PIN Diode-Triode with Embedded Gate-Control Potential Barrier: Surface Charge Effects

Abstract

Photodiodes detect the separation of charge carriers in a semiconductor upon irradiation with photons. Recently, new high sensitivity low noise photodetector-integrator based on a PIN diode with embedded gate-control potential barrier was developed. In the study of its characteristics, were observed effects of external particles on the surface of the substrate. In this paper, we studied the effect of surface charges on the potential distribution and charge carriers motion in such PIN diode by means computer simulation using the software Comsol Multiphysics. The appropriate mechanism of surface charge operation was revealed and estimated. The obtained results broaden the possibilities of using this PIN diode as a radiation detector, a particle detector, a biochemical sensor, etc.