect. This paper reviews the recent advances on the piezophototronic effect to better use the piezophototronic effect to control the carrier generation, transport, separation and/or recombination for improving the performance of optoelectronic devices, such as photon detectors, solar cells and LEDs. This paper also discusses several research and design studies that have improved the output performance of optoelectronic devices.

A 2-D Model for the Potential Distribution and Threshold Voltage of Fully Depleted Short-Channel Ion-Implanted Silicon MESFET's

  • Jit, S.;Morarka, Saurabh;Mishra, Saurabh
    • JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.173-181
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    • 2005
  • A new two dimensional (2-D) model for the potential distribution of fully depleted short-channel ion-implanted silicon MESFET's has been presented in this paper. The solution of the 2-D Poisson's equation has been considered as the superposition of the solutions of 1-D Poisson's equation in the lateral direction and the 2-D homogeneous Laplace equation with suitable boundary conditions. The minimum bottom potential at the interface of the depletion region due to the metal-semiconductor junction at the Schottky gate and depletion region due to the substrate-channel junction has been used to investigate the drain-induced barrier lowering (DIBL) and its effects on the threshold voltage of the device. Numerical results have been presented for the potential distribution and threshold voltage for different parameters such as the channel length, drain-source voltage, and implanted-dose and silicon film thickness.

A SPICE-based 3-dimensional circuit model for Light-Emitting Diode (SPICE 기반의 발광 다이오드 3차원 회로 모델)

  • Eom, Hae-Yong;Yu, Soon-Jae;Seo, Jong-Wook
    • Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SD
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.7-12
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    • 2007
  • A SPICE-based 3-dimensional circuit model of LED(Light-Emitting Diode) was developed for the design optimization and analysis of high-brightness LEDs. An LED is represented as an array of pixel LEDs with small preassigned areas, and each of the pixel LEDs is composed of circuit networks representing the thin-film layers(n-metal, n- and p-type semiconductor layers, and p-metal), ohmic contacts, and pn-junctions. Each of the thin-film layers and contact resistances is modeled by a resistance network, and the pn-junction is modeled by a conventional pn-junction diode. It has been found that the simulation results using the model and the corresponding parameters precisely fit the measured LED characteristics.

Thermal Model for Power Converters Based on Thermal Impedance

  • Xu, Yang;Chen, Hao;Lv, Sen;Huang, Feifei;Hu, Zhentao
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.1080-1089
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, the superposition principle of a heat sink temperature rise is verified based on the mathematical model of a plate-fin heat sink with two mounted heat sources. According to this, the distributed coupling thermal impedance matrix for a heat sink with multiple devices is present, and the equations for calculating the device transient junction temperatures are given. Then methods to extract the heat sink thermal impedance matrix and to measure the Epoxy Molding Compound (EMC) surface temperature of the power Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) instead of the junction temperature or device case temperature are proposed. The new thermal impedance model for the power converters in Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drivers is implemented in MATLAB/Simulink. The obtained simulation results are validated with experimental results. Compared with the Finite Element Method (FEM) thermal model and the traditional thermal impedance model, the proposed thermal model can provide a high simulation speed with a high accuracy. Finally, the temperature rise distributions of a power converter with two control strategies, the maximum junction temperature rise, the transient temperature rise characteristics, and the thermal coupling effect are discussed.

A Study on Quality Degradation of Semiconductor Devices by Electron Bean Exposure (전자빔 조사에 의한 반도체 소자의 기능저하 연구)

  • Cho, Gyu-Seong;Lee, Tae-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1997.11a
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    • pp.692-696
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    • 1997
  • 본 연구에서는 BJT(Bipolar Junction Transistor)와 MOSFET (Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor) 등을 1MeV에너지의 전자빔을 선량을 변화시켜가며 조사시켜 그 특성 변화를 분석하였다. BJT에 대해서는 조사 전, 후의 전류 이득의 측정을 통해 base 에서의 minority-carrie의 수명 변화에 의해서 전류 이득이 감소하는 것으로 나타났으며, MOSFET의 경우는 oxide 지역의 전하량 변화에 의해서 문턱 전압이 영향을 받음을 확인할 수 있었다. BJT의 minority-carrier의 수명 감소량은 조사 선량이 증가함에 따라 직선적으로 변화함을 알 수 있었고, MOSFET의 문턱 전압의 변화는 nMOS와 pMOS의 경우 서로 다름을 관찰할 수 있었는데 이는 oxide내에서 발생하는 전하에 의해 차이가 남을 알 수 있었다.

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The Electronic Structures and Magnetism of Monolayer Fe on CuGaSe2(001)

  • Jin, Ying-Jiu;Lee, Jae-Il
    • Journal of Magnetics
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.59-63
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    • 2007
  • Ferromagnet/Semiconductor heterostructures have attracted much attention because of their potential applications in spintronic devices. We investigated the electronic structures and magnetism of monolayer Fe on $CuGaSe_2(001)$ by using the all-electron full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave method within a generalized gradient approximation. We considered the monolayer Fe deposited on both the CuGa atoms terminated (CuGa-Term) and the Se atom terminated (Se-Term) surfaces of $CuGaSe_2(001)$. The calculated magnetic moment of the Fe atom on the CuGa-Term was about $2.90\;{{\mu}_B}$. Those of the Fe atoms on the Se-Term were in the range of $2.85-2.98\;{{\mu}_B}$. The different magnetic behaviors of the Fe atoms on two different surfaces were discussed using the calculated layer-projected density of states.

Quality Degradation of Semiconductor Transistors by 1MeV Electron Beam Exposure

  • Lee, Tae-Hoon;Gyuseong Cho
    • Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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    • 1997.05b
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    • pp.401-406
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    • 1997
  • This paper presents preliminary results on the degradation of BJTs(Bipolar Junction Transistors) and MOSFETs(Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors) by 1MeV electron beam. Exposure experimental results show that the change of minority-carrier life time in base region dominates the behavior of BJTs and that the buildup of charges in oxide region can affect the value of threshold voltage for MOSFETs. It was possible to correlate the decrease of the minority-carrier life time of BJTs with irradiation dose, while the shift of MOSFETs' threshold voltage was not only a function of charge buildup in oxide region.

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Preparation of Zn-Doped GaN Film by HVPE Method (HVPE법에 의한 Zn-Doped GaN 박막 제조)

  • Kim, Hyang Sook;Hwang, Jin Soo;Chong, Paul Joe
    • Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.167-172
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    • 1996
  • For the preparation of single-crystalline GaN film, heteroepitaxial growth on a sapphire substrate was carried out by halide vapor phase epitaxy(HVPE) method. The resulting GaN films showed n-type conductivity. The insulator type GaN film was made by doping with Zn(acceptor dopant), which showed emission peaks around 2.64 and 2.43 eV. The result of this study indicates that GaN can be obtained in an epitaxial structure of MIS(metal-insulator-semiconductor) junction. The observed data are regarded as fundamental in developing GaN epitaxial films for light emitting devices of hetero-structure type.

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