Browsing by Subject "charge collection"
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(2021-10-20)Department: Electrical EngineeringSilicon avalanche photodiodes (Si APDs) are semiconductor p-n junction devices that convert photons into amplified electrical current by enhancing generated charge via avalanche. They are intrinsically immune to magnetic ...
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(2012-07-18)Department: Electrical EngineeringSingle Events Upsets (SEU) have long been a concern of the space and aviation fields. An SEU occurs when the logic state of a data-storage element in an integrated circuit changes because of the charge generated by a ...
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(2012-08-06)Department: Electrical EngineeringParticle strikes on microelectronic circuits lead to undesirable current transients on the circuit node due to charge generation and charge collection processes. Typically, TCAD tools are used to examine charge collection ...
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Simulation-Based Study of Single Event Transients in a SiGe BiCMOS Low Power Operational Amplifier (2008-07-31)Department: Electrical EngineeringEnergy depositions from highly ionized particles in space environments can induce transient current (voltage) pulses in microelectronic devices, called Single Event Effects (SEEs). This thesis uses simulations to investigate ...
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(2016-09-16)Department: Electrical EngineeringWith CMOS scaling continuing to sub-10 nm node, Si is approaching its physical limits. To enable further scaling, alternative channel materials with superior transport properties are proposed to replace Si in the channel. ...
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(2018-09-18)Department: Electrical EngineeringMOSFETs are the building blocks of modern electronics. A modern microprocessor contains billions of transistors. The microelectronics revolution can be characterized by the motto ‘smaller is better’, due to its cost ...