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Semiconductor Diode
 /POMJOFBS4UBUJDIoV$IBSBDUFSJTUJDT 8
pn+VODUJPO&RVBUJPO t 'PSXBSEIoV%JPEF
$IBSBDUFSJTUJDT t 3FWFSTFIoV$IBSBDUFSJTUJDT
 %JPEF$BQBDJUBODFT8
%JffVTJPO$BQBDJUBODF t %FQMFUJPO$BQBDJUBODF
 %JPEFBTB4XJUDI8
 5FNQFSBUVSF1SPQFSUJFT 8
 1JFDFXJTF-JOFBS.PEFM 8
 %JffFSFOU5ZQFTPG%JPEFT 8
4XJUDIJOH%JPEFT t ;FOFS%JPEFT t 5VOOFM%JPEFT
&TBLi DJPEFT  t #BDLXBSE%JPEF t 1*/%JPEFT t 4DIPUULZ
%JPEFT t 4VQFS#BSSJFS%JPEFT t 4UFQ3FDPWFSZ
%JPEFT t "WBMBODIF%JPEFT t 7BSJDBQT t 4PMBS
Bogdan M. #BUUFSJFT t 1IPUPEJPEFT t -&%T t -BTFS%JPEFT t (VO
Wilamowski %JPEFT t *.1"55%JPEFT t 1FMUJFS%JPEFT
Auburn University 3FGFSFODFT 8

5IFpnTFNJDPOEVDUPSKVODUJPOTFYIJCJUOPOMJOFBSDVSSFOUoWPMUBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTBOEUIFZBSFVTFEUP
SFDUJGZBOETIBQFFMFDUSJDBMTJHOBMT&YQPOFOUJBMDVSSFOUoWPMUBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTBSFTPNFUJNFTVTFE
UPCVJMEMPHBSJUINJDBNQMJfiFSTЋ FUIJDLOFTTPGUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSEFQFOETPOBQQMJFESFWFSTFWPMUBHF 
BOEUIFWPMUBHFEFQFOEFOUDBQBDJUBODFDBOCFVTFEUPUVOFGSFRVFODZDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTPGFMFDUSPOJDDJSDVJUT
5IFSFBSFPWFSEJffFSFOUUZQFTPGEJPEFTVTJOHEJffFSFOUQSPQFSUJFTPGpnKVODUJPOTPSNFUBMoTFNJDPOEVDUPS
KVODUJPOQSPQFSUJFT4PNFPGUIFTFTQFDJBMEJPEFTBSFEFTDSJCFEJO4FDUJPO

8.1 Nonlinear Static I–V Characteristics


5ZQJDBMIoVEJPEFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTBSFTIPXOJO'JHVSF*ODBTFPGDPNNPOTJMJDPOEJPEFUIF
GPSXBSEEJSFDUJPODVSSFOUJODSFBTFTFYQPOFOUJBMMZBUGJSTU BOEUIFOJUJTMJNJUFECZBOPINJDSFTJT
UBODFPGUIFTUSVDUVSF"WFSZTNBMMDVSSFOUJOUIFSFWFSTFEJSFDUJPOBUGJSTUJODSFBTFTTMJHIUMZXJUI
BQQMJFEWPMUBHFBOEUIFOTUBSUTUPNVMUJQMZOFBSUIFCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHF5IFDVSSFOUBUUIFCSFBL
EPXOJTMJNJUFECZUIFPINJDSFTJTUBODFTPGUIFTUSVDUVSF*OHFSNBOJVN TNBMMFOFSHZHBQ EJPEFT 
UIFSFDPNCJOBUJPOHFOFSBUJPODPNQPOFOUPGUIFDVSSFOUJTNVDITNBMMFSUIBOUIFEJGGVTJPODPN
QPOFOUT BOEJOBXJEFSBOHFPGSFWFSTFWPMUBHFTUIFDVSSFOUJTBMNPTUDPOTUBOU*OUIFDBTFPGTJMJ
DPOEJPEFT MBSHFSFOFSHZHBQ UIFEJGGVTJPODPNQPOFOUPGUIFSFWFSTFDVSSFOUJTOFHMJHJCMZTNBMM 
BOEUIFSFWFSTFDVSSFOUJTDBVTFECZUIFSFDPNCJOBUJPOHFOFSBUJPOQIFOPNFOB BOEUIFDVSSFOUJT
QSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIFTJ[FPGUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFS XIJDIJODSFBTFTTMJHIUMZXJUIUIFWPMUBHF 5IFEJPEF
FRVBUJPO  JTOPUWBMJEGPSTJMJDPOEJPEFTJOUIFSFWFSTFEJSFDUJPO5ZQJDBMSFWFSTFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDT
PGHFSNBOJVNBOETJMJDPOEJPEFTBSFTIPXOJO'JHVSF

8-1
8-2 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

i i i

v v v
(a) 1V (b) 1V (c) 1V

i i i

v v v

(d) 1V (e) 1V (f ) 1V

FIGURE 8.1 'PSXBSEDVSSFOUoWPMUBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTPGWBSJPVTUZQFTPGEJPEFT B HFSNBOJVNEJPEF  C TJMJDPO


EJPEF  D 4DIPUULZEJPEF  E UVOOFMEJPEF  F CBDLXBSEEJPEF BOE G -&%

–10 v –100 v

1 μA 1 nA

(a) (b)

FIGURE 8.2 3FWFSTFDVSSFOUoWPMUBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDT B HFSNBOJVNEJPEF  C TJMJDPOEJPEF

8.1.1 pn Junction Equation


Ћ FnUZQFTFNJDPOEVDUPSNBUFSJBMIBTBQPTJUJWFJNQVSJUZDIBSHFBUUBDIFEUPUIFDSZTUBMMBUUJDFTUSVD
UVSFЋ JTfiYFEQPTJUJWFDIBSHFJTDPNQFOTBUFECZGSFFNPWJOHFMFDUSPOTXJUIOFHBUJWFDIBSHFT4JNJMBSMZ 
UIFpUZQFTFNJDPOEVDUPSNBUFSJBMIBTBMBUUJDFXJUIBOFHBUJWFDIBSHF XIJDIJTDPNQFOTBUFECZGSFF
NPWJOHIPMFT BTJTTIPXOJO'JHVSFЋ FOVNCFSPGNBKPSJUZDBSSJFST FMFDUSPOTJOpUZQFBOEIPMFT
JO nUZQF NBUFSJBMT  BSF BQQSPYJNBUFMZ FRVBM UP UIF EPOPS PS BDDFQUPS JNQVSJUZ DPODFOUSBUJPOT  JF 
nn = N%BOEppN"Ћ FOVNCFSPGNJOPSJUZDBSSJFST FMFDUSPOTJOpUZQFBOEIPMFTJOnUZQF DBOCF
GPVOEVTJOHUIFFRVBUJPOT
Semiconductor Diode 8-3

Depletion region
p n

FIGURE 8.3 *MMVTUSBUJPOPGUIFpnKVODUJPO

ni n ni ni


np = ≈ i pn = ≈ 
pp N A nn N D
 

Ћ FJOUSJOTJDDBSSJFSDPODFOUSBUJPO ni JTHJWFOCZ

⎛ Vg ⎞ kT
ni2 = ξT 3 exp ⎜ − ⎟ ; VT = 
⎝ VT ⎠ q
 

XIFSF
VTkTqJTUIFUIFSNBMQPUFOUJBM VTN7BU,
TJTUIFBCTPMVUFUFNQFSBUVSFJO,
q¨¦$JTUIFFMFDUSPODIBSHF
k¨¦F7,JTUIF#PMU[NBOOTDPOTUBOU
VgJTUIFQPUFOUJBMHBQ Vg7GPSTJMJDPO
ξJTBNBUFSJBMDPOTUBOU

'PSTJMJDPOJOUSJOTJDDPODFOUSBUJPOniJTHJWFOCZ "2

ni = 3.88 × 1016 T 3 / 2 exp ⎛⎜ −


7000 ⎞
⎟ 
 ⎝ T ⎠

'PSTJMJDPOBU, ni¨DN¦
8IFOBpnKVODUJPOJTGPSNFE UIFfiYFEFMFDUSPTUBUJDMBUUJDFDIBSHFTGPSNBOFMFDUSJDBMfiFMEBUUIF
KVODUJPO&MFDUSPOTBSFQVTIFECZFMFDUSPTUBUJDGPSDFTEFFQFSJOUPUIFnUZQFSFHJPOBOEIPMFTJOUPUIF
pUZQFSFHJPO BTJMMVTUSBUFEJO'JHVSF#FUXFFOnUZQFBOEpUZQFSFHJPOTUIFSFJTBEFQMFUJPOMBZFS
XJUIBCVJMUJOQPUFOUJBMUIBUJTBGVODUJPOPGJNQVSJUZEPQJOHMFWFMBOEJOUSJOTJDDPODFOUSBUJPOni

⎛N N ⎞ ⎛ nn p p ⎞ ⎛n ⎞ ⎛ pp ⎞
Vpn = VT MO ⎜ A  D ⎟ = VT MO ⎜  ⎟ = VT MO ⎜ n ⎟ = VT MO ⎜ ⎟ 
⎝ ni ⎠ ⎝ ni ⎠ ⎝ np ⎠ ⎝ pn ⎠
 

Ћ FKVODUJPODVSSFOUBTBGVODUJPOPGCJBTJOHWPMUBHFJTEFTDSJCFECZUIFEJPEFFRVBUJPO

⎡ ⎛ v ⎞ ⎤
i = I s ⎢exp ⎜ ⎟ − 1⎥ 
 ⎣ ⎝ VT ⎠ ⎦
8-4 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

log (i)

(c)

(a)

(b)

FIGURE 8.4 $VSSFOUoWPMUBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTPGUIFpnKVODUJPOJOGPSXBSEEJSFDUJPO B EJffVTJPODVSSFOU  C 


SFDPNCJOBUJPODVSSFOU BOE D IJHIMFWFMJOKFDUJPODVSSFOU

XIFSF

⎛ μ + μn ⎞
I s = Aqni2VT
⎜ n dx p dx ⎟
p
Lp Ln 

 ⎝∫ 0∫ n
0
p
⎠
XIFSF
nnȵND
ppȵNA
μnBOEμpBSFUIFNPCJMJUZPGFMFDUSPOTBOEIPMFT
LnBOELpBSFUIFEJffVTJPOMFOHUIGPSFMFDUSPOBOEIPMFT
AJTUIFEFWJDFBSFB

*OUIFDBTFPGEJPEFTNBEFPGTJMJDPOPSPUIFSTFNJDPOEVDUPSNBUFSJBMXJUIBIJHIFOFSHZHBQ UIF
SFWFSTFCJBTJOHDVSSFOUDBOOPUCFDBMDVMBUFEGSPNUIFEJPEFFRVBUJPO  Ћ JTJTEVFUPUIFDBSSJFS
HFOFSBUJPOSFDPNCJOBUJPOQIFOPNFOPO-BUUJDFJNQFSGFDUJPOBOENPTUJNQVSJUJFTBSFBDUJOHBTHFOFSB
UJPOSFDPNCJOBUJPODFOUFSTЋ FSFGPSF UIFNPSFJNQFSGFDUJPOTUIFSFBSFJOUIFTUSVDUVSF UIFMBSHFSUIF
EFWJBUJPOGSPNJEFBMDIBSBDUFSJTUJDT

8.1.2 Forward I–V Diode Characteristics


Ћ FEJPEFFRVBUJPO  XBTEFSJWFEXJUIBOBTTVNQUJPOUIBUJOKFDUFEDBSSJFSTBSFSFDPNCJOJOHPOUIF
PUIFS TJEF PG UIF KVODUJPO Ћ F SFDPNCJOBUJPO XJUIJO UIF EFQMFUJPO MBZFS XBT OFHMFDUFE *O GPSXBSE
CJBTFEEJPEF FMFDUSPOTBOEIPMFTBSFJOKFDUFEUISPVHIUIFEFQMFUJPOSFHJPO BOEUIFZNBZSFDPNCJOF
UIFSFЋ FSFDPNCJOBUJPODPNQPOFOUPGUIFGPSXBSECJBTFEEJPEFJTHJWFOCZ

ni ⎛ v ⎞ ⎛ v ⎞
irec = qwA exp ⎜ ⎟ = I ro exp ⎜ 2V ⎟ 
 2 τ0 ⎝ 2VT ⎠ ⎝ T ⎠

XIFSF
wJTUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSUIJDLOFTT
τJTUIFDBSSJFSMJGFUJNFJOEFQMFUJPOSFHJPO
Semiconductor Diode 8-5

no = np exp v
VT
po = pn exp v
VT

x
p(x) = po exp – L x
p n(x) = no exp – L
n

x
Lp Ln

FIGURE 8.5 .JOPSJUZDBSSJFSEJTUSJCVUJPOJOUIFWJDJOJUZPGUIFpnKVODUJPOCJBTFEJOGPSXBSEEJSFDUJPO

Ћ FUPUBMEJPEFDVSSFOUiTiD irec XIFSFiDBOEirecBSFEFfiOFECZ&RVBUJPOTBOEЋ FSFDPNCJOB


UJPODPNQPOFOUEPNJOBUFTBUMPXDVSSFOUMFWFMT BT'JHVSFJMMVTUSBUFT
"MTP JOWFSZIJHIDVSSFOUMFWFMTUIFEJPEFFRVBUJPO  JTOPUWBMJE5XPQIFOPNFOBDBVTFUIJT
EFWJBUJPO 'JSTU  UIFSF JT BMXBZT BO PINJD SFTJTUBODF UIBU QMBZT BO JNQPSUBOU SPMF GPS MBSHF DVSSFOU
WBMVFTЋ FTFDPOEEFWJBUJPOJTEVFUPIJHIDPODFOUSBUJPOPGJOKFDUFENJOPSJUZDBSSJFST'PSWFSZIJHI
DVSSFOU MFWFMT  UIF JOKFDUFE NJOPSJUZ DBSSJFS DPODFOUSBUJPOT NBZ BQQSPBDI  PS FWFO CFDPNF MBSHFS
UIBO UIFJNQVSJUZDPODFOUSBUJPO"OBTTVNQUJPOPGUIFRVBTJDIBSHFOFVUSBMJUZMFBETUPBOJODSFBTF
PGUIFNBKPSJUZDBSSJFSDPODFOUSBUJPOЋ FSFGPSF UIFFffFDUJWFEJPEFDVSSFOUJTMPXFS BTJUDBOCFTFFO
GSPN&RVBUJPOЋ FIJHIDVSSFOUMFWFMJOUIFEJPEFGPMMPXTUIFSFMBUJPO

⎛ v ⎞
ih = I ho exp ⎜ ⎟ 
 ⎝ 2VT ⎠

'JHVSF  TIPXT UIF EJPEF IoV DIBSBDUFSJTUJDT  XIJDI JODMVEF HFOFSBUJPOSFDPNCJOBUJPO  EJG
GVTJPO  BOE IJHI DVSSFOU QIFOPNFOB 'PS NPEFMJOH QVSQPTFT  UIF GPSXBSE EJPEF DVSSFOU DBO CF
BQQSPYJNBUFECZ

⎛ v ⎞
iD = I o exp ⎜ ⎟ 
 ⎝ ηVT ⎠ 

XIFSFηIBTBWBMVFCFUXFFOBOE/PUFUIBUUIFηDPFffiDJFOUJTBGVODUJPOPGDVSSFOU BTTIPXOJO
'JHVSF*UIBTBMBSHFSWBMVFGPSTNBMMBOEMBSHFDVSSFOUSFHJPOTBOEJUJTDMPTFUPVOJUZJOUIFNFEJVN
DVSSFOUSFHJPO

8.1.3 Reverse I–V Characteristics


Ћ FSFWFSTFMFBLBHFDVSSFOUJOTJMJDPOEJPEFTJTNBJOMZDBVTFECZUIFFMFDUSPOIPMFHFOFSBUJPOJOUIF
EFQMFUJPOMBZFSЋ JTDVSSFOUJTQSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIFOVNCFSPGHFOFSBUJPOSFDPNCJOBUJPODFOUFSTЋF TF
DFOUFSTBSFGPSNFEFJUIFSCZBDSZTUBMJNQFSGFDUJPOPSEFFQJNQVSJUJFT XIJDIDSFBUFFOFSHZTUBUFTOFBS
UIFDFOUFSPGUIFFOFSHZHBQ0ODFUIFSFWFSTFWPMUBHFJTBQQMJFE UIFTJ[FPGUIFEFQMFUJPOSFHJPOBOEUIF
OVNCFSPGHFOFSBUJPOSFDPNCJOBUJPODFOUFSTJODSFBTFЋ VT UIFMFBLBHFDVSSFOUJTQSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIF
UIJDLOFTTPGUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSw v 'PSBTUFQBCSVQUKVODUJPO
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εεo (Vpn − v )
w= 
 qN eff 

'PSPUIFSJNQVSJUZQSPfiMFTwDBOCFBQQSPYJNBUFECZ

w = K (Vpn − v )
1/ m
  

Ћ FSFWFSTFEJPEFDVSSFOUGPSTNBMMBOENFEJVNWPMUBHFTDBOUIFSFGPSFCFBQQSPYJNBUFECZ

qni
irev = Aw(v) 
 2τo 

XIFSFniJTHJWFOCZ&RVBUJPOBOEwCZ&RVBUJPOPSЋ FSFWFSTFDVSSFOUJODSFBTFTSBQJEMZ
OFBSUIFCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFЋ JTJTEVFUPUIFBWBMBODIFNVMUJQMJDBUJPOQIFOPNFOPOЋ FNVMUJQMJDB
UJPOGBDUPSJTPftFOBQQSPYJNBUFECZ

