Title :
Interpretation of transient currents in amorphous-silicon hydride p-i-n and n-i-n devices
Author :
Shapiro, Finley R. ; Bar-Yam, Yaneer ; Silver, Marvin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
fDate :
12/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Transient current experiments on amorphous silicon hydride p-i-n and n-i-n devices were performed by M. Silver et al. (1986) as a means of studying the effects of localized states on charge transport in this material. However, some of the features of the observed current transients were not thoroughly understood. Here, simulations of these experiments are used to explain the experimental results and evaluate the parameter set used in the simulation
Keywords :
amorphous semiconductors; elemental semiconductors; hydrogen; localised electron states; p-i-n diodes; semiconductor diodes; silicon; transients; Si:H device; amorphous semiconductors; charge transport; localized states; n-i-n devices; p-i-n devices; simulations; transient currents; Amorphous silicon; Charge carrier processes; Computational modeling; Current measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; PIN photodiodes; Physics; Resistors; Silver; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on