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Thermally Stimulated Capacitance (TSCAP) in p‐n Junctions

C. T. Sah, +3 more
- 01 Mar 1972 - 
- Vol. 20, Iss: 5, pp 193-195
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In this article, high-frequency small-signal capacitances of semiconductor junction vs temperature, from the initial conditions of filled and emptied traps in the junction depletion region, are used to determine the trap concentration and the thermal activation energies of trapped electrons and holes.
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High‐frequency small‐signal capacitances of semiconductor junction vs temperature, from the initial conditions of filled and emptied traps in the junction depletion region, are used to determine the trap concentration and the thermal activation energies of trapped electrons and holes. Illustrations are given for silicon N + P diodes doped with gold impurity or irradiated with 1‐MeV electrons, showing the room‐temperature annealing for the latter.

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Thermal and optical emission and capture rates and cross sections of electrons and holes at imperfection centers in semiconductors from photo and dark junction current and capacitance experiments

TL;DR: In this paper, photo and dark current and capacitance transient experiments are described which can provide highly accurate and unique data of the electronic properties of impurity centers in semiconductors such as energy level, multiplicity of charge state, thermal and optical emission rates, thermal capture rates and the dependences of the rates and cross sections on sample temperature, static electric field and photon energy.
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Determination of Electron Trapping Parameters

TL;DR: In this paper, a detailed investigation of different methods for determining electron trap parameters has been made on crystals of CdS−CdSe, for which correct values of the parameters can be calculated from Fermi-level analysis of either decay or TSC data.
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Thermal emission rates of carriers at gold centers in silicon

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors measured the thermal emission rates of electrons and holes at the gold acceptor center (EC − EAu− = 550 mV) and of holes in the gold donor center (EAu+ − EV = 350 mV), respectively, in the temperature range of −160 to +100°C.
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Equations for thermoluminescence and thermally stimulated current as derived from simple models

TL;DR: In this article, an analytical expression for thermoluminescence and thermally stimulated currents is derived for simple models where transitions are strictly localized and transitions are via a band; and where transition transitions are by overlap transfer.
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II. Correlations Between Thermoluminescence and Thermally Stimulated Conductivity

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between thermoluminescence (TL) and thermally stimulated conductivity (TSC) glow curves is investigated for a single trap depth in the presence of thermally disconnected traps (reservoir for trapped charge carriers) and a single type of recombination centers.
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