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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 [email protected]
2/25/15
Pierret, Semiconductor Device Fundamentals (SDF) pp. 235-259
equilibrium e-band diagram
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EFEF
EC
EV
x
W
E
qVbi
I = 0
VA = 0
−xn xp
e-band diagram under bias
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EC
EV
x
W
E
−xn xp
V = 0
VA > 0
qVAFn
Fp
q Vbi −VA( )
Fn − Fp = qVA
electrostatics under bias
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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
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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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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
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EC
EV
x
E
−xn xp
qVAFn
Fp
q Vbi −VA( )
e-band diagram under bias
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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
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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)
Lundstrom ECE 305 S15
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
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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)
Lundstrom ECE 305 S15