1
M= 
1 − ( v / BV ) 
m


XIFSF
BVTUBOETGPSUIFCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHF
mJTBOFYQPOFOUDIPTFOFYQFSJNFOUBMMZ

/PUFUIBUGPSUIFSFWFSTFCJBTJOH CPUIvBOEBVIBWFOFHBUJWFWBMVFTBOEUIFNVMUJQMJDBUJPOGBDUPSM
SFBDIFTBOJOfiOJUFWBMVFGPSvBV

8.2 Diode Capacitances


5XPUZQFTPGDBQBDJUBODFTBSFBTTPDJBUFEXJUIBEJPEFKVODUJPO0OFDBQBDJUBODF LOPXOBTEJffVTJPO
DBQBDJUBODF JTQSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIFEJPEFDVSSFOUЋ JTDBQBDJUBODFFYJTUTPOMZGPSUIFGPSXBSECJBTFE
DPOEJUJPOBOEIBTUIFEPNJOBOUFffFDUUIFSF4FDPOEDBQBDJUBODF LOPXOBTUIFEFQMFUJPODBQBDJUBODF 
JTBXFBLGVODUJPOPGUIFBQQMJFEWPMUBHF

8.2.1 Diffusion Capacitance


*OBGPSXBSECJBTFEEJPEF NJOPSJUZDBSSJFSTBSFJOKFDUFEJOUPPQQPTJUFTJEFTPGUIFKVODUJPOЋ PTF
NJOPSJUZDBSSJFSTEJffVTFGSPNUIFKVODUJPOBOESFDPNCJOFXJUIUIFNBKPSJUZDBSSJFST'JHVSF
TIPXTUIFEJTUSJCVUJPOPGNJOPSJUZDBSSJFSTJOUIFWJDJOJUZPGUIFKVODUJPOPGVOJGPSNMZEPQFEnUZQF
BOEpUZQFSFHJPOTЋ FFMFDUSPODIBSHFTUPSFEJOUIFpSFHJPODPSSFTQPOETUPUIFBSFBVOEFSUIF
DVSWF  BOE JU JT FRVBM UP Q n  qnoLn  4JNJMBSMZ  UIF DIBSHF PG TUPSFE IPMFT Q p  qpoLp Ћ F TUPSBHF
DIBSHFDBOCFBMTPFYQSFTTFEBTQ nInτnBOEQ pIpτp XIFSFInBOEIpBSFFMFDUSPOBOEIPMFDVSSFOUT
BUUIFKVODUJPO τnBOEτpBSFUIFMJGFUJNFTGPSNJOPSJUZDBSSJFST"TTVNJOHττnτpBOELOPXJOH
UIBUIIp InUIFUPUBMTUPSBHFDIBSHFBUUIFKVODUJPOJTQIτЋ FEJffVTJPODBQBDJUBODFDBOUIFO
CFDPNQVUFEBT

dQ d ⎡ ⎛ v ⎞ ⎤ τI B
Cdif = = ⎢ τI o exp ⎜ ⎟⎥ = 

dv dv ⎣ ⎝ ηVT ⎠ ⎦ ηVT 
Semiconductor Diode 8-7

Cj

Cjo

v
Vjo

FIGURE 8.6 $BQBDJUBODFoWPMUBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTGPSSFWFSTFCJBTFEKVODUJPO

"T POF DBO TFF  UIF EJffVTJPO DBQBDJUBODF Cdif JT QSPQPSUJPOBM UP UIF TUPSBHF UJNF τ BOE UP UIF EJPEF
CJBTJOHDVSSFOUIB /PUFUIBUUIFEJffVTJPODBQBDJUBODFEPFTOPUEFQFOEPOUIFKVODUJPOBSFB CVUJUPOMZ
EFQFOETPOUIFEJPEFDVSSFOUЋ FEJffVTJPODBQBDJUBODFTNBZIBWFWFSZMBSHFWBMVFT'PSFYBNQMF GPS
N"DVSSFOUBOEτμT UIFKVODUJPOEJffVTJPODBQBDJUBODFJTBCPVUμ''PSUVOBUFMZ UIJTEJffV
TJPODBQBDJUBODFJTDPOOFDUFEJOQBSBMMFMUPUIFTNBMMTJHOBMKVODUJPOSFTJTUBODFrηVTIB BOEUIFUJNF
DPOTUBOUrCdifJTFRVBMUPUIFTUPSBHFUJNFτ

8.2.2 Depletion Capacitance


Ћ FSFWFSTFECJBTFEEJPEFMPPLTMJLFBDBQBDJUPSXJUIUXPiQMBUFTwGPSNFEPGpUZQFBOEnUZQFSFHJPOT
BOEUIFEJFMFDUSJDMBZFS EFQMFUJPOSFHJPO CFUXFFOUIFNЋ FDBQBDJUBODFPGBSFWFSTFECJBTFEKVODUJPO
DBOUIFOCFXSJUUFOBT

ε
Cdep = A 
 w

XIFSF
AJTBKVODUJPOBSFB
εJTUIFEJFMFDUSJDQFSNJUUJWJUZPGTFNJDPOEVDUPSNBUFSJBM
wJTUIFUIJDLOFTTPGUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFS

Ћ FEFQMFUJPOMBZFSUIJDLOFTTwJTBXFBLGVODUJPOPGUIFBQQMJFESFWFSTFCJBTJOHWPMUBHF*OUIFTJNQMFTU
DBTF XJUITUFQBCSVQUKVODUJPO UIFEFQMFUJPODBQBDJUBODFJT

qN eff εεo 1 1 1
Cj = ; = + 
2(Vpn − v) N eff N D N A
 

Ћ FTUFFQFTUDBQBDJUBODFoWPMUBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTBSFJOpn nEJPEFTXJUIUIFJNQVSJUZQSPfiMFTTIPXOJO
'JHVSFG*OHFOFSBM GPSWBSJPVTJNQVSJUZQSPfiMFTBUUIFKVODUJPO UIFEFQMFUJPODBQBDJUBODFCjDBOCF
BQQSPYJNBUFECZ

C j = C jo (Vpn − v )
1/ m

 
8-8 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

PSVTJOHMJOFBSBQQSPYJNBUJPO BTTIPXOJO'JHVSF

⎛ v ⎞
C j = C jo ⎜⎜  − ⎟⎟ 
 ⎝ V jo ⎠

8.3 Diode as a Switch


Ћ FTXJUDIJOHUJNFPGUIFpnKVODUJPOJTMJNJUFENBJOMZCZUIFTUPSBHFDIBSHFPGJOKFDUFENJOPSJUZDBS
SJFSTJOUPUIFWJDJOJUZPGUIFKVODUJPO FMFDUSPOTJOKFDUFEJOpUZQFSFHJPOBOEIPMFTJOKFDUFEJOnUZQF
SFHJPO 8IFOBEJPEFJTTXJUDIFEGSPNGPSXBSEUPSFWFSTFEJSFDUJPO UIFTFDBSSJFSTNBZNPWFGSFFMZ
UISPVHIUIFKVODUJPO4PNFPGUIFNJOPSJUZDBSSJFSTSFDPNCJOFXJUIUJNF0UIFSTBSFNPWFEBXBZUPUIF
PUIFSTJEFPGUIFKVODUJPOЋ FEJPEFDBOOPUSFDPWFSJUTCMPDLJOHDBQBCJMJUZBTMPOHBTBMBSHFOVNCFSPG
UIFNJOPSJUZDBSSJFSTFYJTUBOEDBOflPXUISPVHIUIFKVODUJPO"OFYBNQMFPGUIFDVSSFOUoUJNFDIBSBD
UFSJTUJDTPGBEJPEFTXJUDIJOHGSPNGPSXBSEUPSFWFSTFEJSFDUJPOJTTIPXOJO'JHVSF'FXDIBSBDUFS
JTUJDTUIBUBSFTIPXOJOUIFfiHVSFBSFGPSUIFTBNFGPSXBSEDVSSFOUBOEEJffFSFOUSFWFSTFDVSSFOUT+VTU
BftFSTXJUDIJOH UIFTFSFWFSTFDVSSFOUTBSFMJNJUFEPOMZCZFYUFSOBMDJSDVJUSZ*OUIJTFYBNQMF TIPXOJO
'JHVSF NPTUPGUIFNJOPSJUZDBSSJFSTBSFNPWFEUPUIFPUIFSTJEFPGUIFKVODUJPOCZUIFSFWFSTFDVS
SFOUBOEUIFSFDPNCJOBUJPONFDIBOJTNJTOFHMJHJCMF/PUF UIBUUIFMBSHFSUIFSFWFSTFDVSSFOUflPXTBftFS
TXJUDIJOH UIFTIPSUFSUJNFJTSFRVJSFEUPSFDPWFSUIFCMPDLJOHDBQBCJMJUZЋ JTUZQFPGCFIBWJPSJTUZQJDBM
GPSDPNNPOMZVTFEIJHIWPMUBHFEJPEFT
*OPSEFSUPTIPSUFOUIFTXJUDIJOHUJNF EJPEFTTPNFUJNFTBSFEPQFEXJUIHPMEPSPUIFSEFFQMFWFMJNQV
SJUJFTUPDSFBUFNPSFHFOFSBUJPODFOUFSTBOEUPJODSFBTFUIFDBSSJFSSFDPNCJOBUJPOЋ JTXBZ UIFNJOPSJUZ
DBSSJFSMJGFUJNFTPGTVDITXJUDIJOHEJPEFTBSFTJHOJfiDBOUMZSFEVDFEЋ FTXJUDIJOHUJNFJTTJHOJfiDBOUMZ
TIPSUFS CVUJUJTBMNPTUJOEFQFOEFOUPGUIFSFWFSTFEJPEFDVSSFOUBftFSTXJUDIJOH BT'JHVSFTIPXT

FIGURE 8.7 $VSSFOUT JO EJPEF XJUI MBSHF NJOPSJUZ DBSSJFS MJGFUJNFT BftFS TXJUDIJOH GSPN GPSXBSE UP SFWFSTF
EJSFDUJPO

FIGURE 8.8 $VSSFOUT JO EJPEF XJUI TNBMM NJOPSJUZ DBSSJFS MJGFUJNFT BftFS TXJUDIJOH GSPN GPSXBSE UP SFWFSTF
EJSFDUJPO
Semiconductor Diode 8-9

Ћ JTNFUIPEPGBSUJfiDJBMMZJODSFBTJOHSFDPNCJOBUJPOSBUFTIBTTPNFTFWFSFEJTBEWBOUBHFT4VDITXJUDIJOH
EJPEFTBSFDIBSBDUFSJ[FECZWFSZMBSHFSFWFSTFMFBLBHFDVSSFOUBOETNBMMCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFT
Ћ F CFTU TXJUDIJOH EJPEFT VUJMJ[F NFUBMoTFNJDPOEVDUPS DPOUBDUT Ћ FZ BSF LOPXO BT UIF 4DIPUULZ
EJPEFT *O TVDI EJPEFT UIFSF JT OP NJOPSJUZ DBSSJFS JOKFDUJPO QIFOPNFOPO  UIFSFGPSF  UIFTF EJPEFT
SFDPWFSUIFCMPDLJOHDBQBCJMJUZJOTUBOUBOFPVTMZЋ F4DIPUULZEJPEFTBSFBMTPDIBSBDUFSJ[FECZBSFMB
UJWFMZTNBMM o7 WPMUBHFESPQJOUIFGPSXBSEEJSFDUJPO)PXFWFS UIFJSSFWFSTFMFBLBHFDVSSFOU
JTMBSHFS BOEUIFCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFSBSFMZFYDFFETo7-PXFSJOHUIFJNQVSJUZDPODFOUSBUJPOJO
UIFTFNJDPOEVDUPSNBUFSJBMMFBETUPTMJHIUMZMBSHFSCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFT CVUBUUIFTBNFUJNF UIFTFSJFT
EJPEFSFTJTUBODFTJODSFBTFTJHOJfiDBOUMZ

8.4 Temperature Properties


#PUIGPSXBSEBOESFWFSTFEJPEFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTBSFUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFOEFOUЋ FTFUFNQFSBUVSFQSPQFS
UJFTBSFWFSZJNQPSUBOUGPSDPSSFDUDJSDVJUEFTJHOЋ FUFNQFSBUVSFQSPQFSUJFTPGUIFEJPEFDBOCFVTFEUP
DPNQFOTBUFGPSUIFUIFSNBMFffFDUTPGFMFDUSPOJDDJSDVJUT%JPEFTDBOCFVTFEBMTPBTBDDVSBUFUFNQFSB
UVSFTFOTPSTЋ FNBKPSUFNQFSBUVSFFffFDUJOBEJPEFJTDBVTFECZUIFTUSPOHUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFOEFODFPG
UIFJOUSJOTJDDPODFOUSBUJPOni &RVBUJPOTBOE BOECZUIFFYQPOFOUJBMUFNQFSBUVSFSFMBUJPOTIJQ
PGUIFEJPEFFRVBUJPO  #ZDPNCJOJOH&RVBUJPOTBOEBOEBTTVNJOHUIFUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFO
EFODFPGDBSSJFSNPCJMJUJFT UIFWPMUBHFESPQPOUIFGPSXBSECJBTFEEJPEFDBOCFXSJUUFOBT

⎡ ⎛ i ⎞ ⎤
v = η ⎢VT MO ⎜ α ⎟ + Vg ⎥  
 ⎝ ξT ⎠
⎣ ⎦
PSEJPEFDVSSFOU

α
⎛T ⎞ ⎛ T (v / η) − Vg ⎞
i = I o ⎜ ⎟ exp ⎜ o ⎟ 
 ⎝ o⎠
T ⎝T VTo ⎠

XIFSF
VgJTUIFQPUFOUJBMHBQJOTFNJDPOEVDUPSNBUFSJBM
Vg7GPSTJMJDPOBOEVg7GPS(B"T
αJTBNBUFSJBMDPFffiDJFOUSBOHJOHCFUXFFOBOE

Ћ F UFNQFSBUVSF EFQFOEFODF PG UIF EJPEF WPMUBHF ESPQ dvdT DBO CF PCUBJOFE CZ DBMDVMBUJOH UIF
EFSJWBUJWFPG&RVBUJPO

dv v − η (Vg + αVT ) 


=
 dT T 

'PS FYBNQMF  JO UIF DBTF PG UIF TJMJDPO EJPEF XJUI B 7 ESPQ BOE BTTVNJOH η    α    BOE
T = 3, UIFdVdTN7¡$
Ћ FSFWFSTFEJPEFDVSSFOUJTBWFSZTUSPOHGVODUJPOPGUIFUFNQFSBUVSF'PSEJPEFTNBEFPGUIFTFNJ
DPOEVDUPSNBUFSJBMTXJUIBTNBMMQPUFOUJBMHBQ TVDIBTHFSNBOJVN UIFEJffVTJPODPNQPOFOUEPNJ
OBUFT*OUIJTDBTF UIFSFWFSTFDVSSFOUJTQSPQPSUJPOBMUP

irev ∝ T α exp ⎛⎜ − ⎞
qVg
⎟ 
 ⎝ kT ⎠
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'PS EJPEFT NBEF PG TJMJDPO BOE TFNJDPOEVDUPST XJUI B IJHIFS FOFSHZ HBQ  UIF SFDPNCJOBUJPO JT UIF
EPNJOBOUNFDIBOJTN*OUIJTDBTF SFWFSTFMFBLBHFDVSSFOUJTQSPQPSUJPOBMUP

irev ∝ T α / 2 exp ⎛⎜ − ⎞
qVg
⎟ 
 ⎝ 2kT ⎠

6TJOH&RVBUJPO POFNBZDBMDVMBUFUIBUGPSTJMJDPOEJPEFTBUSPPNUFNQFSBUVSFT UIFSFWFSTFMFBLBHF


DVSSFOUEPVCMFTGPSBCPVUFWFSZ¡$
Ћ FCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFJTBMTPUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFOEFOUЋ FUVOOFMJOHFffFDUEPNJOBUFTJOEJPEFT
XJUI TNBMM CSFBLEPXO WPMUBHFT Ћ JT FffFDU JT PftFO LOPXO JO MJUFSBUVSF BT UIF ;FOFS CSFBLEPXO
*O TVDI EJPEFT UIF CSFBLEPXO WPMUBHF EFDSFBTFT XJUI UIF UFNQFSBUVSF Ћ F BWBMBODIF CSFBLEPXO
EPNJOBUFTJOEJPEFTXJUIMBSHFCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFT8IFOUIFBWBMBODIFNFDIBOJTNQSFWBJMTUIFO
UIF CSFBLEPXO WPMUBHF JODSFBTFT o QFS ¡$ 'PS NFEJVN SBOHF CSFBLEPXO WPMUBHFT  POF
QIFOPNFOPO DPNQFOTBUFT UIF PUIFS  BOE UIF UFNQFSBUVSFJOEFQFOEFOU CSFBLEPXO WPMUBHF DBO CF
PCTFSWFEЋ JT[FSPUFNQFSBUVSFDPFffiDJFOUFYJTUTGPSEJPEFTXJUICSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFTFRVBMUPBCPVU
Vg*OUIFDBTFPGUIFTJMJDPOEJPEF UIJTCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHF XJUIB[FSPUFNQFSBUVSFDPFffiDJFOU JT
FRVBMUPBCPVU7

