{"title":"Noise and optical activities of local defects in solar cells pn junctions","authors":"P. Koktavy, R. Macků","doi":"10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994355","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994355","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the study of monocrystalline silicon solar cells noise and optical characteristics and correlation between them with respect to solar cells diagnostic purposes. The study was focused on finding of local defects in reverse-biased solar cells pn junctions and making their characterization. The next goal was to attribute the individual founded defects behaviour to the physical mechanisms occurring in the reverse-biased pn junction.","PeriodicalId":137085,"journal":{"name":"2011 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117047545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low-frequency noise in triple-gate n-channel bulk FinFETs","authors":"E. Simoen, M. Aoulaiche, N. Collaert, C. Claeys","doi":"10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994280","url":null,"abstract":"The noise in n-channel bulk MuGFETs with 2.5 nm SiON gate dielectric is reported. It is shown that besides number fluctuations-related 1/f noise often Generation-Recombination (GR) noise is observed. From a detailed study of the fin length and width dependence it is concluded that the GR noise preferentially occurs for short and wide transistors. The latter observation points to traps in the gate oxide edges as a possible source of the excess noise.","PeriodicalId":137085,"journal":{"name":"2011 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129661668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Sydoruk, M. Petrychuk, A. Ural, G. Bosman, A. Offenhausser, S. Vitusevich
{"title":"Noise characterisation of transport properties in single wall carbon nanotube field-effect transistors","authors":"V. Sydoruk, M. Petrychuk, A. Ural, G. Bosman, A. Offenhausser, S. Vitusevich","doi":"10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994312","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994312","url":null,"abstract":"We report results of noise spectroscopy of field-effect transistors (FETs) fabricated based on individual carbon nanotube (CNT) using back-gate topography. The registered noise spectra allow us to estimate the numbers of carriers in working point with maximal transconductance. Lorentzian-shape noise components were analyzed in wide temperature range. The analysis enables us to find the energy, position and concentration of traps in the CNT-FET structures.","PeriodicalId":137085,"journal":{"name":"2011 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129009166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Saulys, V. Palenskis, J. Matukas, S. Pralgauskaitė, Egle Tylaite
{"title":"Characterization of degradation process in white light nitride-based LEDs by low-frequency noise","authors":"B. Saulys, V. Palenskis, J. Matukas, S. Pralgauskaitė, Egle Tylaite","doi":"10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994366","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994366","url":null,"abstract":"Noise characteristics (optical and electrical fluctuations and cross-correlation factor between two noise signals) of high power nitride-based white light emitting diodes (LEDs) have been investigated for initial samples and after accelerated aging. Different spectrum parts from white LED radiation have been investigated separately. Electrical fluctuations and low frequency optical noise of investigated LEDs distinguish by 1/fα-type spectrum (above 100 Hz shot noise prevails in optical noise). 1/fα-type optical and electrical fluctuations are partly correlated. After accelerated aging optical 1/fα-type noise intensity increased, and cross-correlation factor between blue and red light intensity fluctuation increased, too. Origin of increased 1/fα-type optical noise is defects in the active layer of investigated white LED, and their increase during aging.","PeriodicalId":137085,"journal":{"name":"2011 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations","volume":"141 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127501584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Guillet, Sheng Wu, B. Crețu, R. Talmat, H. Achour, C. Barone, S. Pagano, Eric Sassier, J. Routoure
{"title":"Uncertainties in the estimation of low frequency noise level extracted from noise spectral density measurements","authors":"B. Guillet, Sheng Wu, B. Crețu, R. Talmat, H. Achour, C. Barone, S. Pagano, Eric Sassier, J. Routoure","doi":"10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994363","url":null,"abstract":"It is well known that measurement uncertainty of noise spectral density is related to the time length of observation. With FFT spectrum analyzers, the measurement error can be reduced by averaging Navg measurements. Standard error is then reduced by the square root of Navg. This paper deals with the error introduced when one wants to extract from the noise spectral density measurement the 1/f level, white noise level and lorentzian parameters. In that purpose, different estimation techniques from different groups are compared and discussed.","PeriodicalId":137085,"journal":{"name":"2011 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations","volume":"3510 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127513998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diagnostic tools for accurate reliability investigations of GaN devices","authors":"J. Tartarin","doi":"10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994367","url":null,"abstract":"Intensive development of GaN-based HEMT devices has been largely pushed by their intrinsic capabilities for operation at high temperature under high voltage conditions, making the difference with the competitive technologies. However, a poor electrical reliability under high-electric-field operation is still hampering large-scale penetration of these technologies into the RF power market. From the early 2000, an increased number of works have addressed reliability issues. The first ones have been conducted on the basis of roadmaps issued from reliability investigations previously carried out on III–V and silicon based devices. These investigations have