Xi Lu, Changju Liu, Pinyuan Zhao, Yu Zhang, Bei Li, Zhenzhen Zhang, Jiangtao Xu
{"title":"Incomplete charge transfer in CMOS image sensor caused by Si/SiO2 interface states in the TG channel","authors":"Xi Lu, Changju Liu, Pinyuan Zhao, Yu Zhang, Bei Li, Zhenzhen Zhang, Jiangtao Xu","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/44/11/114104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/44/11/114104","url":null,"abstract":"CMOS image sensors produced by the existing CMOS manufacturing process usually have difficulty achieving complete charge transfer owing to the introduction of potential barriers or Si/SiO<sub>2</sub> interface state traps in the charge transfer path, which reduces the charge transfer efficiency and image quality. Until now, scholars have only considered mechanisms that limit charge transfer from the perspectives of potential barriers and spill back effect under high illumination condition. However, the existing models have thus far ignored the charge transfer limitation due to Si/SiO<sub>2</sub> interface state traps in the transfer gate channel, particularly under low illumination. Therefore, this paper proposes, for the first time, an analytical model for quantifying the incomplete charge transfer caused by Si/SiO<sub>2</sub> interface state traps in the transfer gate channel under low illumination. This model can predict the variation rules of the number of untransferred charges and charge transfer efficiency when the trap energy level follows Gaussian distribution, exponential distribution and measured distribution. The model was verified with technology computer-aided design simulations, and the results showed that the simulation results exhibit the consistency with the proposed model.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"20 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chengyun Dong, Xiang An, Zhicheng Wu, Zhiguo Zhu, Chao Xie, Jian-An Huang, Linbao Luo
{"title":"Multilayered PdTe2/thin Si heterostructures as self-powered flexible photodetectors with heart rate monitoring ability","authors":"Chengyun Dong, Xiang An, Zhicheng Wu, Zhiguo Zhu, Chao Xie, Jian-An Huang, Linbao Luo","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/44/11/112001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/44/11/112001","url":null,"abstract":"Two-dimensional layered material/semiconductor heterostructures have emerged as a category of fascinating architectures for developing highly efficient and low-cost photodetection devices. Herein, we present the construction of a highly efficient flexible light detector operating in the visible-near infrared wavelength regime by integrating a PdTe<sub>2</sub> multilayer on a thin Si film. A representative device achieves a good photoresponse performance at zero bias including a sizeable current on/off ratio exceeding 10<sup>5</sup>, a decent responsivity of ~343 mA/W, a respectable specific detectivity of ~2.56 × 10<sup>12</sup> Jones, and a rapid response time of 4.5/379 <italic toggle=\"yes\">μ</italic>s, under 730 nm light irradiation. The detector also displays an outstanding long-term air stability and operational durability. In addition, thanks to the excellent flexibility, the device can retain its prominent photodetection performance at various bending radii of curvature and upon hundreds of bending tests. Furthermore, the large responsivity and rapid response speed endow the photodetector with the ability to accurately probe heart rate, suggesting a possible application in the area of flexible and wearable health monitoring.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modulation bandwidth enhancement in monolithic integrated two-section DFB lasers based on the detuned loading effect","authors":"Yunshan Zhang, Yifan Xu, Shijian Guan, Jilin Zheng, Hongming Gu, Lianyan Li, Rulei Xiao, Tao Fang, Hui Zou, Xiangfei Chen","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/44/11/112301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/44/11/112301","url":null,"abstract":"Modulation bandwidth enhancement in a directly modulated two-section distributed feedback (TS-DFB) laser based on a detuned loading effect is investigated and experimentally demonstrated. The results show that the 3-dB bandwidth of the TS-DFB laser is increased to 17.6 GHz and that chirp parameter can be reduced to 2.24. Compared to the absence of a detuned loading effect, there is a 4.6 GHz increase and a 2.45 reduction, respectively. After transmitting a 10 Gb/s non-return-to-zero (NRZ) signal through a 5-km fiber, the modulation eye diagram still achieves a large opening. Eight-channel laser arrays with precise wavelength spacing are fabricated. Each TS-DFB laser in the array has side mode suppression ratios (SMSR) > 49.093 dB and the maximum wavelength residual < 0.316 nm.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"67 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138679808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hao Jin, Sen Huang, Qimeng Jiang, Yingjie Wang, Jie Fan, Haibo Yin, Xinhua Wang, Ke Wei, Jianxun Liu, Yaozong Zhong, Qian Sun, Xinyu Liu