8.5 Piecewise Linear Model


Ћ FOPOMJOFBSEJPEFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTBSFPftFOBQQSPYJNBUFECZUIFQJFDFXJTFMJOFBSNPEFMЋ FSFBSFB
GFXQPTTJCMFBQQSPBDIFTUPMJOFBSJ[FUIFEJPEFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDT BTTIPXOJO'JHVSFЋ FQBSBNFUFSTPG
UIFNPTUBDDVSBUFMJOFBSJ[FEEJPEFNPEFMBSFTIPXOJO'JHVSFB BOEUIFMJOFBSJ[FEEJPEFFRVJWBMFOU
DJSDVJUJTTIPXOJO'JHVSFC
Ћ FNPEJfiFEEJPEFFRVBUJPO  BMTPDBOCFXSJUUFOBT

⎛ i ⎞
v = ηVT MO ⎜ ⎟ 
 ⎝ Io ⎠

'PSUIFCJBTJOHQPJOUVBBOEIB UIFTNBMMTJHOBMEJPEFSFTJTUBODFdv/diDBOCFDPNQVUFEGSPN&RVBUJPO
BT

dv ηVT
r= =  Vtho = VB − VT 
 di IB 

BOEJUJTPOMZUIFGVODUJPOPGUIFUIFSNBMQPUFOUJBMVTBOEUIFCJBTJOHDVSSFOUIB /PUFUIBUUIFTNBMM
TJHOBM EJPEF SFTJTUBODF JT BMNPTU JOEFQFOEFOU PO UIF EJPEF DPOTUSVDUJPO PS TFNJDPOEVDUPS NBUFSJBM
VTFE*GPOFSFRVJSFTUIBUUIJTMJOFBSJ[FEEJPEFIBWFUIFIBDVSSFOUGPSUIFVBWPMUBHF UIFOUIFQJFDF
XJTFEJPEFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTTIPVMECFBTJO'JHVSFЋ FFRVJWBMFOUЋ FWFOJOBOE/PSUPODJSDVJUTBSF

i i i i

v v v
v

(a) (b) (c) (d)

FIGURE 8.9 7BSJPVTXBZTPGMJOFBSJ[JOHEJPEFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDT


Semiconductor Diode 8-11

rD = ηVT/IB

IB +
Vtho = VB – VT

Vtho VB

(a) VT (b)

FIGURE 8.10 -JOFBSJ[BUJPOPGUIFEJPEF B EJPEFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDT  C FRVJWBMFOUEJBHSBN

TIPXOJO'JHVSF*OBDBTFPGMBSHFTJHOBMPQFSBUJPO UIFEJPEFDBOCFBQQSPYJNBUFECZTIJftJOHUIF
DIBSBDUFSJTUJDTUPUIFMFft CZΔV*OUIJTDBTF UIFUISFTIPMEWPMUBHFCFDPNFTVthoVB¦VTJOTUFBEPG
VthoVB¦VT

8.6 Different Types of Diodes


6TJOHEJffFSFOUQIFOPNFOBJOTFNJDPOEVDUPST JUJTQPTTJCMFUPEFWFMPQNBOZEJffFSFOUUZQFTPGEJPEFT
XJUITQFDJfiDDIBSBDUFSJTUJDT%JffFSFOUEJPEFTIBWFEJffFSFOUTZNCPMT BTTIPXOJO'JHVSF7BSJPVT
UZQFTPGEJPEFTBSFCSJFflZEFTDSJCFEJOUIJTTFDUJPO

8.6.1 Switching Diodes


4XJUDIJOHEJPEFTBSFVTVBMMZTNBMMQPXFSpnKVODUJPOEJPEFTUIBUBSFEFTJHOFEGPSGBTUTXJUDIJOH*O
PSEFSUPSFEVDFUIFTUPSBHFUJNF BOEEJffVTJPODBQBDJUBODFT UIFMJGFUJNFPGFMFDUSPOBOEIPMFTXFSF
QVSQPTFMZSFEVDFECZJOUSPEVDJOHEFFQMFWFMJNQVSJUJFTTVDIBTHPMEPSQMBUJOVN

8.6.2 Zener Diodes


;FOFSEJPEFTVTFUIFSFWFSTFCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFUPTUBCJMJ[FWPMUBHFTJOFMFDUSPOJDDJSDVJUTЋ FCSFBL
EPXOWPMUBHFPGpnKVODUJPOEFDSFBTFTXJUIBOJODSFBTFPGUIFJNQVSJUZMFWFM8IFOKVODUJPOJTIFBWZ
Anode

Anode

Anode

Anode

Anode

Anode

Anode

Anode
Cathode

Cathode

Cathode

Cathode

Cathode

Cathode

Cathode

Cathode

Zener Schottky Tunnel Photo


Diode LED Varicap SCR
diode diode diode diode

FIGURE 8.11 $PNNPOMZVTFETZNCPMTGPSWBSJPVTEJPEFT


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EPQFE UIFCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFJTDPOUSPMMFECZUIFUVOOFMJOHNFDIBOJTN BOEJUTEFDSFBTFXJUIUFNQFSB


UVSF8JUIMJHIUMZEPQFEKVODUJPOBOEIJHICSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFT UIFBWBMBODIFCSFBLEPXOJTUIFEPNJ
OBOUNFDIBOJTNBOEUIFCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFJODSFBTFTXJUIUFNQFSBUVSF*OPUIFSXPSET ;FOFSEJPEFT
GPSTNBMMWPMUBHFTIBWFOFHBUJWFUFNQFSBUVSFDPFffiDJFOU BOE;FOFSEJPEFTGPSMBSHFWPMUBHFTIBWFQPTJ
UJWFUFNQFSBUVSFDPFfficJFOU*UJTXPSUIOPUJDJOHUIBUGPSWPMUBHFTFRVBMBCPVUFOFSHZHBQT BCPVU7
GPSTJMJDPO ;FOFSEJPEFTIBWFDMPTFUP[FSPUFNQFSBUVSFDPFffiDJFOUT4VDIUFNQFSBUVSFDPNQFOTBUFE
;FOFSEJPEFTBSFLOPXOBTSFGFSFODFEJPEFT

8.6.3 Tunnel Diodes (Esaki Diodes)


8IFO CPUI TJEFT PG UIF KVODUJPO BSF WFSZ IFBWJMZ EPQFE  UIFO GPS TNBMM GPSXBSECJBTJOH WPMUBHFT
o7 BMBSHFUVOOFMJOHDVSSFOUNBZPDDVS'PSMBSHFSGPSXBSEWPMUBHFT o7 UIJTUVOOFMJOH
DVSSFOU WBOJTIFT Ћ JT XBZ  UIF DVSSFOUoWPMUBHF DIBSBDUFSJTUJDIBT B OFHBUJWF SFTJTUBODF SFHJPO TPNF
XIFSFCFUXFFOBOE7 'JHVSFE Ћ FHFSNBOJVNBOEPUIFSUIBOTJMJDPOTFNJDPOEVDUPSTBSF
VTFEUPGBCSJDBUFUVOOFMEJPEFT

8.6.4 Backward Diode


Ћ FCBDLXBSEEJPEFIBTTMJHIUMZMPXFSJNQVSJUZDPODFOUSBUJPOTUIBOUIFUVOOFMEJPEF BOEUIFUVO
OFMJOHDVSSFOUJOGPSXBSEEJSFDUJPOEPFTOPUPDDVS 'JHVSFF Ћ FCBDLXBSEEJPEFJTDIBSBDUFSJ[FE
CZBWFSZTIBSQLOFFOFBS7 BOEJUJTVTFEGPSEFUFDUJPO SFDUJfiDBUJPOT PGTJHOBMTXJUIWFSZTNBMM
NBHOJUVEFT

8.6.5 PIN Diodes


%JPEFTXJUIIJHICSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFIBWFUIFpinTUSVDUVSFXJUIBOJNQVSJUZQSPfiMFTIPXOJO'JHVSF
E"TJNJMBSpinTUSVDUVSFJTBMTPVTFEJONJDSPXBWFDJSDVJUTBTBTXJUDIPSBTBOBUUFOVBUJOHSFTJT
UPS'PSSFWFSTFCJBTJOH TVDINJDSPXBWFpinEJPEFSFQSFTFOUTBOPQFODJSDVJUXJUIBTNBMMQBSBTJUJD
KVODUJPODBQBDJUBODF*OUIFGPSXBSEEJSFDUJPOUIJTEJPEFPQFSBUFTBTBSFTJTUPSXIPTFDPOEVDUBODFJT
QSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIFCJBTJOHDVSSFOU"UWFSZIJHIGSFRVFODJFTFMFDUSPOTBOEIPMFTXJMMPTDJMMBUFSBUIFS
UIBOflPXЋ FSFGPSF UIFNJDSPXBWFpinEJPEFFYIJCJUTMJOFBSDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTFWFOGPSMBSHFNPEVMBU
JOHWPMUBHFT

8.6.6 Schottky Diodes


Ћ FTXJUDIJOHUJNFPGBpnKVODUJPOGSPNGPSXBSEUPSFWFSTFEJSFDUJPOJTMJNJUFECZUIFTUPSBHFUJNF
PGNJOPSJUZDBSSJFSTJOKFDUFEJOUPUIFWJDJOJUZPGUIFKVODUJPO.VDIGBTUFSPQFSBUJPOJTQPTTJCMFJOUIF
4DIPUULZ EJPEF  XIFSF NJOPSJUZ DBSSJFS JOKFDUJPO EPFT OPU FYJTU "OPUIFS BEWBOUBHF PG UIF 4DIPUULZ
EJPEFJTUIBUUIFGPSXBSEWPMUBHFESPQJTTNBMMFS o7 UIBOJOUIFTJMJDPOpnKVODUJPOЋ JTEJPEF
VTFTUIFNFUBMoTFNJDPOEVDUPSDPOUBDUGPSJUTPQFSBUJPO4DIPUULZEJPEFTBSFDIBSBDUFSJ[FECZSFMBUJWFMZ
TNBMMSFWFSTFCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHF SBSFMZFYDFFEJOH7

8.6.7 Super Barrier Diodes


Ћ FNBKPSESBXCBDLPG4DIPUULZEJPEFTJTUIFJSMPXCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHF#ZDPNCJOJOHpnKVODUJPOTXJUI
4DIPUULZDPOUBDU JUJTQPTTJCMFUPNBLFTVQFSCBSSJFSEJPEFTXIFSFWPMUBHFESPQJOGPSXBSEEJSFDUJPO
Js EFUFSNJOFE CZ 4DIPUULZ DPOUBDU  CVU GPS SFWFSTF EJSFDUJPO  TQFDJBMMZ QSPfiMFE pn KVODUJPO <> MPXFS
FMFDUSJDBl fiFME4DIPUULZDPOUBDU SFTVMUJOHJONVDIMBSHFSCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFT
Semiconductor Diode 8-13

log(N) log(N) log(N)

p-type p-type p-type

x x x

(a) n- type (b) n- type (c) n- type

log(N) log(N) log(N)

p-type p-type p-type

x x x

n- type n- type n- type


(d) (e) (f )

FIGURE 8.12 *NQVSJUZQSPfiMFTGPSWBSJPVTEJPEFT B TUFQKVODUJPO  C MJOFBSKVODUJPO  D EJffVTJPOKVODUJPO 


E QJOKVODUJPO  F IZQFSBCSVQUKVODUJPO BOE G pipnKVODUJPO

8.6.8 Step-Recovery Diodes


8IFOpnKVODUJPOJTCJBTFEJOGPSXBSEEFUFDUJPO UIFONJOPSJUZDBSSJFSTBSFJOKFDUFEUPCPUITJEFTPGUIF
KVODUJPO&MFDUSPOTBSFJOKFDUFEJOUPnUZQFSFHJPOBOEFMFDUSPOTBSFJOKFDUFEJOUPpUZQFSFHJPO8IFO "2
EJPEFTXJUDIFTJOSFWFSTFEJSFDUJPOT JOKFDUFENJOPSJUZDBSSJFSTflPXCBDLUISPVHIUIFKVODUJPODSFBU
JOHMBSHFUFNQPSBSZSFWFSTFDVSSFOUЋ JTDVSSFOUEFDBZTXJUIUJNFBTUIFOVNCFSPGNJOPSJUZDBSSJFST
EFDSFBTFT XJUI UJNF Ћ F TUFQSFDPWFSZ EJPEFT IBWF TVDI JNQVSJUZ QSPfiMF UIBU UIF CVJMUJO QPUFOUJBMT
QVTINJOPSJUZDBSSJFSTBXBZGSPNUIFKVODUJPO TPMBSHFSFWFSTFDVSSFOUflPXTPOMZGPSBWFSZTIPSUUJNF
BftFSTXJUDIJOHBOEUIFOUIJTDVSSFOUESPQTWFSZSBQJEMZHFOFSBUJOHWFSZTIBSQDVSSFOUQVMTF8IFO3'
TJHOBMJTBQQMJFEUPUIJTEJPEF NBOZIJHIFSIBSNPOJDGSFRVFODJFTBSFHFOFSBUFEЋ FTFTUFQSFDPWFSZ
EJPEFTBSFVTFEGPSGSFRVFODZNVMUJQMJDBUJPO

8.6.9 Avalanche Diodes


Ћ FEFTUSVDUJWFUIFSNBMCSFBLEPXOJOIJHIQPXFSEJPEFTPDDVSXIFOUIFMFBLBHFDVSSFOU XIJDIJTBO
FYQPOFOUJBMGVODUJPOPGUIFUFNQFSBUVSF TUBSUTUPJODSFBTF-PDBMMZ MBSHFSDVSSFOUDSFBUFTMBSHFMPDBM
IFBU EJTTJQBUJPO  XIJDI MFBET UP GVSUIFS UFNQFSBUVSF JODSFBTF BOE  BT B DPOTFRVFODF  UIF EFTUSVDUJWF
UIFSNBMCSFBLEPXO8IFOUIFCSFBLEPXOJTDPOUSPMMFECZBWBMBODIFNFDIBOJTN UIFCSFBLEPXOWPMU
BHFJODSFBTFTMPDBMMZXJUIUFNQFSBUVSF*OUIFIPUUFSQBSUPGUIFEJPEF UIFCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFJODSFBTFT 
UIFDVSSFOUTUPQTUPflPXJOUIJTSFHJPO BOEUIFSFHJPODPPMTEPXOЋ FSFGPSF IJHIQPXFSBWBMBODIF
EJPEFTDBOTVTUBJOMBSHFSFWFSTFDVSSFOUTXJUIPVUEFTUSVDUJPOЋ FBWBMBODIFNFDIBOJTNJTBMTPVTFEUP
HFOFSBUFUSVMZSBOEPNOPJTFBOE PGDPVSTF UIFTFBSFMPXQPXFSBWBMBODIFEJPEFT
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8.6.10 Varicaps
Ћ FUIJDLOFTTPGUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSJOpnKVODUJPOEFQFOETPOUIFBQQMJFEWPMUBHF BOEUIJTQIFOPNFOPO
DBO CF VTFE BT WPMUBHFDPOUSPMMFE DBQBDJUPS UP UVOF IJHIGSFRVFODZ FMFDUSPOJD DJSDVJUT $BQBDJUBODFo
WPMUBHFSFMBUJPOTIJQEFQFOETPOUIFJNQVSJUZQSPfiMFPGUIFKVODUJPO*OBUZQJDBMKVODUJPOXJUIBOJNQV
SJUZQSPfiMFBTTIPXOJO'JHVSFBPSC DBQBDJUBODFEPFTOPUDIBOHFNVDICVUXJUIUIFIZQFSBCSVQU
KVODUJPO BTTIPXOJO'JHVSFF UIFWBMVFPGDBQBDJUBODFNBZDIBOHFTFWFSBMUJNFT

8.6.11 Solar Batteries


Ћ F TFNJDPOEVDUPS pn KVODUJPO JMMVNJOBUFE CZ MJHIU XJMM HFOFSBUF B WPMUBHF PO JUT UFSNJOBMT 4VDI B
EJPEFJTLOPXOBTBTPMBSCBUUFSZPSQIPUPWPMUBJDDFMMЋ FNBYJNVNWPMUBHFPGBTPMBSDFMMJTMJNJUFECZ
GPSXBSEpnKVODUJPODIBSBDUFSJTUJDT

8.6.12 Photodiodes
*G pn KVODUJPO JT FMJNJOBUFE XJUI MJHIU  UIFO UIF SFWFSTF KVODUJPO DVSSFOU JT QSPQPSUJPOBM UP UIF MJHIU
JOUFOTJUZ BU UIF KVODUJPO Ћ JT QIFOPNFOPO JT VTFE JO QIPUPEJPEFT *G UIF SFWFSTFMZ CJBTFE DPMMFDUPS
KVODUJPOJTJMMVNJOBUFEXJUIMJHIU UIFOUIJTQIPUPDVSSFOUJTBNQMJfiFECFUBUJNFTCZUIFUSBOTJTUPSBOE
BTBSFTVMUQIPUPUSBOTJTUPSJTCFUBUJNFTNPSFTFOTJUJWFUIBOUIFQIPUPEJPEF1IPUPUSBOTJTUPSTBSFTMPXFS
UIBOQIPUPEJPEFT BOEBTBSFTVMUPOMZQIPUPEJPEFTBSFVTFEJOPQUJDBMDPNNVOJDBUJPOT