enlightened that several parameters such as surface passivation, processing techniques alternatives and piezoelectric effects severely impact device reliability. In order to get a deeper understanding of the correlation between physical and electrical events, we simultaneously report low frequency noise (LFN) measurements data (including separation of the different noise sources involved), and electrical measurements data (lag effects on drain and gate terminals, I-DLTS measurements, …) conducted on the same devices. The later investigations are appropriate in order to identify defects that are able to produce noise. Noise measurements versus temperature on virgin and stressed devices are reported for different GaN processes developed by a French industrial foundry. Lorentzian noise shapes are identified and activation energies are extracted from Arrhenius plots. Additionally, I-DLTS measurements are performed. Electric lag measurements on the gate and drain terminals are finally used in order to relate stress impact to the electrical integrity of the devices. The identification of failure mechanisms needs accurate statements, and the effectiveness of such a melting of different kind of experiments is demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":137085,"journal":{"name":"2011 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130158661","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Low frequency noise in organic solar cells","authors":"Hi Katsu, Y. Kawasugi, R. Yamada, H. Tada","doi":"10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994389","url":null,"abstract":"The conduction mechanism in organic heterojunction solar cells (OHSCs) has been discussed based on the results of low frequency noise spectroscopy. We prepared OHSCs composed of poly-(2-methoxy-5-(3′,7′-dimethyloctyloxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene), regioregular poly(3-hexylthiophene) and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester. The devices prepared exhibited 1/ƒ noise at the bias voltage range from +2 V (forward) to −2 V (reverse). It was found that there were three regimes in the noise spectral density Si(ƒ) in the forward bias voltage region. In the ohmic regime, Si(ƒ) increased in proportional to the square of current. In the trap filling regime, Si(ƒ) was constant, while it increased again in the space charge limited current regime. In addition to this behavior, the noise spectra of OHSCs in the reverse bias voltage region exhibited the superposition of 1/ƒ noise and the generation-recombination noise indicating the existence of carrier trap sites. These phenomena observed were thought to result from the breakdown and/or alleviation of the conduction path, which was caused by thermal stress of current flow.","PeriodicalId":137085,"journal":{"name":"2011 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122033354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current noise in stationary conditions in MgB2 thin films","authors":"C. Gandini, A. Masoero, V. Andreoli, E. Monticone","doi":"10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994383","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper concerns the analysis of the current noise taken in stationary conditions at different stages of the transition process in MgB2 thin films. The specimen, during its transition, reaches an intermediate state characterized by resistive and superconductive regions. Except in the case where the specimen resistance is lower than about one tenth of its value at the end of the transition, both the amplitude and frequency behavior of the relative noise power spectra remain rigorously constant at different stages of the transition curve, until the transition is completed and the fully normal state is achieved [1]. A different picture appears at the beginning of the transition, where the specimen resistance increases slowly with the temperature, before reaching the steepest part of the transition curve. Contrarily to the previous case, now the specimen reaches a mixed state, and the noise is produced by depinning and motion of fluxoids. Actually the amplitude of the reduced noise power spectrum becomes very sensitive to both to the magnetic field and the specimen resistance, and is largely dominant when this resistance tends to zero.","PeriodicalId":137085,"journal":{"name":"2011 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116236276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Sakalas, M. Schroter, M. Bolter, M. Claus, S. Mothes, D. Wang
{"title":"High frequency noise in manufacturable carbon nanotube transistors","authors":"P. Sakalas, M. Schroter, M. Bolter, M. Claus, S. Mothes, D. Wang","doi":"10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994346","url":null,"abstract":"HF noise parameters were measured and modeled for the first time for wafer-scale manufacturable CNTFETs. These first multi-tube multi-finger CNTFETs exhibit still relatively high values for the minimum noise figure (NFmin = 3.5 dB at 1 GHz). Based on detailed compact modeling, the origin of this noise can be explained by the existence of the parasitic network and metallic tubes.","PeriodicalId":137085,"journal":{"name":"2011 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126600942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Pardo, S. Pérez, J. Grajal, J. Mateos, T. González
{"title":"Comparison of noise characteristics of GaAs and GaN Schottky diodes for millimeter and submillimeter applications","authors":"D. Pardo, S. Pérez, J. Grajal, J. Mateos, T. González","doi":"10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICNF.2011.5994274","url":null,"abstract":"A Monte Carlo (MC) analysis of the noise spectra of GaAs and GaN Schottky barrier diodes (SBDs) operating under static and time varying conditions is carry out in this paper. Especial attention is payed to the dependence of the noise spectra with the structure of the diode, temperature and working conditions. Published noise analytical models of SBDs are employed to verify the results obtained from MC simulations.","PeriodicalId":137085,"journal":{"name":"2011 21st International Conference on Noise and Fluctuations","volume":"384 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122357193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}