Effect of illumination on the characteristics of a proposed hetero-MIS diode

Author

Chakrabarti, P. ; Abraham, B.R. ; Dhingra, A. ; Das, A. ; Sharan, B.S. ; Maheshwari, V.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., Birla Inst. of Technol., Ranchi, India

Volume

39

Issue

3

fYear

1992

fDate

3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

507

Lastpage

514

Abstract

A novel heterostructure metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) diode is proposed and studied theoretically to examine the effect of illumination on the characteristics of the device. The capacitance of the proposed structure has been calculated in the dark as well as in various illuminated conditions. It is found that the capacitance of the proposed MIS diode can be controlled by varying the incident light intensity. By incorporating the capacitor in the tuned circuit of an oscillator it will be possible to convert the intensity-modulated optical signal. The device is also expected to find useful application in optical CCDs for solid-state imaging and optical tuning

Keywords

CCD image sensors; capacitance; metal-insulator-semiconductor devices; metal-insulator-semiconductor structures; photodiodes; semiconductor device models; tuning; capacitance modulation; hetero-MIS diode; heterostructure metal-insulator-semiconductor; light controlled capacitance; optical CCDs; optical tuning; solid-state imaging; Capacitance; Capacitors; Diodes; Lighting control; Metal-insulator structures; Optical devices; Optical imaging; Oscillators; RLC circuits; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9383

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/16.123470

Filename

123470