8.6.13 LEDs
*GBEJPEFJTCJBTFEJOUIFGPSXBSEEJSFDUJPO JUNBZFNJUMJHIU*OPSEFSUPPCUBJOIJHIFNJTTJPOFffiDJFODZ 
UIFMJHIUFNJUUJOHEJPEF -&% TIPVMECFNBEFPVUPGBTFNJDPOEVDUPSNBUFSJBMXJUIBEJSFDUFOFSHZ
CBOETUSVDUVSFЋ JTXBZFMFDUSPOTBOEIPMFTDBOSFDPNCJOFEJSFDUMZCFUXFFOWBMFODFBOEDPOEVDUJPO
CBOET Ћ F TJMJDPO EJPEFT EP OPU FNJU MJHIU CFDBVTF UIF TJMJDPO IBT JOEJSFDU CBOE TUSVDUVSF BOE UIF
QSPCBCJMJUZPGBEJSFDUCBOEUPCBOESFDPNCJOBUJPOJTWFSZTNBMM5ZQJDBMMZ -&%TBSFGBCSJDBUFEVTJOH
WBSJPVTDPNQPTJUJPOTPG(By"M¦y"Tx1¦xЋ FXBWFMFOHUIPGHFOFSBUFEMJHIUJTJOWFSTFMZQSPQPSUJPOBMUP
UIFQPUFOUJBMHBQPGKVODUJPONBUFSJBM

8.6.14 Laser Diodes


8IFOJO-&%TUIFMJHIUJOUFOTJUZJTFOIBODFECZUIFBEEJUJPOPGNJDSPNJSSPST UIFOMBTFSBDUJPONBZ
PDDVS-BTFSEJPEFTIBWFBCFUUFSFffiDJFODZBOEUIFZHFOFSBUFDPIFSFOUMJHIU

8.6.15 Gun Diodes


Ћ FTFBSFPUIFSNJDSPXBWFEJPEFTUIBUHFOFSBUFNJDSPXBWFTJHOBMTЋ FHVOEJPEFVTFTNBUFSJBMMJLF
HBMMJVNBSTFOJEF XIFSFGPSDFSUBJOFMFDUSJDBMfiFMEFMFDUSPOWFMPDJUZEFDSFBTFTXJUIFMFDUSJDBMfiFMEЋ JT
QIFOPNFOPOMFBETUPHSPVQJOHNPWJOHFMFDUSPOTJOQBDLTBOEUPUIFHFOFSBUJPOPGNJDSPXBWFGSFRVFO
DJFTPOJUTUFSNJOBMT

8.6.16 IMPATT Diodes


"OPUIFS JOUFSFTUJOH iEJPEFw TUSVDUVSF IBT UIF JNQVSJUZ QSPfiMF TIPXO JO 'JHVSF G 8IFO SFWFSTF
CJBTJOH FYDFFET UIF CSFBLEPXO WPMUBHF  UIJT FMFNFOU HFOFSBUFT B NJDSPXBWF TJHOBM XJUI B GSFRVFODZ
SFMBUFEUPUIFFMFDUSPOUSBOTJFOUUJNFUISPVHITUSVDUVSF4VDIBEJPEFJTLOPXOBTBO*.1"55 *.1BDU
"WBMBODIF5SBOTJU5JNF EJPEF
Semiconductor Diode 8-15

8.6.17 Peltier Diodes


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USPOTNPWFJOUIFPQQPTJUFEJSFDUJPOPGDVSSFOU UIFNBKPSJUZPGDBSSJFST CPUIFMFDUSPOBOEIPMFT NPWF
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Ћ FSF BSF NBOZ PUIFS UXPUFSNJOBM CVML TFNJDPOEVDUPS EFWJDFT UIBU DBO CF DPOTJEFSFE EJPEFT
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9.1 Ebers–Moll Model


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QUZQFSFHJPO BTTIPXOJO'JHVSFBЋ FESBXJOHJTOPUUPTDBMFЋ FFNJUUFSBOECBTFMBZFSTBSF
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9-1
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N P N
E
C
(a)
C

(b)
E

IEF ICF = αF IEF

E C

(c) IER = αR IER ICR

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XFMMLOPXOEJPEFFRVBUJPO

⎡ ⎛V ⎞ ⎤
I EF = I E0 ⎢exp ⎜ BE ⎟ − 1⎥ 
 ⎣ ⎝ VT ⎠ ⎦ 

XIFSF
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⎡ ⎛V ⎞ ⎤
I CF = I C 0 ⎢exp ⎜ BC ⎟ − 1⎥ 
 ⎣ ⎝ VT ⎠ ⎦

XIFSFI$JTUIF$#KVODUJPOTBUVSBUJPODVSSFOU4JNJMBSMZI&3α3 I3 XIFSFα3JTUIFSFWFSTFDVSSFOU
HBJO6OEFSHFOFSBMCJBTJOHDPOEJUJPOT JUDBOCFQSPWFOUIBUUPfiSTUPSEFS BTVQFSQPTJUJPOPGUIFBCPWF
EFTDSJCFEGPSXBSEBOESFWFSTFNPEFFRVJWBMFOUDJSDVJUTDBOCFVTFEUPEFTDSJCFUIFUSBOTJTUPSPQFSB
UJPO BTTIPXOJO'JHVSFCЋ FGPSXBSEUSBOTJTUPSPQFSBUJPOJTEFTDSJCFECZ&RVBUJPO BOEUIF
Bipolar Junction Transistor 9-3

SFWFSTFUSBOTJTUPSPQFSBUJPOJTEFTDSJCFECZ&RVBUJPO'SPNUIF,JSDIPČTDVSSFOUMBXPOFDBOXSJUF
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⎛ V ⎞ ⎛ V ⎞
I E = a11 ⎜ exp BE − 1 ⎟ − a12 ⎜ exp BC − 1 ⎟
⎝ VT ⎠ ⎝ VT ⎠

⎛ V ⎞ ⎛ V ⎞
I C = a21 ⎜ exp BE − 1 ⎟ − a22 ⎜ exp BC − 1 ⎟
⎝ VT ⎠ ⎝ VT ⎠
 

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a11 = I E0 a12 = α R I C0 a21 = α F I E0 a22 = I C0 


 

Ћ F&CFSTo.PMMDPFffiDJFOUTBSFBWFSZTUSPOHGVODUJPOPGUIFUFNQFSBUVSF

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aij = K xT m exp 
 VT 

XIFSF
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Ћ FSFGPSF GPSUIFJOUFHSBUFECJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSUIF&CFSTo.PMMFRVBUJPOTDBOCFTJNQMJfiFEUPUIFGPSN

⎛ V ⎞
I E = a11 ⎜ exp BE − 1 ⎟
⎝ VT ⎠

⎛ V ⎞
I C = a21 ⎜ exp BE − 1 ⎟
 ⎝ VT ⎠

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9.2 Gummel–Poon Model


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 2VT 
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log (IC)
log (IB)

VBE
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VT

IC IB
VBE
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2VT

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VBE
I C = I s exp 
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∫ 0
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N# x JTUIFEJTUSJCVUJPOPGJNQVSJUJFTJOUIFCBTF

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USBOTJTUPSXJUIUIFVOJGPSNCBTF UIFTBUVSBUJPODVSSFOUJTHJWFOCZ

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Bipolar Junction Transistor 9-5

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 VT 

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⎛ 1 V V ⎞
IE = Is ⎜ exp BE − exp BC ⎟
⎝ αF VT VT ⎠

⎛ V 1 V ⎞
I C = I s ⎜ exp BE − exp BC ⎟
⎝ VT α R VT ⎠
 

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9.3 Current Gains of Bipolar Transistors


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β5JTUIFUSBOTJTUPSDVSSFOUHBJODBVTFECZCBTFUSBOTQPSUFffiDJFODZ
β3JTUIFSFDPNCJOBUJPODPNQPOFOUPGUIFDVSSFOUHBJO

"TPOFDBOTFFGSPN&RVBUJPO TNBMMFSWBMVFTPGβ* β5 BOEβ3EPNJOBUFЋ FCBTFUSBOTQPSUFffiDJFODZ


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9-6 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

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w# ⎛N ⎞
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 V5μ #  + η ⎝ N #$ ⎠

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N#$JTUIFJNQVSJUZEPQJOHMFWFMBUUIFDPMMFDUPSTJEFPGUIFCBTF

Ћ FSFGPSF UIFDVSSFOUHBJOEVFUPUIFUSBOTQPSUFfficJFODZJT


τMJGF ⎛ L# ⎞
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XIFSFL#√V5 μ#τMJGFJTUIFEJČVTJPOMFOHUIPGNJOPSJUZDBSSJFSTJOUIFCBTF
Ћ FDVSSFOUHBJOβ* EVFUPUIFFNJUUFSJOKFDUJPOFffiDJFODZ JTHJWFOCZ

w&

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μ#
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w#
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μ &
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N # x dx


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N# x JTUIFJNQVSJUZEJTUSJCVUJPOJOUIFCBTF
N&FČJTUIFFČFDUJWFJNQVSJUZEJTUSJCVUJPOJOUIFFNJUUFS

Ћ FSFDPNCJOBUJPODPNQPOFOUPGUIFDVSSFOUHBJOβ3JTDBVTFECZUIFEJČFSFOUDVSSFOUoWPMUBHFSFMB
UJPOTIJQPGCBTFBOEDPMMFDUPSDVSSFOUTBTDBOCFTFFOJO'JHVSFЋ FTMPXFSCBTFDVSSFOUJODSFBTFJT
EVFUPUIFSFDPNCJOBUJPOQIFOPNFOPOXJUIJOUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSPGUIFCBTFFNJUUFSKVODUJPO4JODF
UIFDVSSFOUHBJOJTBSBUJPPGUIFDPMMFDUPSDVSSFOUUPUIBUPGUIFCBTFDVSSFOUUIFSFMBUJPOGPSβ3DBOCF
GPVOEBT

βR = K R0 I C1−(1/ ηR ) 
 

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Bipolar Junction Transistor 9-7

log (IC )

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IC

VCE
VA

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β = β0 ⎜ 1 + CE ⎟ 
 ⎝ VA ⎠

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9.4 High Current Phenomena


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BSFTVDIUIBUUIFUPUBMQPTJUJWFBOEOFHBUJWFDIBSHFTBSFFRVBM8IFOBDPMMFDUPSDVSSFOUUIBUDBSSJFTUIF
OFHBUJWFMZDIBSHFEFMFDUSPOTĘPXTUISPVHIUIFKVODUJPO UIFFČFDUJWFOFHBUJWFDIBSHFPOUIFCBTFTJEFPG
KVODUJPOJODSFBTFT"MTP UIFQPTJUJWFMBUUJDFDIBSHFPGUIFDPMMFDUPSTJEFPGUIFKVODUJPOJTDPNQFOTBUFE
CZ UIF OFHBUJWF DIBSHF PG NPWJOH FMFDUSPOT Ћ JT XBZ  UIF DPMMFDUPSoCBTF TQBDF DIBSHF SFHJPO NPWFT
UPXBSEUIFDPMMFDUPS SFTVMUJOHJOBUIJDLFSFČFDUJWFCBTF8JUIBMBSHFDVSSFOUMFWFM UIFUIJDLOFTTPGUIF
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Base Emitter

p n+

IB

n
Collector !

FIGURE 9.5 $VSSFOUDSPXEJOHFČFDU

CBTFNBZCFEPVCMFEPSUSJQMFEćJTQIFOPNFOPO LOPXOBTUIF,JSLFČFDU CFDPNFTWFSZTJHOJĕDBOU


XIFOUIFDIBSHFPGNPWJOHFMFDUSPOTFYDFFETUIFDIBSHFPGUIFMJHIUMZEPQFEDPMMFDUPSN$Ћ FUISFTIPME
DVSSFOUGPSUIF,JSLFČFDUJTHJWFOCZ

I max = qAν sat N C


  

XIFSFνTBUJTUIFTBUVSBUJPOWFMPDJUZGPSFMFDUSPOT νTBUDNTGPSTJMJDPO 
Ћ FDPOEVDUJWJUZNPEVMBUJPOJOUIFCBTF PSIJHIMFWFMJOKFDUJPO TUBSUTXIFOUIFDPODFOUSBUJPOPG
JOKFDUFEFMFDUSPOTJOUPUIFCBTFFYDFFETUIFMPXFTUJNQVSJUZDPODFOUSBUJPOJOUIFCBTFN#NJOЋ JTPDDVST
GPSUIFDPMMFDUPSDVSSFOUINBYHJWFOCZ

qAVTμ B N Bmax (2 + 0.9η)


I max < qAN Bmax ν = 
 wB 

Ћ FBCPWFFRVBUJPOJTEFSJWFEVTJOH  GPSUIFFTUJNBUJPOPGUIFCBTFUSBOTJFOUUJNF


ćFIJHIDVSSFOUQIFOPNFOBBSFTJHOJĕDBOUMZFOMBSHFECZUIFDVSSFOUDSPXEJOHFČFDUćFUZQJDBM
DSPTTTFDUJPOPGUIFCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSJTTIPXOJO'JHVSFЋ FIPSJ[POUBMflPXPGUIFCBTFDVSSFOU
SFTVMUTJOUIFWPMUBHFESPQBDSPTTUIFCBTFSFHJPOVOEFSUIFFNJUUFSćJTTNBMMWPMUBHFEJČFSFODFPOUIF
CBTFoFNJUUFSKVODUJPODBVTFTBTJHOJĕDBOUEJČFSFODFJOUIFDVSSFOUEFOTJUJFTBUUIFKVODUJPOćJTJTEVF
UPUIFWFSZOPOMJOFBSKVODUJPOoDVSSFOUoWPMUBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDT"TBSFTVMU UIFCBTFoFNJUUFSKVODUJPO
IBTWFSZOPOVOJGPSNDVSSFOUEJTUSJCVUJPOBDSPTTUIFKVODUJPO.PTUPGUIFDVSSFOUflPXTUISPVHIUIF
QBSUPGUIFKVODUJPODMPTFTUUPCBTFDPOUBDU'PSUSBOTJTUPSTXJUIMBSHFSFNJUUFSBSFBT UIFDVSSFOUDSPXE
JOHFČFDUJTNPSFTJHOJĕDBOUćJTOPOVOJGPSNUSBOTJTUPSDVSSFOUEJTUSJCVUJPONBLFTUIFIJHIDVSSFOU
QIFOPNFOB TVDIBTUIFCBTFDPOEVDUJWJUZNPEVMBUJPOBOEUIF,JSLFČFDU TUBSUGPSTNBMMFSDVSSFOUT
UIBOHJWFOCZ&RVBUJPOTBOEćFDVSSFOUDSPXEJOHFČFDUJTBMTPSFTQPOTJCMFGPSUIFDIBOHF
PGUIFFČFDUJWFCBTFSFTJTUBODFXJUIBDVSSFOU"TBCBTFDVSSFOUJODSFBTFT UIFMBSHFSQBSUPGUIFFNJUUFS
DVSSFOUĘPXTDMPTFSUPUIFCBTFDPOUBDU BOEUIFFČFDUJWFCBTFSFTJTUBODFEFDSFBTFT

9.5 Small Signal Model


4NBMMTJHOBMUSBOTJTUPSNPEFMTBSFFTTFOUJBMGPSUIFEFTJHOPGBO"$DJSDVJUЋ FTNBMMTJHOBMFRVJWB
MFOUDJSDVJUPGUIFCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSJTTIPXOJO'JHVSFBЋ FMVNQFEDJSDVJUTIPXOJO'JHVSFB
JTPOMZBOBQQSPYJNBUJPO*OSFBMUSBOTJTUPST SFTJTUBODFTBOEDBQBDJUBODFTIBWFBEJTUSJCVUFEDIBS
BDUFS'PSNPTUEFTJHOUBTLT UIJTMVNQFENPEFMJTBEFRVBUF PSFWFOUIFTJNQMFFRVJWBMFOUUSBOTJTUPS
NPEFMTIPXOJO'JHVSFCDBOCFDPOTJEFSFEЋ FTNBMMTJHOBMSFTJTUBODFT rπBOErP BSFJOWFSTFMZ
QSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIFUSBOTJTUPSDVSSFOUT BOEUIFUSBOTDPOEVDUBODFgNJTEJSFDUMZQSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIF
USBOTJTUPSDVSSFOUT
Bipolar Junction Transistor 9-9

(1 – XCJC) CBC RC
C
CCS
RB XCJCCBC B CBC

B + S +
rπ v1 gmv1 ro rπ v1 gmv1 ro
– CBE – CBE

RE E

(a) E (b)

