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Lundstrom ECE 305 S15

ECE-305: Spring 2015

Ideal Diode Equation

Professor Mark Lundstrom Electrical and Computer Engineering

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA lundstro@purdue.edu

2/25/15

Pierret, Semiconductor Device Fundamentals (SDF) pp. 235-259

equilibrium e-band diagram

2

EFEF

EC

EV

x

W

E

qVbi

I = 0

VA = 0

−xn xp

e-band diagram under bias

3

EC

EV

x

W

E

−xn xp

V = 0

VA > 0

qVAFn

Fp

q Vbi −VA( )

Fn − Fp = qVA

electrostatics under bias

4

W = 2KSε0q

NA + ND

NDNA

⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟Vbi −VA( )⎡

⎣⎢

⎦⎥

1/2

E 0( ) = 2 Vbi −VA( )

W

xn =NA

NA + ND

W

xp =ND

NA + ND

W

N P

ND = 1016

depletion region xp−xn 0

E 0( )

Vbi =kBTqln NDNA

ni2

⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

WNA = 1016

Question: n-N junction

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EF

EC

EVx

E

Ei

x = Lx1x = 0 x2 x3

ND = 1015 ND = 1017Where is the depletion region?

a) b) c) d) e)

0 ≤ x < x1x1 ≤ x < x2x2 ≤ x < x3x1 ≤ x < x3x3 ≤ x < L

outline

6

1)  Ideal diode equation (qualitative)

2)  Law of the Junction

3)  Ideal diode equation (long base)

4)  Ideal diode equation (short base)

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ECE 255

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VA

− VA +

I mA( )

0.6 − 0.7 V

I = I0 eqVA kBT −1( )

“ideal diode equation” “Shockley diode equation”

I = I0 eqVA kBT −1( )

questions

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“ideal diode equation” “Shockley diode equation”

I = I0 eqVA kBT −1( )

1)  Why does the current increase exponentially with the applied forward bias?

2)  Why is the reverse bias current independent of the reverse bias voltage?

e-band diagram under bias

9

EC

EV

x

E

−xn xp

qVAFn

Fp

q Vbi −VA( )

e-band diagram under bias

10

EC

EV

x

E

−xn xp

qVAFn

Fp

q Vbi −VA( )

P0 = e−ΔE kBT = e−qVbi kBT

NP junction in equilibrium

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ΔE = qVbiEF

P0

P0 = ?

P0 = e−ΔE kBT = e−qVbi kBT

NP junction in equilibrium

12

ΔE = qVbiEF

P0

ND ×P0 = ni

2 NA( )×1

P0 =

ni2

NDNA

qVbi = kBT lnNDNA

ni2

⎛⎝⎜

⎞⎠⎟

FN→P0

FP→N0

FN→P0 ∝ND ×P0

FP→N0 ∝ ni

2

ND

×1

FN→P0 = FP→N

0

NP junction under bias

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Fn

q Vbi −VA( )

Fp

P

P = e−ΔE kBT = e−q Vbi−VA( ) kBT =P0eqVA kBT

NP junction under bias

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Fn

q Vbi −VA( )Fp

P

P = e−ΔE kBT = e−q Vbi−VA( ) kBT =P0eqVA kBT

I = qA FN→P − FP→N( )

FN→P = FN→P0 eqVA kBT

FP→N = FP→N0

FN→P

FP→N

I = qAFN→P FB( )

I = −qAFP→N0 RB( )

questions

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“ideal diode equation” “Shockley diode equation”

I = I0 eqVA kBT −1( )

1)  Why does the current increase exponentially with the applied forward bias?

2)  Why is the reverse bias current independent of the reverse bias voltage?

Excess carriers under forward bias

q Vbi −VA( )

p0P ≈ NA

Fp

nP >> n0Pn0P =

ni2

NA

recombination and current

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minority carriers injected across junction

Fn FPqVA

−VA +ID

Every time a minority electron recombines on the p-side, one electron flows in the external current.

excess electrons on the p-side of junction

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Fn

q Vbi −VA( )

p0P ≈ NA

nP >> n0Pn0N ≈ ND

Fp

0x

What is Δn(x) on the p-side? Ans. Solve the MCDE.

WP

boundary conditions for the MCDE

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Fn

q Vbi −VA( )

p0P ≈ NA

Δn WP( ) = 0

Fp

0x

WP

Δn 0( ) = ?

outline

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1)  Ideal diode equation (qualitative)

2)  Law of the Junction

3)  Ideal diode equation (long base)

4)  Ideal diode equation (short base)

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NP junction in equilibrium

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ΔE = qVbi

EF

n0P =ni2

NA

p0P = NA

0x

WP

NP junction under forward bias

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Fn

q Vbi −VA( )

pP ≈ NA

Fp

0x

WP

np =ni2

NA

eqVA kBT

np 0( ) pp 0( ) = ni2eqVA kBT

“Law of the Junction”

excess carriers

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Fn

q Vbi −VA( )

pP ≈ NA

Fp

0x

WN

np =ni2

NA

eqVA kBT Δnp 0( ) = ni2

NA

eqVA kBT − np0

“Law of the Junction”

Δnp 0( ) = ni2

NA

eqVA kBT −1( )

Law of the Junction another way

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Fn

q Vbi −VA( )

pP ≈ NA

Fp

0x

WN

np 0( ) = nie Fn−Ei( ) kBTAssume QFLs are constant across the transition region

pp 0( ) = nie Ei−Fp( ) kBT

np 0( ) pp 0( ) = ni2e Fn−Fp( ) kBT

np 0( ) pp 0( ) = ni2eqVA kBT

outline

25

1)  Ideal diode equation (qualitative)

2)  Law of the Junction

3)  Ideal diode equation (long base)

4)  Ideal diode equation (short base)

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