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On the separation of bulk and surface components of lifetime using the pulsed MOS capacitor

D.K. Schroder, +1 more
- 01 May 1970 - 
- Vol. 13, Iss: 5, pp 577-582
TLDR
In this paper, a simple model, incorporating this lateral effect, permits direct separation of surface-controlled from bulk-controlled generation components, which can therefore appear as an apparent degradation of the bulk lifetime.
Abstract
A significant component of reverse current can occur due to lateral surface depletion effects in pulsed MOS capacitor experiments. This component of surface current is approximately proportional to the space-charge region width and can therefore appear as an apparent degradation of the bulk lifetime. A simple model, incorporating this lateral effect, permits direct separation of surface-controlled from bulk-controlled generation components.

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Interpretation of surface and bulk effects using the pulsed MIS capacitor

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The electrical characterisation of semiconductors

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of measurement techniques for determining the electrical properties of semiconductors, especially silicon and the III-V compounds, is presented, at a time for continuing innovation in this area, to indicate present trends and material problems which may arise in the near future.
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A linear-sweep MOS-C technique for determining minority carrier lifetimes

TL;DR: A nonpulse MOS-C τ 0 measurement procedure, based upon the capacitance-voltage characteristics derived in response to a linear voltage sweep initiated and maintained under inversion biases, is described, analyzed, and illustrated in this paper.
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Leakage studies in high-density dynamic MOS memory devices

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Surface effects on p-n junctions: Characteristics of surface space-charge regions under non-equilibrium conditions

TL;DR: In this article, the surface space-charge region associated with a p-n junction is studied theoretically and experimentally, and the theory of MOS structures is extended to the case where the surface-space charge region is not in equilibrium, which is demonstrated by capacitance and conductance measurements performed on gate-controlled planar silicon diodes.
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On the determination of minority carrier lifetime from the transient response of an MOS capacitor

TL;DR: In this paper, the transient response of the MOS capacitance after the application of a large depleting voltage has been used to determine the minority carrier lifetime for silicon at room temperature.
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Minority carrier lifetime determination from inversion layer transient response

TL;DR: In this paper, a simple method for determining the minority carrier lifetime using the small signal response time of an inversion layer in an MOS capacitor was described, where only a single charge transport electrometer measurement and the oxide thickness are required to compute this lifetime.
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Carrier concentration and minority carrier lifetime measurement in semiconductor epitaxial layers by the mos capacitance method

C. Jund, +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a method to determine the carrier concentration and the minority carrier lifetime in semiconductor epitaxial layers is described, which implies the use of a MOS capacitance realised on the epitaxia layer.
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