FIGURE 9.6 #JQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSFRVJWBMFOUEJBHSBNT B 41*$&NPEFM  C TJNQMJfiFENPEFM

ηFVT ηFVTβF V I
rπ = = ; r0 = A ; g m = C 
 IB IC IC ηFVT 

XIFSF
η'JTUIFGPSXBSEFNJTTJPODPFffiDJFOU SBOHJOHGPSNUP
V5JTUIFUIFSNBMQPUFOUJBM V5N7BUSPPNUFNQFSBUVSF

4JNJMBSFRVBUJPOTUP  DBOCFXSJUUFOGPSUIFSFWFSTFUSBOTJTUPSPQFSBUJPOBTXFMM


Ћ F TFSJFT CBTF  FNJUUFS  BOE DPMMFDUPS SFTJTUBODFT R#  R &  BOE R$ BSF VTVBMMZ OFHMFDUFE GPS TJNQMF
BOBMZTJT 'JHVSFC )PXFWFS GPSIJHIGSFRVFODZBOBMZTJTJUJTFTTFOUJBMUPVTFBUMFBTUUIFCBTFTFSJFT
SFTJTUBODFR #Ћ FTFSJFTFNJUUFSSFTJTUBODFR &VTVBMMZIBTBDPOTUBOUBOECJBTJOEFQFOEFOUWBMVFЋ F
DPMMFDUPSSFTJTUBODFR$NBZTJHOJfiDBOUMZWBSZXJUIUIFCJBTJOHDVSSFOUЋ FWBMVFPGUIFTFSJFTDPMMFD
UPSSFTJTUBODFNBZMPXFSCZPOFPSUXPPSEFSTPGNBHOJUVEFJGUIFDPMMFDUPSKVODUJPOCFDPNFTGPSXBSE
CJBTFE " MBSHF TFSJFT DPMMFDUPS SFTJTUBODF NBZ GPSDF UIF USBOTJTUPS JOUP UIF TBUVSBUJPO NPEF 6TVBMMZ
IPXFWFS XIFOUIFDPMMFDUPSoFNJUUFSWPMUBHFJTMBSHFFOPVHI UIFFČFDUPGUIFDPMMFDUPSSFTJTUBODFJTOPU
TJHOJfiDBOUЋ F41*$&NPEFMBTTVNFTBDPOTUBOUWBMVFGPSUIFDPMMFDUPSSFTJTUBODFR$
Ћ FTFSJFTCBTFSFTJTUBODFR#NBZTJHOJfiDBOUMZMJNJUUIFUSBOTJTUPSQFSGPSNBODFBUIJHIGSFRVFODJFT
%VFUPUIFDVSSFOUDSPXEJOHFČFDUBOEUIFCBTFDPOEVDUJWJUZNPEVMBUJPO UIFTFSJFTCBTFSFTJTUBODFJTB
GVODUJPOPGUIFDPMMFDUPSDVSSFOUI$<>

RB0 − RBmin
RB = RBmin + 
 0.5 + 0.25 + (iC / I KF ) 

XIFSF
I,'JTβ'IJHIDVSSFOUSPMMPČDVSSFOU
R#JTUIFCBTFSFTJTUBODFBUWFSZTNBMMDVSSFOUT
R #NJOJTUIFNJOJNVNCBTFSFTJTUBODFBUIJHIDVSSFOUT

"OPUIFSQPTTJCMFBQQSPYJNBUJPOPGUIFCBTFTFSJFTSFTJTUBODFR# BTUIFGVODUJPOPGUIFCBTFDVSSFOUI# JT<>

tan z − z 1 + (1.44 I B / π 2 I RB ) − 1
 RB = 3 ( RB0 − RBmin ) + RBmin z=  
z tan2 z (24/π 2 ) (I B /I RB )

XIFSFI3#JTUIFCBTFDVSSFOUGPSXIJDIUIFCBTFSFTJTUBODFGBMMTIBMGXBZUPJUTNJOJNVNWBMVF
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Ћ FCBTFoFNJUUFSDBQBDJUBODFC#&JTDPNQPTFEPGUXPUFSNTUIFEJČVTJPODBQBDJUBODF XIJDIJTQSP
QPSUJPOBMUPUIFDPMMFDUPSDVSSFOU BOEUIFEFQMFUJPODBQBDJUBODF XIJDIJTBGVODUJPOPGUIFCBTFoFNJUUFS
WPMUBHFV#&Ћ FC#&DBQBDJUBODFJTHJWFOCZ

− m JE
IC ⎛ v ⎞
 CBE = τ F + CJE0 ⎜ 1 − BE ⎟  
ηFVT ⎝ VJE 0 ⎠

XIFSF
V+&JTUIFCBTFoFNJUUFSKVODUJPOQPUFOUJBM
τ'JTUIFCBTFUSBOTJUUJNFGPSUIFGPSXBSEEJSFDUJPO
C+&JTCBTFoFNJUUFS[FSPCJBTKVODUJPODBQBDJUBODF
m+&JTUIFCBTFoFNJUUFSHSBEJOHDPFffiDJFOU

Ћ FCBTFoDPMMFDUPSDBQBDJUBODFC#$JTHJWFOCZBTJNJMBSFYQSFTTJPOBT&RVBUJPO*OUIFDBTFXIFO
UIFUSBOTJTUPSPQFSBUFTJOUIFGPSXBSEBDUJWFNPEF JUDBOCFTJNQMJfiFEUP

− m JC
⎛ v ⎞
 CBC = CJC 0 ⎜ 1 − BC ⎟  
⎝ VJC0 ⎠
XIFSF
V+$JTUIFCBTFoDPMMFDUPSKVODUJPOQPUFOUJBM
C+$JTUIFCBTFoDPMMFDUPS[FSPCJBTKVODUJPODBQBDJUBODF
m+$JTUIFCBTFoDPMMFDUPSHSBEJOHDPFffiDJFOU

*OUIFDBTFXIFOUIFCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSJTJOUIFJOUFHSBUFEGPSN UIFDPMMFDUPSoTVCTUSBUFDBQBDJUBODF
C$4IBTUPCFDPOTJEFSFE

− m JS
⎛ v ⎞
 CCS = CJS0 ⎜ 1 − CS ⎟  
⎝ V ⎠ JS0

XIFSF
V+4JTUIFDPMMFDUPSoTVCTUSBUFKVODUJPOQPUFOUJBM
C+4UIFDPMMFDUPSoTVCTUSBUF[FSPCJBTKVODUJPODBQBDJUBODF
m+4JTUIFDPMMFDUPSoTVCTUSBUFHSBEJOHDPFffiDJFOU

8IFOUIFUSBOTJTUPSFOUFSTTBUVSBUJPO PSJUPQFSBUFTJOUIFSFWFSTFBDUJWFNPEF &RVBUJPOTBOE


TIPVMECFNPEJfiFEUP

I S exp (v BE / ηFVT )
− m JE
⎛ v ⎞
CBE = τF + CJE0 ⎜ 1 − BE ⎟ 
 ηFVT ⎝ VJE0 ⎠ 

I S exp (vBC / ηRVT )


− m JC
⎛ v ⎞
CBC = τR + CJC0 ⎜ 1 − BC ⎟ 
ηRVT ⎝ VJC0 ⎠
 

9.6 Technologies
Ћ FCJQPMBSUFDIOPMPHZXBTVTFEUPGBCSJDBUFUIFfiSTUJOUFHSBUFEDJSDVJUTNPSFUIBOZFBSTBHP"TJNJMBS
TUBOEBSECJQPMBSQSPDFTTJTTUJMMVTFE*OSFDFOUZFBST GPSIJHIQFSGPSNBODFDJSDVJUTBOEGPS#J$.04UFDI
OPMPHZ UIFTUBOEBSECJQPMBSQSPDFTTXBTNPEJfiFECZVTJOHUIFUIJDLTFMFDUJWFTJMJDPOPYJEBUJPOJOTUFBEPG
Bipolar Junction Transistor 9-11

UIFQUZQFJTPMBUJPOEJČVTJPO"MTP UIFEJČVTJPOQSPDFTTXBTTVCTUJUVUFECZUIFJPOJNQMBOUBUJPOQSPDFTT 
MPXUFNQFSBUVSFFQJUBYZ BOE$7%

9.6.1 Integrated NPN Bipolar Transistor


Ћ FTUSVDUVSFPGUIFUZQJDBMJOUFHSBUFECJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSJTTIPXOJO'JHVSFЋ FUZQJDBMJNQVSJUZ
QSPfiMFPGUIFCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSJTTIPXOJO'JHVSFЋ FFNJUUFSEPQJOHMFWFMJTNVDIIJHIFSUIBO
UIFCBTFEPQJOH TPMBSHFDVSSFOUHBJOTBSFQPTTJCMF TFF&RVBUJPO Ћ FCBTFJTOBSSPXBOEJUIBT
BOJNQVSJUZHSBEJFOU TPUIFDBSSJFSUSBOTJUUJNFUISPVHIUIFCBTFJTTIPSU TFF&RVBUJPO $PMMFDUPS
DPODFOUSBUJPOOFBSUIFCBTFDPMMFDUPSKVODUJPOJTMPX UIFSFGPSF UIFUSBOTJTUPSIBTBMBSHFCSFBLEPXO
WPMUBHF  MBSHF &BSMZ WPMUBHF V"'  BOE DPMMFDUPSoCBTF EFQMFUJPO DBQBDJUBODF JT MPX )JHI JNQVSJUZ DPO
DFOUSBUJPOJOUIFCVSJFEMBZFSMFBETUPBTNBMMDPMMFDUPSTFSJFTSFTJTUBODFЋ FFNJUUFSTUSJQTIBWFUPCF
BTOBSSPXBTUFDIOPMPHZBMMPXT SFEVDJOHUIFCBTFTFSJFTSFTJTUBODFBOEUIFDVSSFOUDSPXEJOHFČFDU*G
MBSHFFNJUUFSBSFBJTSFRVJSFE NBOZOBSSPXFNJUUFSTUSJQTJOUFSMBDFEXJUICBTFDPOUBDUTIBWFUPCFVTFE
JOBTJOHMFUSBOTJTUPS4QFDJBMBUUFOUJPOIBTUPCFUBLFOEVSJOHUIFDJSDVJUEFTJHO TPUIFCBTFoDPMMFDUPS
KVODUJPOJTOPUGPSXBSECJBTFE*GUIFCBTFoDPMMFDUPSKVODUJPOJTGPSXBSECJBTFE UIFOUIFQBSBTJUJD1/1
USBOTJTUPSTBDUJWBUFЋ JTMFBETUPBOVOEFTJSFEDJSDVJUPQFSBUJPOЋ VT UIFJOUFHSBUFECJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPST
NVTUOPUPQFSBUFJOSFWFSTFPSJOTBUVSBUJPONPEFT

5 μm

B E C

p n+ n+
p+ p+
5 μm
n-Epi

n+-Buried layer

p– Substrate

FIGURE 9.7 /1/CJQPMBSTUSVDUVSF

1020 Emitter
n+
1019
n+
Base

1018 Buried
N

Epi
1017

p
1016
n

1 2 3 4
μm

FIGURE 9.8 $SPTTTFDUJPOPGBUZQJDBMCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPS


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B C E C B
n+ p p p n+
p+ p+

n-Epi

n+-Buried layer

(a) p–-Substrate

E B
p n+
p+ p+

n-Epi

(b) p–-Substrate
C

FIGURE 9.9 *OUFHSBUFE1/1USBOTJTUPST B MBUFSBM1/1USBOTJTUPS  C TVCTUSBUF1/1USBOTJTUPS

E
E
E
E B B
β1 ~
= β1β2
B
B
β2

C
C C

(a) (b) (c)

FIGURE 9.10 *OUFHSBUFE1/1USBOTJTUPST B MBUFSBMUSBOTJTUPS  C TVCTUSBUFUSBOTJTUPS  D DPNQPTFEUSBOTJTUPS

9.6.2 Lateral and Vertical PNP Transistors


Ћ FTUBOEBSECJQPMBSUFDIOPMPHZJTPSJFOUFEGPSUIFGBCSJDBUJPOPGUIF/1/USBOTJTUPSTXJUIUIFTUSVDUVSF
TIPXOJO'JHVSF6TJOHUIFTBNFQSPDFTT PUIFSDJSDVJUFMFNFOUT TVDIBTSFTJTUPSTBOE1/1USBOTJTUPST 
DBOCFGBCSJDBUFEBTXFMM
Ћ FMBUFSBMUSBOTJTUPS TIPXOJO'JHVSFB VTFTUIFCBTFQUZQFMBZFSGPSCPUIUIFFNJUUFSBOEDPMMFDUPSGBC
SJDBUJPOTЋ FWFSUJDBMUSBOTJTUPS TIPXOJO'JHVSFC VTFTUIFQUZQFCBTFMBZFSGPSUIFFNJUUFS BOEUIFQUZQF
TVCTUSBUFBTUIFDPMMFDUPSЋ JTUSBOTJTUPSJTTPNFUJNFTLOPXOBTUIFTVCTUSBUFUSBOTJTUPS*OCPUIUSBOTJTUPST UIF
CBTFJTNBEFPGUIFOUZQFFQJUBYJBMMBZFS4VDIUSBOTJTUPSTXJUIBVOJGPSNBOEUIJDLCBTFBSFTMPX"MTP UIFDVS
SFOUHBJOβPGTVDIUSBOTJTUPSTJTTNBMM/PUF UIBUUIFWFSUJDBMUSBOTJTUPSIBTUIFDPMMFDUPSTIPSUFEUPUIFTVCTUSBUF
BT'JHVSFCJMMVTUSBUFT8IFOB1/1USBOTJTUPSXJUIBMBSHFDVSSFOUHBJOJTSFRVJSFE UIFOUIFDPODFQUPGUIF
DPNQPTJUFUSBOTJTUPSDBOCFJNQMFNFOUFE4VDIBDPNQPTJUFUSBOTJTUPS LOPXOBMTPBTUIFTVQFSCFUBUSBOTJTUPS 
DPOTJTUTPGB1/1MBUFSBMUSBOTJTUPS BOEUIFTUBOEBSE/1/USBOTJTUPSJTDPOOFDUFE BTTIPXOJO'JHVSFD
Ћ FDPNQPTFEUSBOTJTUPSBDUTBTUIF1/1USBOTJTUPSBOEJUIBTBDVSSFOUHBJOβBQQSPYJNBUFMZFRVBMUPβQOQβOQO

9.7 Model Parameters


*UJTFTTFOUJBMUPVTFQSPQFSUSBOTJTUPSNPEFMTJOUIFDPNQVUFSBJEFEEFTJHOUPPMTЋ FBDDVSBDZPGTJNV
MBUJPO SFTVMUT EFQFOET PO UIF NPEFMT BDDVSBDZ  BOE PO UIF WBMVFT PG UIF NPEFM QBSBNFUFST VTFE *O
UIJTTVCDIBQUFS UIFUIFSNBMBOETFDPOEPSEFSFČFDUTJOUIFUSBOTJTUPSNPEFMBSFEJTDVTTFEćF41*$&
CJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSNPEFMQBSBNFUFSTBSFBMTPEJTDVTTFE
Bipolar Junction Transistor 9-13

9.7.1 Thermal Sensitivity


"MMQBSBNFUFSTPGUIFUSBOTJTUPSNPEFMBSFUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFOEFOU4PNFQBSBNFUFSTBSFWFSZTUSPOH
GVODUJPOTPGUFNQFSBUVSF5PTJNQMJGZUIFNPEFMEFTDSJQUJPO UIFUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFOEFODFPGTPNF
QBSBNFUFSTJTPGUFOOFHMFDUFE*OUIJTDIBQUFS UIFUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFOEFODFPGUIFUSBOTJTUPSNPEFM
JTEFTDSJCFECBTFEPOUIFNPEFMPGUIF41*$&QSPHSBN<o>%FWJBUJPOTGSPNUIFBDUVBMUFNQFSB
UVSFEFQFOEFODFXJMMBMTPCFEJTDVTTFE5IFUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFOEFODFPGUIFKVODUJPODBQBDJUBODF
JTHJWFOCZ

⎧⎪ ⎡ ⎛ V (T ) ⎞ ⎤ ⎫⎪
CJ (T ) = CJ ⎨1 + mJ ⎢ 4.0 × 10 −4 (T − TNOM ) + ⎜ 1 − J ⎟⎥ ⎬ 
 ⎩⎪ ⎢⎣ ⎝ VJ ⎠ ⎥⎦ ⎭⎪ 

XIFSF T/0. JT UIF OPNJOBM UFNQFSBUVSF  XIJDI JT TQFDJfiFE JO UIF 41*$& QSPHSBN JO UIF 015*0/4
TUBUFNFOUЋ FKVODUJPOQPUFOUJBMV+ T JTBGVODUJPOPGUFNQFSBUVSF

T ⎛ T ⎞ T
VJ (T ) = VJ − 3VT ln ⎜ ⎟ − EG (T ) + EG T 
 TNOM ⎝ TNOM ⎠ NOM


Ћ FWBMVFPG JOUIFNVMUJQMJDBUJPODPFffiDJFOUPGBCPWFFRVBUJPOJTGSPNUIFUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFOEFODF
PGUIFFČFDUJWFTUBUFEFOTJUJFTJOUIFWBMFODFBOEDPOEVDUJPOCBOETćFUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFOEFODFPGUIF
FOFSHZHBQJTDPNQVUFEJOUIF41*$&QSPHSBNGSPN