{"title":"High-performance enhancement-mode GaN-based p-FETs fabricated with O<sub>3</sub>-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/HfO<sub>2</sub>-stacked gate dielectric","authors":"Hao Jin, Sen Huang, Qimeng Jiang, Yingjie Wang, Jie Fan, Haibo Yin, Xinhua Wang, Ke Wei, Jianxun Liu, Yaozong Zhong, Qian Sun, Xinyu Liu","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/102801","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/102801","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract In this letter, an enhancement-mode (E-mode) GaN p-channel field-effect transistor (p-FET) with a high current density of −4.9 mA/mm based on a O 3 -Al 2 O 3 /HfO 2 (5/15 nm) stacked gate dielectric was demonstrated on a p ++ -GaN/p-GaN/AlN/AlGaN/AlN/GaN/Si heterostructure. Attributed to the p ++ -GaN capping layer, a good linear ohmic I − V characteristic featuring a low-contact resistivity ( ρ c ) of 1.34 × 10 −4 Ω·cm 2 was obtained. High gate leakage associated with the HfO 2 high- k gate dielectric was effectively blocked by the 5-nm O 3 -Al 2 O 3 insertion layer grown by atomic layer deposition, contributing to a high I ON / I OFF ratio of 6 × 10 6 and a remarkably reduced subthreshold swing (SS) in the fabricated p-FETs. The proposed structure is compelling for energy-efficient GaN complementary logic (CL) circuits.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135849814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Min Liu, Ziteng Cai, Jian Liu, Nanjian Wu, Liyuan Liu
{"title":"Exploration of high-speed 3.0 THz imaging with a 65 nm CMOS process","authors":"Min Liu, Ziteng Cai, Jian Liu, Nanjian Wu, Liyuan Liu","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/102401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/102401","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This paper describes a promising route for the exploration and development of 3.0 THz sensing and imaging with FET-based power detectors in a standard 65 nm CMOS process. Based on the plasma-wave theory proposed by Dyakonov and Shur, we designed high-responsivity and low-noise multiple detectors for monitoring a pulse-mode 3.0 THz quantum cascade laser (QCL). Furthermore, we present a fully integrated high-speed 32 × 32-pixel 3.0 THz CMOS image sensor (CIS). The full CIS measures 2.81 × 5.39 mm 2 and achieves a 423 V/W responsivity (Rv) and a 5.3 nW integral noise equivalent power (NEP) at room temperature. In experiments, we demonstrate a testing speed reaching 319 fps under continuous-wave (CW) illumination of a 3.0 THz QCL. The results indicate that our terahertz CIS has excellent potential in cost-effective and commercial THz imaging and material detection.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135849823","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The measurement of responsivity of infrared photodetectors using a cavity blackbody","authors":"Nong Li, Dongwei Jiang, Guowei Wang, Weiqiang Chen, Wenguang Zhou, Junkai Jiang, Faran Chang, Hongyue Hao, Donghai Wu, Yingqiang Xu, Guiying Shen, Hui Xie, Jingming Liu, Youwen Zhao, Fenghua Wang, Zhichuan Niu","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/102301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/102301","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract For the measurement of responsivity of an infrared photodetector, the most-used radiation source is a blackbody. In such a measurement system, distance between the blackbody, the photodetector and the aperture diameter are two parameters that contribute most measurement errors. In this work, we describe the configuration of our responsivity measurement system in great detail and present a method to calibrate the distance and aperture diameter. The core of this calibration method is to transfer direct measurements of these two parameters into an extraction procedure by fitting the experiment data to the calculated results. The calibration method is proved experimentally with a commercially extended InGaAs detector at a wide range of blackbody temperature, aperture diameter and distance. Then proof procedures are further extended into a detector fabricated in our laboratory and consistent results were obtained.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135849851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Chenxu Wu, Yibai Xue, Han Bao, Ling Yang, Jiancong Li, Jing Tian, Shengguang Ren, Yi Li, Xiangshui Miao
{"title":"Forward stagewise regression with multilevel memristor for sparse coding","authors":"Chenxu Wu, Yibai Xue, Han Bao, Ling Yang, Jiancong Li, Jing Tian, Shengguang Ren, Yi Li, Xiangshui Miao","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/104101","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/104101","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Sparse coding is a prevalent method for image inpainting and feature extraction, which can repair corrupted images or improve data processing efficiency, and has numerous applications in computer vision and signal processing. Recently, several memristor-based in-memory computing systems have been proposed to enhance the efficiency of sparse coding remarkably. However, the variations and low precision of the devices will deteriorate the dictionary, causing inevitable degradation in the accuracy and reliability of the application. In this work, a digital-analog hybrid memristive sparse coding system is proposed utilizing a multilevel Pt/Al 2 O 3 /AlO x /W memristor, which