7.02 × 10−4 T 2
EG (T ) = EG − 
 T + 1108 

Ћ FUSBOTJTUPSTBUVSBUJPODVSSFOUBTBGVODUJPOPGUFNQFSBUVSFJTDBMDVMBUFEBT

⎡ E (T − TNOM ) ⎤
XTI
⎛ T ⎞
I s (T ) = I s ⎜ ⎟ exp ⎢ G ⎥ 
 ⎝ TNOM ⎠ ⎣ VTTNOM ⎦

XIFSFE(JTUIFFOFSHZHBQBUUIFOPNJOBMUFNQFSBUVSFЋ FKVODUJPOMFBLBHFDVSSFOUTI4&BOEI4$BSF
DBMDVMBUFEVTJOH

XTI − XTB
⎛ T ⎞ ⎡ E (T − TNOM ) ⎤
I SE (T ) = I SE ⎜ ⎟ exp ⎢ G ⎥ 
 ⎝ TNOM ⎠ ⎣ ηEVTTNOM ⎦

BOE

XTI − XTB
⎛ T ⎞ ⎡ E (T − TNOM ) ⎤
I SC (T ) = I SC ⎜ ⎟ exp ⎢ G ⎥ 
 ⎝ TNOM ⎠ ⎣ ηCVTTNOM ⎦ 

Ћ FUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFOEFODFPGUIFUSBOTJTUPSDVSSFOUHBJOTβ'BOEβ3BSFNPEFMFEJOUIF41*$&BT

XTB XTB
⎛ T ⎞ ⎛ T ⎞
 βF (T ) = βF ⎜ βR (T ) = βR ⎜  
⎝ TNOM ⎟⎠ ⎝ TNOM ⎟⎠
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Ћ F41*$&NPEFMEPFTOPUHJWFBDDVSBUFSFTVMUTGPSUIFUFNQFSBUVSFSFMBUJPOTIJQPGUIFDVSSFOUHBJOβ
BUIJHIDVSSFOUT'PSIJHIDVSSFOUMFWFMTUIFDVSSFOUHBJOEFDSFBTFTTIBSQMZXJUIUIFUFNQFSBUVSF BTDBO
CFTFFOGSPN'JHVSF"MTP UIFLOFFDVSSFOUQBSBNFUFST*,' *,3 *,#BSFUFNQFSBUVSFEFQFOEFOU 
BOEUIJTJTOPUJNQMFNFOUFEJOUIF41*$&QSPHSBN

9.7.2 Second Order Effects


Ћ FDVSSFOUHBJOβJTTPNFUJNFTNPEFMFEJOEJSFDUMZCZVTJOHEJČFSFOUFRVBUJPOTGPSUIFDPMMFDUPSBOE
CBTFDVSSFOUT< >

I s (T ) ⎛ V V ⎞ I (T ) ⎛ V ⎞ ⎛ V ⎞
IC = ⎜ exp BE − exp BC ⎟ − s ⎜ exp BC − 1⎟ − I SC (T ) ⎜ exp BC − 1⎟ 
Qb ⎝ ηFVT ηRVT ⎠ βR (T ) ⎝ ηRVT ⎠ ⎝ ηCVT ⎠
 

XIFSF

1 + 1 + 4Q X
Qb = 
2 (1 − (VBC / VAF ) − (VBE /VAR ) )
 
BOE

I s (T ) ⎛ V ⎞ I (T ) ⎛ V ⎞
QX = ⎜ exp BE − 1⎟ + s ⎜ exp BC − 1⎟ 
I KF ⎝ ηFVT ⎠ I KR ⎝ ηRVT ⎠
 

Is ⎛ VBE ⎞ ⎛ VBE ⎞ Is ⎛ VBC ⎞ ⎛ VBC ⎞


IB = ⎜⎝ exp η V − 1⎟⎠ + I SE ⎜⎝ exp η V − 1⎟⎠ + β ⎜⎝ exp η V − 1⎟⎠ + I SC ⎜⎝ exp η V − 1⎟⎠ 
βF F T E T R R T C T
 

XIFSF
I4&JTUIFCBTFoFNJUUFSKVODUJPOMFBLBHFDVSSFOU
I4$JTUIFCBTFoDPMMFDUPSKVODUJPOMFBLBHFDVSSFOU
η&JTUIFCBTFoFNJUUFSKVODUJPOMFBLBHFFNJTTJPODPFffiDJFOU
η$JTUIFCBTFoDPMMFDUPSKVODUJPOMFBLBHFFNJTTJPODPFffiDJFOU

Ћ FGPSXBSEUSBOTJUUJNFτ'JTBGVODUJPOPGCJBTJOHDPOEJUJPOT*OUIF41*$&QSPHSBNUIFτ'QBSBNFUFS
JTDPNQVUFECZVTJOH

⎡ ⎛ I CC ⎞ VBC ⎤ ⎛ VBE ⎞
τ F = τ F0 ⎢1 + X TF ⎜ ⎟ exp ⎥ I CC = I S ⎜ exp − 1⎟ 
⎣ ⎝ I CC + I TF ⎠ 1.44VTF ⎦ ⎝ ηFVT ⎠
 

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10.0
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BCMFGPSIJHIGSFRVFODZPQFSBUJPOT#FDBVTFDVSSFOUflPXJO.04USBOTJTUPSTJTWFSZDMPTFUPUIFTJMJDPO
TVSGBDFXIFSFTVSGBDFTUBUFTDBOflVDUVBUFXJUIUJNF .04EFWJDFTIBWFBSFMBUJWFMZIJHIFSOPJTFMFWFM 
FTQFDJBMMZBUMPXGSFRVFODJFT

10.2 MOS Transistor


Ћ F .04 USBOTJTUPS DBO CF DPOTJEFSFE B DBQBDJUPS JO XIJDI UIF BQQMJFE WPMUBHF UP UIF HBUF ( XPVME
BUUSBDUDBSSJFST FMFDUJPOTJO/.04BOEIPMFTJO1.04 GSPNUIFTFNJDPOEVDUPSTVCTUSBUFЋ JTMBZFS
PGBDDVNVMBUFEDBSSJFSTOFBSUIFTVSGBDFDPOEVDUTDVSSFOUCFUXFFOTPVSDFBOEESBJO<5>*GUIFWPMU
BHFPOUIFHBUFJTJODSFBTFE UIFONPSFDBSSJFT FMFDUSPOTPSIPMFT XJMMCFBDDVNVMBUFEOFBSUIFTVSGBDF 
DBVTJOHBMBSHFSDVSSFOUUPflPX BTJOEJDBUFEJO'JHVSF*OPSEFSUPCFUUFSVOEFSTUBOEUIFQSPDFTTPG
DBSSJFSBDDVNVMBUJPOVOEFSUIFHBUF UIF.04TUSVDUVSFNVTUCFBOBMZ[FEJOEFUBJM

10-1
10-2 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

+
G

S D

FIGURE 10.1 Ћ FQSJODJQMFPGPQFSBUJPOGPSB/.04USBOTJTUPS XIFSFFMFDUSPOTBSFBDDVNVMBUFECZUIFQPTJUJWF


HBUFWPMUBHF

10.2.1 MOS Structure and Threshold Voltage


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UIF'FSNJMFWFMIBTBEJffFSFOUMPDBUJPOJOFWFSZNBUFSJBM*ONFUBMT UIFSFJTOPGPSCJEEFOFOFSHZHBQ
BOd UIF'FSNJMFWFMEFmJTPOUIFFEHFPGUIFDPOEVDUJPOCBOE"MCFSU&JOTUFJOSFDFJWFEIJT/PCFM1SJ[F
GPSUIFQIPUPFMFDUSJDFffFDU JOXIJDIIFXBTBCMFUPNFBTVSFUIFFOFSHZSFRVJSFEUPGSFFBOFMFDUSPOGSPN
NFUBMUPUIFWBDVVNЋ JTFOFSHZJTOPXLOPXOBTUIFXPSLGVODUJPOϕm8PSLGVODUJPOTGPSWBSJPVT
NBUFSJBMTBSFTIPXOJO5BCMF
*UJTJNQPSUBOUUPOPUFUIBUUIF'FSNJMFWFMTJOTFNJDPOEVDUPSTNBZEFQFOEPOUIFEPQJOHMFWFMN
BOEPOUIFUZQFPGJNQVSJUJFTQSFTFOU*OUIFOUZQFNBUFSJBM UIF'FSNJMFWFMEFsJTBCPWFUIFDFOUFSPG
UIFFOFSHZHBQEiBOEJOUIFQUZQFNBUFSJBM UIF'FSNJMFWFMEFsJTCFMPXEi BTTIPXOJO'JHVSF
Ћ FXPSLGVODUJPOϕsGPSJOUSJOTJD JF VOEPQFE TJMJDPOJTF7 BTMJTUFEJO5BCMF BOEUIFFOFSHZ
OFFEFEUPGSFFBOFMFDUSPOGSPNUIFQUZQFTJMJDPOJT

⎛N ⎞
φ s =  + φ F XIFSF φ F = VT MO ⎜ A ⎟ 
⎝ ni ⎠
 

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SPPNUFNQFSBUVSFJOTJMJDPOniDN¦4JNJMBSMZ JOUIFOUZQFTJMJDPO

⎛N ⎞
φ s =  − φ F XIFSF φF = VT MO ⎜ D ⎟ 
⎝ ni ⎠
 

Evac Evac

qφm
qφs
EFm
EC

Ei
qφF
EFs
EV
Metal

Oxide

Silicon
p-type

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Field Effect Transistors 10-3

TABLE 10.1 8PSL'VODUJPOTϕmGPS7BSJPVT.BUFSJBMT


4J Q 4J O 4J "M .P "V $V
ϕm F7       

BOE ND JT UIF EPOPS EPQJOH MFWFM 8IFO QPTJUJWF WPMUBHF VG JT BQQMJFE UP UIF HBUF  UIF NFUBMT CBOE
TUSVDUVSFXJMMNPWFEPXOCZqVG BTTIPXOJO'JHVSF BOEUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSJOUIFTJMJDPOXJMMCF
GPSNFE
'JHVSFTIPXTUIFDBTFXJUIUIFHBUF NFUBM CJBTJOHFYBDUMZBUUIFUISFTIPMEBTUIFBDDVNVMBUJPO
MBZFSPGDBSSJFSTBUUIFTJMJDPOTVSGBDFJTKVTUCFJOHGPSNFEЋ JTQBSUJDVMBSTUBUF DBMMFETUSPOHJOWFSTJPO 
JTPOFJOXIJDIUIFTJMJDPOTVSGBDFJTOPXBOUZQFMFWFMXJUIUIFTBNFFMFDUSPODPODFOUSBUJPOBTUIFIPMF
DPODFOUSBUJPOJOUIFCVMLQUZQFTJMJDPO*UBMTPNFBOTUIFWPMUBHFESPQPOUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSJT

Vd = φ F 
 

,OPXJOHUIFWPMUBHFESPQVd UIFUIJDLOFTTwPGUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSDBOCFGPVOEGSPN

ε o ε SiVd εε φ
w= 2 = 4 o Si F 
qN qN
 

XIFSF

ε Si = 11.8 ε o = 8.85 ⋅ 10 −14 F/cm 


 

BOENJTUIFJNQVSJUZDPODFOUSBUJPOJOUIFTJMJDPOTVCTUSBUFЋF DIBSHFPGJPOJ[FEJNQVSJUJFTJOUIF
EFQMFUJPOMBZFSJT

Qd = qNw = 4ε Si ε oφ F qN = 6.68 . 10 −31φ F N 


 

qφs
qVG

qφs
E∞
do x

qφF qφF
qφF
Oxide

qφm
w
Silicon
p-type
depletion

EFm
Silicon

layer
Metal

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TABLE 10.2 4VSGBDF$IBSHFTJO4JMJDPOGPS7BSJPVT$SZTUBM0SJFOUBUJPOT


$SZTUBM0SJFOUBUJPO 〈〉 〈〉 〈〉
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4VSGBDFDIBSHFQss $ r¦ r¦ r¦

0OUPQPGUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSDIBSHF UIFSFFYJTUTBTJMJDPOTVSGBDFDIBSHFQssUIBUEFQFOETPOUIFTJMJDPO
DSZTUBMPSJFOUBUJPOBTJOEJDBUFEJO5BCMF
4JODFUIF.04TUSVDUVSFDBOCFDPOTJEFSFEBTBDBQBDJUPS LOPXMFEHFPGUIFDIBSHFJOTJMJDPOQd Qss
ZJFMETUIFDPSSFTQPOEJOHWPMUBHF

Qd + Qss
V= 
 Cox 

Ћ F.04TUSVDUVSFVOJUDBQBDJUBODFJT

ε ox ε o = 3.45 .10 - > (F/cm2 )


−9
C ox = 
 dox dox (μm) 

XIFSFdoxJTUIFUIJDLOFTTPGUIFPYJEFBOEεox*OBEEJUJPOUPUIFFMFDUSJDBMDIBSHFT UIFWPMUBHFESPQ
POUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSVdϕFBOEUIFEJffFSFODFJOUIFXPSLGVODUJPOTTIPVMEBMTPCFDPOTJEFSFEJO
EFUFSNJOJOHUIFUISFTIPMEWPMUBHF

φms = φm − φ s = φm − (3.8 + sφ F ) = φm − 3.8 − s φ F 


 

XIFSFUIFTZNCPMsJOEJDBUFTUIFTJHO XIJDIJT

⎛ 1 for n channel (p-type impurities)⎞


s=⎜ ⎟ 
⎝ −1 for p channel (n-type impurities)⎠
 

*ODPODMVTJPO UIFUISFTIPMEWPMUBHFGPSB.04TUSVDUVSFJTHJWFOCZ

sQ d − Q ss + sq F imp
V th = + sφ F + φms 
 C ox 

/PUFUIBUUIFFffFDUJWFDIBSHFDBOCFDPOUSPMMFECZJPOJNQMBOUBUJPOVTJOHFimpEPTF DN¦ XIJDIDBOCF


NBEFGSPNQUZQFPSOUZQFJNQVSJUJFT BOEBTBSFTVMU UIFUISFTIPMEWPMUBHFDBOCFQSPQFSMZBEKVTUFE

Example 10.1

Calculate the threshold voltage Vth for a MOS transistor with a p+ polysilicon gate and a p-type substrate
with NA = 1016 cm−3. Assume a <100> crystal orientation and a dox = 0.1 μm. Find the implantation dose
required for adjusting the threshold voltage to Vth = +2 V. Specify if boron or phosphor should be used
for implantation. The calculations required for this example are

N 1016
φF = V T ln = 0.0258 ln = 0.347 2φF = 0.694
 ni 1.51010 
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⎛ 1 for n channel (p - type substrate)⎞


s=⎜ = +1
⎝ −1 for p channel (n - type substrate)⎟⎠

φms = φm − φ s φ s = 3.8 + sφF

φms = 4.5 − (3.8 + sφF ) = 4.5 − (3.8 + 0.347) = 0.353

 

−31 −31 −8
Q d = qNw = 4ε Si ε o φF qN = 6.68 ⋅10 φF N = 6.68 ⋅10 ⋅ 0.347 ⋅10 = 4.8145 ⋅10 
16


<100 > −9
 Q SS ⎯⎯⎯
→ 3.3 ⋅10 

−9
ε ox ε o 3.45 ⋅10 3.45 ⋅10 −9
C ox = = = 3.45 ⋅10 −8 (F/cm2 )
 d ox d ox ( μ m) 0 .1 

Qd Q 4.8145 − 0.32
V th = s + s2φF + φms − ss = + 0.694 + 0.353 = 2.35
 Cox Cox 3.45 

Since the requirement specifies a Vth = 2 V, this value must be lowered by 0.35 V:

qF imp ΔVthCox 0.35 ⋅ 3.45 ⋅10 −8


ΔVth = Fimp = = = 7.54 ⋅1010 atm /cm2
 Cox q 1.6 ⋅10 −19 

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TBNFQPUFOUJBMBTUIFTPVSDFGPSUIF.04USBOTJTUPS*GUIFTVCTUSBUFJTCJBTFEXJUIBOBEEJUJPOBMWPMUBHF
VSB UIFOEVFUPUIFTVCTUSBUFCJBTJOH UIFUISFTIPMEWPMUBHFXJMMDIBOHFCZ


ΔVth =
2ε Si ε oqN
Cox ( φ F + VSB − φ F = γ ) ( φ F + VSB − φ F ) 

10.2.2 MOS Transistor Current Characteristics


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BTUSPOHGVODUJPOPGUIFESBJOWPMUBHF BTTIPXOJO'JHVSF'PSMBSHFWBMVFTPGVDSLOPXOBTUIF
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DVSSFOUoWPMUBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTBSFPftFOBQQSPYJNBUFECZUIFGPSNVMB

⎧⎪K ⎡( Δ )V DS − 0.5VDS
2
⎤ (1 + λVDS ) for VDS ≤ Δ
ID = ⎨ ⎣ ⎦ 
⎪⎩0.5K (Δ) (1 + λVDS ) for VDS ≥ Δ
2
 
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VGS
ID
VGS – Vth = Δ <VDS VGS – Vth = Δ > VDS
Linear Current
region saturation
region
Slope = λID

ID = 0.5 KV 2DS

VDS

FIGURE 10.4 0VUQVUDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTGPS.04USBOTJTUPST

XIFSFΔTIPXTIPXNVDIUIFHBUFWPMUBHFVGSFYDFFETUIFUISFTIPMEWPMUBHFVth JF

Δ = V GS − V th 
 

W W
K = K′ = μCox 
 L L 

Ћ FλQBSBNFUFSEFTDSJCFTUIFTMPQFPGUIFPVUQVUDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTJOUIFDVSSFOUTBUVSBUJPOSFHJPOЋ F
UZQJDBMWBMVFTPGUIFλQBSBNFUFSBSFUP<7¦>'PSTNBMMTJHOBMBOBMZTJT B.04USBOTJTUPSJOUIF
DVSSFOUTBUVSBUJPOSFHJPODBOCFEFTDSJCFECZUXPQBSBNFUFSTrmBOEro

1 Δ 1 1
rm = = = = 
g m 2I D K Δ 2KI D
 


ro = 
 λI D 

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DJSDVJU UIFJOQVUDBQBDJUBODFTOFFEOPUUPCFJODMVEFE JF JOQVUDBQBDJUBODFJTBQBSUPGUIFQSFWJPVT
TUBHF"TTVNJOHUIBUUIFMPBEJOHDBQBDJUBODFCJTUIFDBQBDJUBODFPGUIFJEFOUJDBMUSBOTJTUPSPGUIFOFYU
TUBHFCCoxWL UIFNBYJNVNGSFRVFODZPGPQFSBUJPOJT

W 2μI D
2μCox ID
1 L CoxW
fmax = ≈ = 
2π(rm || ro )C 2 πCoxWL 2πL
 

G D
+
VGS C
VGS gm VGS
rm ro

FIGURE 10.5 4NBMMTJHOBMFRVJWBMFOUNPEFMGPSB.04USBOTJTUPS


Field Effect Transistors 10-7

Example 10.2

Consider the NMOS transistor described in Example 10.1 with Vth = +2 V. Neglecting the channel length
modulation (), and assuming the following parameters: electron mobility λ = 0.03, μ = 600 cm2/Vs, L = 2 μm
and W = 20 μm, calculate
a. Drain current for VGS = 4 V and VDS = 1 V
b. Drain current for VGS = 4 V and VDS = 10 V
c. Maximum frequency for VGS = 4 V and VDS = 10 V

W 20
a. K = μC ox = 600 ⋅ 3.45 ⋅ 10 −8 = 0.2 ⋅ 10 −3 = 200 μA / V 2
 L 2 

⎡ V2 ⎤ ⎡ 1⎤
ID = K ⎢(VGS − Vth )VDS − DS ⎥ (1+ λVDS ) = 200 ⋅10 −6 ⎢2 ⋅1− ⎥ (1+ 0.03) = 309 μA
 ⎣ 2 ⎦ ⎣ 2 ⎦ 

K 200 ⋅10 −6
b. ID =
2
(VGS − Vth ) (1+ λVDS ) =
2

2
( 4 − 2) (1+ 0.3) = 520 μA
2

 

1 1
c. rm = = = 2.19 kΩ
2KID 2 ⋅ 200μ ⋅ 520μ
 

1 1
ro = = = 64.1kΩ
 λID 0.03 ⋅ 520μ 

C = C oxWL = 3.45 ⋅10 −8 ⋅ 2 ⋅10 −4 ⋅ 20 ⋅10 −4 = 13.8 fF


 

1 1
f max = = = 5.45 GHz
2π(rm || ro ) C 2π(2.19 kΩ || 64.1kΩ )13.8 fF
 

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XFSFJHOPSFE UIFDBMDVMBUFENBYJNVNGSFRVFODZfmaxJTTJHOJfiDBOUMZMBSHFSUIBOUIFBDUVBMPOF

10.2.3 Second-Order Effects on a MOS Transistor


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10.2.3.1 Channel Length Modulation


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ε o ε SiVD
d=  
qN
 
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G
S D

n+ n+

Depletion layer
Leff d

L
p-substrate

FIGURE 10.6 $IBOOFMMFOHUINPEVMBUJPO

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TIPVMECFFYQSFTTFEBT

W W W 1 W⎛ η ⎞
K = K′ = K′ = K′ ≈ K ′ ⎜1 + VD ⎟ 
Leff εε V L ⎛ η ⎞ L ⎝ L ⎠
L − 2 o Si D ⎜⎝ 1 − L VD ⎟⎠
qN
 

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DMPDLGSFRVFODZ

10.2.3.2 Effect of Carrier Velocity Saturation


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Field Effect Transistors 10-9

μm
vsat ≈ 1011 s
v v = vsat
μm
s

μE
v=
V
μm

V
1 μm E

FIGURE 10.7 $BSSJFSTWFMPDJUZBTBGVODUJPOPGUIFFMFDUSJDBMĕFMEJOTJMJDPO

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ESBUJDFRVBUJPO

n
I D _ (VGS − Vth ) 
 

XIFSFnIBTWBMVFCFUXFFOBOE

10.2.3.3 Carrier Mobility Degradation near the Surface


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USBOTJTUPSTFYIJCJUBMNPTUMJOFBSEFQFOEFODFXJUIHBUFWPMUBHF 'JHVSF  "2

10.2.3.4 Subthreshold Conduction


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⎛ V − Vth − ηVT ⎞ 


I D = I ON exp ⎜ GS ⎟⎠ for VGS < Vth + ηVT
 ⎝ ηVT 

XIFSF
K
I ON =

( ηVT )


 
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ID

Subthreshold Strong
conduction inversion

VGS – Vth – ηVT


ID = ION exp
ηVT

ID = K (VGS – Vth)2
2

IO N = K (ηVT)
2
2
VGS

Vth

ηVT

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SFHJPOT

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USBOTJTUPSTFYDFFETPOFCJMMJPO

10.3 Junction Field Effect Transistor


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CFUXFFOTPVSDF4BOEESBJO%Ћ FUIJDLOFTTPGUIFEFQMFUJPOSFHJPOTJTUIFGVODUJPOPGUIFHBUFWPMUBHF

ε o ε SiVchannel
d=  
qN
 
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Field Effect Transistors 10-11

p+ ID

S n D 2a
VDS
p+

(a) L

p+ ID

S n D
VDS
p+
(b)

p+ ID

S n D
x
VDS
p+
(c)

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JOESBJODVSSFOU
Ћ FHFPNFUSZPGUIF+'&5JTVTVBMMZNPSFDPNQMJDBUFEUIBOUIFPOFTIPXOJO'JHVSF"MTP JO
NPTU+'&5EFWJDFT UIFSFJTBOPOMJOFBSJNQVSJUZEJTUSJCVUJPOJOUIFDIBOOFMЋ FSFGPSF BEFSJWBUJPOPG
UIFDVSSFOUoWPMUBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTXPVMECFFJUIFSUPPTJNQMJTUJDPSUPPDPNQMJDBUFE"TBDPOTFRVFODF 
WBSJPVT BQQSPYJNBUJPO GPSNVMBT BSF CFJOH VTFE Ћ F NPTU QPQVMBS FRVBUJPOT GPS EFUFSNJOJOH +'&5
ESBJODVSSFOUTBSF

if VGS < VP ID = 0 


 

⎧ ⎡⎛ ⎞ VDS ⎛ VDS ⎞ ⎤
2
⎪2I DSS ⎢⎜ VGS
− 1⎟ − 0.5 ⎜ ⎥ (1 + λVDS ) for VDS ≤ VGS − VP
⎪ ⎢⎣⎝ VP ⎠ VP ⎝ VP ⎟⎠ ⎥
if VGS ≥ VP ID = ⎨ ⎦ 

2
⎛ ⎞
⎪ IDSS ⎜ VGS − 1⎟ (1 + λVDS ) for VDS ≥ VGS −VP
⎩ ⎝ VP ⎠
 

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HFPNFUSZBTTIPXOJO'JHVSF
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Ћ FQJODIPff vPMUBHFVPDBOCFDBMDVMBUFEBT

qa2 N
VP = 
 2εε 0 

BOE UIF ESBJO DVSSFOU IDSS DBO CF DBMDVMBUFE GSPN 0INT MBX CZ EJWJEJOH VP CZ UIF SFTJTUBODF PG UIF
DIBOOFMCFUXFFOTPVSDFBOEESBJOЋ FOPOMJOFBSEJTUSJCVUJPOPGUIFSFTJTUBODFJTVTVBMMZBTTVNFEUP
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ρL
Rchannel = 3 
 2aW 

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VP 2aW 2aW 2aW


I DDS = = VP σ = VP qμN 
3 ρL 3L 3L
 

Example 10.3

An n-channel junction JFET has a uniformly doped channel 2 μm thick, 20 μm wide, and 20 μm long with
ND = 0.5 · 1016 cm−3. Determine the pinch-off voltage as well as the drain current for VGS = −1 V and VDS = 10 V.
Assume μn = 500 cm2/Vs. Neglect the channel-length modulation effects.
Since the gate concentration is not given, the increase in potential is neglected:

qa2ND 1.6 ⋅10 −19 (10 −4 )2 0.5 ⋅1016


VP = = = 3.83 V
 2εε 0 2 ⋅11.8 ⋅ 8.85 ⋅10 −14 
2 ⋅10 −4 ⋅ 20 ⋅10 −4

IDDS = VP
2aW
3L
qμN =
20 ⋅10 −4 ( )
1.6 ⋅10 −19 ⋅ 500 ⋅ 0.5 ⋅1016
3.83
3
= 1.0 mA


For VGS = −1 V in a n-channel JFET, the pinch-off voltage must be negative, e.g., VP = −3.83 V, and neglect-
ing the channel length modulation effect λ = 0:

⎛ −1− ( −3.83) ⎞
2 2
⎛V ⎞
ID = IDDS ⎜ GS −1⎟ = 1.0 mA⎜ ⎟ = 0.55mA
⎝ VP ⎠ ⎝ −3.83 ⎠
 

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"DUVBMMZ JGUIFQJODIPff vPMUBHFVPBOEUIFESBJOJOJUJBMDVSSFOUIDSSBSFSFQMBDFECZ

2I DSS
Vth = VP and K =  "2
 VP2 

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⎧⎪K ⎡(VGS − Vth ) VDS − 0.5V 2DS ⎤ (1 + λVDS ) for V ≤ VGS − Vth
ID = ⎨ ⎣ ⎦ DS

⎪⎩ 0.5K (VGS − Vth ) (1 + λVDS ) for VDS ≥ VGS − Vth
2
 

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Field Effect Transistors 10-13

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USBOTJTUPS*UJTIPXFWFSWFSZEJffiDVMUUPJOUFHSBUFTFWFSBM+'&5TJOUPPOFDIJQ"OPUIFSEJTBEWBOUBHFPG
UIF+'&5JTUIBUUIFHBUFWPMUBHFTIPVMEBMXBZTIBWFBQPMBSJUZPQQPTJUFUIBUPGUIFESBJOWPMUBHF BOEUIJT
NBLFTJUBMNPTUJNQPTTJCMFUPGBCSJDBUFEJHJUBMDJSDVJUTVTJOH+'&5T

10.4 Static Induction Transistor


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QPUFOUJBM Ћ FSF BSF UXP SFWFSTFCJBTFE KVODUJPOT POF CFUXFFO HBUF BOE TPVSDF BOE TFDPOE CFUXFFO
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WFSZTNBMMBQQMJFEWPMUBHFTPSTJNQMZUIFKVODUJPOTCVJMUJOQPUFOUJBM UIFTFO¦SFHJPOTBSFEFQMFUFEPG
DBSSJFST"TBDPOTFRVFODF HBUFESBJOWPMUBHFTGPSNBSFMBUJWFMZDPNQMFYQPUFOUJBMTVSGBDF4BNQMFTPG
TVDITVSGBDFTGPSBHBUFWPMUBHFFRVBM¦7BOEBESBJOWPMUBHFFRVBM 7BSFTIPXOJO'JHVSF
/PUFUIBUHBUFBOEESBJOWPMUBHFTDSFBUFPQQPTJUFFMFDUSJDfiFMETOFBSUIFTPVSDF8JUIBOJODSFBTFJOHBUF
WPMUBHF UIFIFJHIUPGUIFQPUFOUJBMCBSSJFSJODSFBTFT BTTIPXOJO'JHVSF XIJMFUIFMBSHFSESBJO

Drain

n+

n–
Gate p+ p+ p+ p+
n–

n+
Source

FIGURE 10.10 $SPTTTFDUJPOPGUIFTUBUJDJOEVDUJPOUSBOTJTUPS

–10 –10

0 0

10 10

20 20

30 30

40 40

50 50
0 10 50 0 10 0
20 30 40 20 20 10
30 10 20 30 40 30
40 0 50 40

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WPMUBHFPG 7
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0 –1 –2
–3
–4
–5
3 VGS

–10

IDS (A)
2
–15
–20
–25
1

VDS

100 200 300 400 (V)

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BSFTIPXOJO'JHVSF

10.4.1 Theory of SIT Operation for Small Currents


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QPUFOUJBMXJUIBQBSBCPMJDTIBQF*OUIFnDIBOOFMEFWJDF UIFFMFDUSPODVSSFOUJTEFTDSJCFECZBEJffFS
FOUJBMFRVBUJPOUIBUJODMVEFTCPUIESJft aOEEJffVTJPOPGDBSSJFST</ 84.>

dϕ(x ) dn(x )
J n = −qn(x )μn + qDn  "2
 dx dx 

kT
XIFSFDnμnVTBOEVT = q #ZNVMUJQMZJOHCPUITJEFTPGUIFFRVBUJPOCZ<18>

⎛ ϕ(x ) ⎞
exp ⎜ − 
⎝ VT ⎟⎠
 

BOESFBSSBOHJOH

⎛ ϕ(x ) ⎞ d ⎡ ⎛ ϕ(x ) ⎞ ⎤
J n exp ⎜ − ⎟ = qDn ⎢n(x )exp ⎜ − ⎥ 
⎝ VT ⎠ dx ⎣ ⎝ VT ⎟⎠ ⎦
 

"ftFSJOUFHSBUJPOGSPNTPVSDFxSUPESBJOxD

⎛ ϕ(x D ) ⎞ ⎛ ϕ(x S ) ⎞
n(x D )exp ⎜ − − n(x S )exp ⎜ −
⎝ VT ⎟⎠ ⎝ VT ⎟⎠
J n = qDn xD 
⎛ ϕ(x ) ⎞

xS
exp ⎜ −
⎝ VT ⎟⎠
dx
 
Field Effect Transistors 10-15

#ZJOTFSUJOH

ϕ(x S ) = 0 n(x S ) = N S 


ϕ(x D ) = VD n(x D ) = N D
 

&RVBUJPOSFEVDFTUP

qDn N S
Jn = xD

⎛ ϕ(x ) ⎞

xS
exp ⎜ −
⎝ VT ⎟⎠
dx
 

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HJWFOCZφ x Ћ JTFRVBUJPODBOCFVTFEOPUPOMZJO4*5EFWJDFTCVUBMTPJOCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSTPSJUDBO
CFVTFEUPDBMDVMBUFUIFTVCUISFTIPMEDPOEVDUJPOJOB.04USBOTJTUPS
/PUFUIBUCFDBVTFPGUIJTFYQPOFOUJBMSFMBUJPOTIJQ POMZUIFTIBQFPGUIFQPUFOUJBMEJTUSJCVUJPOOFBS
UIFUPQPGUIFQPUFOUJBMCBSSJFSJTJNQPSUBOU BOEJOUIF4*5 UIJTTIBQFDBOCFBQQSPYJNBUFE TFF'JHVSF
 CZRVBESBUJDFRVBUJPOTBMPOHUIFxEJSFDUJPOBOEBDSPTTUIFyEJSFDUJPOPGUIFDIBOOFM

⎛ ⎛ x ⎞ 2 ⎛ y ⎞ 2⎞
ϕ( y , x ) = Φ ⎜ ⎜ ⎟ − ⎜ ⎟ ⎟ 
⎝⎝ L⎠ ⎝W ⎠ ⎠
 

XIFSF L JT UIF FffFDUJWF DIBOOFM MFOHUI  W JT UIF FffFDUJWF DIBOOFM XJEUI  BOE Φ JT UIF IFJHIU PG UIF
QPUFOUJBMCBSSJFSJOUIFDFOUFSPGUIFDIBOOFM6TJOH  BOEJOUFHSBUJOH  fiSTUBMPOHUIFDIBO
OFMBOEUIFOBDSPTTJU MFBETUPBTJNQMFGPSNVMBGPSUIFESBJODVSSFOUPGB4*5BTBGVODUJPOPGUIFIFJHIU
PGQPUFOUJBMCBSSJFS

W ⎛ Φ⎞
I D = qD p N S Z exp ⎜ ⎟ 
L ⎝ VT ⎠
 

XIFSFΦJTUIFQPUFOUJBMCBSSJFSIFJHIUJOSFGFSFODFUPUIFTPVSDFQPUFOUJBM BOENSJTUIFFMFDUSPODPO
DFOUSBUJPOBUUIFTPVSDF Ћ FWLSBUJPEFTDSJCFTUIFTIBQFPGUIFQPUFOUJBMTBEEMFJOUIFWJDJOJUZPGUIF
CBSSJFS BOEZJTUIFMFOHUIPGUIFTPVSDFTUSJQ
4JODFUIFCBSSJFSIFJHIUΦDBOCFBMJOFBSGVODUJPOPGHBUFBOEESBJOWPMUBHFT

W ⎛ aV + bVDS + Φ 0 ⎞
I D = qD p N S Z exp ⎜ GS ⎟⎠ 
L ⎝ VT
 

Ћ FBDUVBMDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTPGUIF4*5EFWJDFPOBMPHBSJUINJDTDBMFBSFTIPXOJO'JHVSF*OEFFE 
GPSBTNBMMDVSSFOUSBOHF UIFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTIBWFBOFYQPOFOUJBMDIBSBDUFS CVUUIJTJTOPUUSVFGPSMBSHF
DVSSFOUTXIFSFUIFTQBDFDIBSHFGPSNPWJOHFMFDUSPOTBffFDUTUIFQPUFOUJBMEJTUSJCVUJPO