employs the forward stagewise regression algorithm: The approximate cosine distance calculation is conducted in the analog part to speed up the computation, followed by high-precision coefficient updates performed in the digital portion. We determine that four states of the aforementioned memristor are sufficient for the processing of natural images. Furthermore, through dynamic adjustment of the mapping ratio, the precision requirement for the digit-to-analog converters can be reduced to 4 bits. Compared to the previous system, our system achieves higher image reconstruction quality of the 38 dB peak-signal-to-noise ratio. Moreover, in the context of image inpainting, images containing 50% missing pixels can be restored with a reconstruction error of 0.0424 root-mean-squared error.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"149 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135850199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mengjia Li, Zuolin Zhang, Jie Sun, Fan Liu, Jiangzhao Chen, Liming Ding, Cong Chen
{"title":"Perovskite solar cells with NiO<sub>x</sub> hole-transport layer","authors":"Mengjia Li, Zuolin Zhang, Jie Sun, Fan Liu, Jiangzhao Chen, Liming Ding, Cong Chen","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/100201","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/100201","url":null,"abstract":"cells","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135849489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A wearable sweat patch for non-invasive and wireless monitoring inflammatory status","authors":"Qilin Hua, Guozhen Shen","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/100401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/100401","url":null,"abstract":"Sweat diagnostics are being developed to provide insights into monitoring human health status using an accessi-bly non-invasive technique of sweat analysis [1-3] . Abundant compositions, ranging from electrolytes and metabolites to large proteins, can be found in sweat, which have similar types of physiological biomarkers observed in the blood [1] . Recent advances in flexible electronics [4-7] have transformed conventional laboratory tests into personalized sweat molecular analysis that facilitates real-time sensing of target biomarkers [3] . Previous works have shown the simultaneous and selective sensing capabilities of electrolytes (e.g., sodium (Na + ), potassium (K + ), ammonium (NH 4+ ), and chloride (Cl − ) ions) [8] and metabolites (e.g., alcohols, lactate, uric acid, and glucose) [9] by designing fully integrated wearable sensor arrays [8, 10] .","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135849972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Talia Tene, Marco Guevara, Gabriela Tubon-Usca, Oswaldo Villacrés Cáceres, Gabriel Moreano, Cristian Vacacela Gomez, Stefano Bellucci
{"title":"THz plasmonics and electronics in germanene nanostrips","authors":"Talia Tene, Marco Guevara, Gabriela Tubon-Usca, Oswaldo Villacrés Cáceres, Gabriel Moreano, Cristian Vacacela Gomez, Stefano Bellucci","doi":"10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/102001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4926/44/10/102001","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Germanene nanostrips (GeNSs) have garnered significant attention in modern semiconductor technology due to their exceptional physical characteristics, positioning them as promising candidates for a wide range of applications. GeNSs exhibit a two-dimensional (buckled) honeycomb-like lattice, which is similar to germanene but with controllable bandgaps. The modeling of GeNSs is essential for developing appropriate synthesis methods as it enables understanding and controlling the growth process of these systems. Indeed, one can adjust the strip width, which in turn can tune the bandgap and plasmonic response of the material to meet specific device requirements. In this study, the objective is to investigate the electronic behavior and THz plasmon features of GeNSs (≥100 nm wide). A semi-analytical model based on the charge-carrier velocity of freestanding germanene is utilized for this purpose. The charge-carrier velocity of freestanding germanene is determined through the GW approximation ( <?CDATA ${v}_{mathrm{F}}=0.702 times {10}^{6} $?> m·s −1 ). Within the width range of 100 to 500 nm, GeNSs exhibit narrow bandgaps, typically measuring only a few meV. Specifically, upon analysis, it was found that the bandgaps of the investigated GeNSs ranged between 29 and 6 meV. As well, these nanostrips exhibit <?CDATA $ sqrt{q} $?> -like plasmon dispersions, with their connected plasmonic frequency (≤30 THz) capable of being manipulated by varying parameters such as strip width, excitation plasmon angle, and sample quality. These manipulations can lead to frequency variations, either increasing or decreasing, as well as shifts towards larger momentum values. The outcomes of our study serve as a foundational motivation for future experiments, and further confirmation is needed to validate the reported results.","PeriodicalId":17038,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Semiconductors","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135921935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}