10.4.2 Theory of SIT for Large Currents


'PSMBSHFDVSSFOUMFWFMT UIF4*5DVSSFOUJTDPOUSPMMFECZUIFTQBDFDIBSHFPGUIFNPWJOHDBSSJFST<18 
.8>*OUIFPOFEJNFOTJPOBMDBTF UIFQPUFOUJBMEJTUSJCVUJPOJTEFTDSJCFECZUIF1PJTTPOFRVBUJPO

d 2ϕ ρ(x ) I
=− = DS 
 dx2 ε Si ε o Av(x ) 
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0–1 –2
–3–4
–5 –6
–7
–9
10–1
–11
–13
10–2
VG = –15

10–3
IDS (A)

10–4

10–5

10–6

10–7

200 400 600


VDS (V)

FIGURE 10.13 $IBSBDUFSJTUJDTPGUIFTUBUJDJOEVDUJPOUSBOTJTUPSGPSBTNBMMDVSSFOUSBOHF

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v x μ& x BOEUIFTPMVUJPOPG  JT

9 2 A
ID = VDS με Si ε o 3 
 8 L 

'PSBMBSHFFMFDUSJDBl fiFME v x vsatBOE

A
I D = VDSv sat ε Si ε o
 L  

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UIFDVSSFOUoWPMUBHFSFMBUJPOTIJQJTEFTDSJCFECZBOFYQPOFOUJBMSFMBUJPOTIJQ  GPSTNBMMDVSSFOUT B
RVBESBUJDSFMBUJPOTIJQ  BOEfiOBMMZGPSMBSHFWPMUBHFT CZBOBMNPTUMJOFBSSFMBUJPOTIJQ  4*5
DIBSBDUFSJTUJDTESBXOJOMJOFBSBOEMPHBSJUINJDTDBMFTBSFTIPXOJO'JHVSFTBOE SFTQFDUJWFMZ

10.4.3 Bipolar Mode of Operation of the SIT


Ћ FCJQPMBSNPEFPGPQFSBUJPOGPSUIF4*5XBTfiSTUSFQPSUFEJO</8B>4FWFSBMDPNQMFYUIFPSJFT
GPSUIFCJQPMBSNPEFPGPQFSBUJPOXFSFEFWFMPQFE</55 /0$> CVUBDUVBMMZUIFTJNQMFGPSNVMB
 XPSLTXFMMOPUPOMZGPSUIFUZQJDBMNPEFPG4*5PQFSBUJPO CVUBMTPGPSUIFCJQPMBSNPEFBTXFMM
'VSUIFSNPSF UIFTBNFGPSNVMBXPSLTWFSZXFMMGPSDMBTTJDBMCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPST5ZQJDBMDIBSBDUFSJTUJDT
PGUIF4*5 PQFSBUJOHJOOPSNBMBOEJOCJQPMBSNPEFT BSFTIPXOJO'JHVSF
*OB4*5 BWJSUVBMCBTFJTGPSNFE OPUCZJNQVSJUZEPQJOHCVUSBUIFSCZBQPUFOUJBMCBSSJFSUIBUJT
JOEVDFECZUIFHBUFWPMUBHF"TBDPOTFRVFODF JOUIFCJQPMBSNPEFPGPQFSBUJPO UIF4*5NBZIBWFB
Field Effect Transistors 10-17

VGS = 0.75 V

VGS = 0.7 V
VGS = 0.65 V

V
100 0.6
V
0.5
IDS (μA) V
0.3

0V
50
V
–1
V
–2
V
–3

2 4
VDS (V)

FIGURE 10.14 4*5USBOTJTUPSDIBSBDUFSJTUJDPQFSBUJOHJOCPUIOPSNBMBOEUIFCJQPMBSNPEFT ID f VDS XJUIVGS


BTQBSBNFUFS

WFSZMBSHFDVSSFOUHBJOβ"MTP UIF4*5PQFSBUFTXJUIBWFSZMPXMFWFMPGJNQVSJUZDPODFOUSBUJPOBOE
JUTQBSBTJUJDDBQBDJUBODFTBSFWFSZMPX8IFOBCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSJOJOUFHSBUFEJOKFDUJPOMPHJD I L XBT
SFQMBDFECZB4*5 UIFUJNFEFMBZQSPEVDUPGTVDIBEFWJDFXBTSFEVDFEBMNPTUUJNFT</8>4VDI
BESBTUJDJNQSPWFNFOUJOUIFQPXFSEFMBZQSPEVDUJTQPTTJCMFCFDBVTFUIF4*5-TUSVDUVSFIBTBTJHOJfi
DBOUMZTNBMMFSKVODUJPOQBSBTJUJDDBQBDJUBODF BOE GVSUIFSNPSF UIFWPMUBHFTXJOHJTSFEVDFE
"OPUIFSJOUFSFTUJOHBQQMJDBUJPOPGUIF4*5JTBSFQMBDFNFOUGPS4DIPUULZEJPEFTJOUIFQSPUFDUJPOPGB
CJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSBHBJOTUTBUVSBUJPO MFBEJOHUPBNVDIGBTUFSTXJUDIJOHUJNFЋ FVTFPGB4*5<8.4>
JTNPSFBEWBOUBHFPVTUIBOUIBUPCUBJOFEXJUIB4DIPUULZEJPEFTJODFJUEPFTOPUSFRVJSFBEEJUJPOBMBSFB
POBDIJQBOEJUEPFTOPUJOUSPEVDFBEEJUJPOBMDBQBDJUBODFCFUXFFOUIFCBTFBOEUIFDPMMFDUPS

10.5 Lateral Punch-Through Transistor


Ћ F GBCSJDBUJPO PG 4*5T JT B WFSZ DIBMMFOHJOH FOEFBWPS Ћ F DIBOOFM BSFB SFRVJSFT WFSZ MPX JNQVSJUZ
DPODFOUSBUJPO NDN¦ BOE BUMFBTU BQBSUPGUIFDIBOOFMOFBSUIFTPVSDFIBTUPCFNBEFVTJOHBO
FQJUBYJBMMBZFS BTTIPXOJO'JHVSF XIJDITIPVMECFBCPVUUJNFTNPSFQVSFUIBOUIBUXIJDIJT
DPOTJEFSFEBOFQJUBYJBMMBZFSXJUIMPXJNQVSJUZDPODFOUSBUJPO N DN¦ Ћ FTFDPOEEJffiDVMUJTTVF
JTUIFDSFBUJPOPGBCVSJFEHBUFSFHJPO8JUIIJHIUFNQFSBUVSFFQJUBYJBMHSPXUIBOETVCTFRVFOUEJffVTJPO
QSPDFTTFT JUJTFYUSFNFMZEJffiDVMUUPDPODFOUSBUFHBUFJNQVSJUZJOPOFQMBDFXJUIPVUTQSFBEJOHJUJOUPUIF
DIBOOFMBSFBBOEBDUVBMMZDMPTJOHUIFDIBOOFM0OMZBDPVQMFPG+BQBOFTFDPNQBOJFT :BNBIBBOE4POZ 
XFSFBCMFUPEFWFMPQBGBCSJDBUJPOQSPDFTTGPS4*5EFWJDFT
Ћ FMBUFSBMQVODIUISPVHIUSBOTJTUPS -155 XIJDIIBTDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTUIBUBSFTJNJMBSUPUIF4*5 
DBOCFGBCSJDBUFEXJUIBWFSZTJNQMFQSPDFTT<8+>Ћ FDSPTTTFDUJPOPGUIF-155EFWJDFJTTIPXO
JO'JHVSF BOEJUTDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTBSFTIPXOJO'JHVSFЋ F-155EFWJDF JODPOUSBTUUP4*5
EFWJDF NVTUVTFUIFTBNFUZQFPGUIFJNQVSJUZJOUIFDIBOOFMBTJTVTFEJOUIFHBUF'PSUIFOUZQFDIBO
OFM Q¦NVTUCFVTFEJOTUFBEPGO¦8JUIBOJODSFBTFJOQPTJUJWFESBJOWPMUBHF UIFUIJDLOFTTPGUIFESBJO
EFQMFUJPOSFHJPOJODSFBTFT0ODFUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSSFBDIFTUIFTPVSDF UIFQVODIUISPVHIDVSSFOUXJMM
TUBSUUPflPXCFUXFFOTPVSDFBOEESBJOЋF DVSSFOUDBOCFTUPQQFECZBQQMZJOHBOFHBUJWFWPMUBHFPOUIF
10-18 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

Emitter Gate Drain


n+ n+
p+ p+ Depletion
region

Depletion
Drain
region
Current
Depletion
VG region

p– VG p–

FIGURE 10.15 $SPTTTFDUJPOPGBMBUFSBMQVODIUISPVHIUSBOTJTUPS

T = 298 K
T = 400 K

2
ID (mA)

G=
0V

V
–2
V

–6 V
V
–4

1
–1 V
–8
0
–1 2 V
–1

–1 4 V
6V

20 40 60
VDS (V)

FIGURE 10.16 $IBSBDUFSJTUJDTPGUIF-15USBOTJTUPS

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#FDBVTFPGJUTQSPYJNJUZUPUIFTPVSDF UIFHBUFWPMUBHFDBOCFNVDINPSFFffFDUJWFJODPOUSPMMJOHUIF
EFWJDFDVSSFOU5ZQJDBMDVSSFOUoWPMUBHFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTBSFTIPXOJO'JHVSF
Ћ FDPODFQUPGUIF-155DBOCFFYUFOEFEUPBQVODIUISPVHI.04USBOTJTUPS 15.04 XIFSFUIF
DVSSFOUJTDPOUSPMMFECZUIF.04HBUF<8B 8+'>Ћ FQSJODJQMFPGPQFSBUJPOPGTVDIBEFWJDFJT
TIPXOJO'JHVSF*OUIJTEFWJDF JOTUFBEPGUIFJNQMBOUFEQUZQFHBUF UIFHBUFJTGPSNFECZBO
BDDVNVMBUJPOQUZQFMBZFSVOEFSUIF.04HBUF BTTIPXOJO'JHVSFB BOEUIFQVODIUISPVHI
DVSSFOU DBO CF DPOUSPMMFE CZ B QPUFOUJBM BQQMJFE UP UIF BEKBDFOU QUZQF SFHJPO  XIJDI JT OPSNBMMZ
Field Effect Transistors 10-19

– – + –
p
+

e
p

e
at
p

at
G

G
+ +
n n n+ n+
+ +
n n
Depletion n+ n+
Depletion
p–
Emitter p– Drain Emitter n Drain
(a) (b)

FIGURE 10.17 1VODIUISPVHI .04 USBOTJTUPS B  USBOTJTUPS JO UIF QVODIUISPVHI NPEF GPS B OFHBUJWF HBUF
QPUFOUJBMBOE C USBOTJTUPSJOUIFPOTUBUFGPSBQPTJUJWFHBUFQPUFOUJBM

CJBTFEXJUIBMBSHFOFHBUJWFQPUFOUJBM8JUIQPTJUJWFWPMUBHFPOUIF.04HBUF UIFOUZQFBDDVNVMB
UJPOMBZFSJTGPSNFEVOEFSUIFHBUFBOEUIFDVSSFOUNBZflPXFBTJMZGSPNTPVSDFUPESBJO BTJOEJDBUFE
JO'JHVSFC/PUFUIBUJOUZQJDBM$.04UFDIOPMPHZ JOPSEFSUPQSFWFOUBQVODIUISPVHIQIF
OPNFOPOCFUXFFOTPVSDFBOEESBJO BMBSHFJNQVSJUZEPQJOHJOUIFTVCTUSBUFNVTUCFVTFE XIJDI
JO UVSO MFBET UP MBSHFS QBSBTJUJD DBQBDJUBODFT *O B .04 USBOTJTUPS XJUI TIPSUFS DIBOOFMT  B MBSHFS
JNQVSJUZ DPODFOUSBUJPO NVTU CF VTFE UP QSFWFOU UIF QVODIUISPVHI QIFOPNFOPO  BOE QBSBTJUJD
DBQBDJUBODFTBSFBMTPMBSHFSЋ F15.04 UBLFT BEWBOUBHF PG UIF QVODIUISPVHI QIFOPNFOPO BOE
UIFTVCTUSBUFJNQVSJUZDPODFOUSBUJPODBOCFWFSZMPX XIJDIMFBETUPWFSZTNBMMQBSBTJUJDDBQBDJUBODFT
BOEBTJHOJfiDBOUSFEVDUJPOJOQPXFSDPOTVNQUJPOGPSEJHJUBMDJSDVJUTPQFSBUJOHXJUIWFSZMBSHFDMPDL
GSFRVFODJFT
Ћ F15.04USBOTJTUPSIBTTFWFSBMBEWBOUBHFTPWFSUIFUSBEJUJPOBM.04USBOTJTUPS
  Ћ FHBUFDBQBDJUBODFJTWFSZTNBMM
  $BSSJFSTBSFNPWJOHXJUIBWFMPDJUZDMPTFUPTBUVSBUJPOWFMPDJUZ
  Ћ FTVCTUSBUFEPQJOHJTNVDIMPXFSBOEUIFFYJTUJOHEFQMFUJPOMBZFSMFBETUPBNVDITNBMMFSESBJO
DBQBDJUBODF
Ћ FEFWJDFPQFSBUFTJOBGBTIJPOUIBUJTTJNJMBSUPUIBUPGUIF.04USBOTJTUPSJOTVCUISFTIPMEDPOEJUJPOT 
CVUUIJTQSPDFTTPDDVSTBUNVDIIJHIFSDVSSFOUMFWFMT4VDIBiCJQPMBSNPEFwPGPQFSBUJPONBZIBWF
NBOZBEWBOUBHFTJO7-4*BQQMJDBUJPOT

10.6 Power MOS Transistors


.04USBOTJTUPSTIBWFBSFMBUJWFMZTNBMMUSBOTDPOEVDUBODFJODPNQBSJTPOUPCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPSTЋ FSFGPSF 
JOQPXFSFMFDUSPOJDBQQMJDBUJPOT UIFJOUFHSBUFEEFWJDFTUSVDUVSFTVTVBMMZTIPVMEDPOTJTUPGUIPVTBOET
PGUSBOTJTUPSTDPOOFDUFEJOQBSBMMFMЋ FSFBSFUXPUZQFTPGQPXFS.04USBOTJTUPST7.04 TIPXOJO
'JHVSFB BOE%.04 TIPXOJO'JHVSFC*OUIF7.04TUSVDUVSF .04HBUFTBOEDIBOOFMTBSF
GPSNFEPOFUDIFETVSGBDFTЋ JTXBZNBOZUSBOTJTUPSTDBOCFFffiDJFOUMZDPOOFDUFEUPHFUIFS7.04VTFT
UIFTJMJDPOTVSGBDFWFSZFfficJFOUMZ
Ћ F%.04USBOTJTUPSEPFTOPUVTFUIFDIJQBSFBBTFffiDJFOUMZBTUIF7.04USBOTJTUPS CVUJUDBOCF
GBCSJDBUFEXJUINVDIMBSHFSCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFT*O%.04 BGSBHJMF.04TUSVDUVSFJTQSPUFDUFEGSPN
BMBSHFFMFDUSJDfiFMECZBDPODFQUCPSSPXFEGSPNUIF4*5</54>BOEUIFIJHIWPMUBHF4DIPUULZEJPEF
<8>Ћ FO¦BSFBVOEFSUIFHBUF BTJMMVTUSBUFEJO'JHVSFC JTEFQMFUFEGSPNDBSSJFST BOEOFJHI
CPSJOHQUZQFSFHJPOTXPSLBTFMFDUSPTUBUJDTDSFFOTBTJTEPOFJO4*5EFWJDFT"TBSFTVMU UIJTUSBOTJTUPS
NBZXJUITUBOENVDIMBSHFSESBJOWPMUBHFTBOEBMTPUIFFffFDUPGDIBOOFMMFOHUINPEVMBUJPOJTTJHOJfi
DBOUMZSFEVDFEЋ FMBUUFSFffFDUMFBETUPMBSHFSPVUQVUSFTJTUBODFTPGUIFUSBOTJTUPSЋ FSFGPSF UIFESBJO
DVSSFOUJTMFTTTFOTJUJWFUPESBJOWPMUBHFWBSJBUJPOT*OGBDU UIF%.04TUSVDUVSFDBOCFDPOTJEFSFEBTB
DPNQPTJUJPOPGUIF.04USBOTJTUPSBOEUIF4*5 BTJTTIPXOJO'JHVSF
10-20 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

Drain
D
n+

n–
G NMOS
p p
Gate n+ Gate n+ Gate
Source Source S
(a)

Drain
D
n+
SIT n– SIT SIT

p p p G NMOS
n– n–
n+ n+ n+ n+
NMOS Poly gate Poly gate NMOS S
Source
(b)

FIGURE 10.18 $SPTTTFDUJPOPGQPXFS.04USBOTJTUPST B 7.04BOE C %.04

Drain
C
p+
PNP
PNP
n–
NPN
n–
G
p p+ NPN
NMOS NMOS
RP
p+ p+ p+ p+
p+
n+ n+ p+ n+ n+
E
Poly gate Poly gate
Source

FIGURE 10.19 $SPTTTFDUJPOPGBO*(#5BOEJUTJOUFSOBMFRVJWBMFOUDJSDVJU

Ћ FNBKPSEJTBEWBOUBHFPGQPXFS.04USBOTJTUPSTJTUIFSFMBUJWFMZMBSHFSESBJOTFSJFTSFTJTUBODFBOE
NVDITNBMMFSUSBOTDPOEVDUBODFJODPNQBSJTPOUPCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPST#PUIPGUIFTFQBSBNFUFSTDBOCF
JNQSPWFEESBNBUJDBMMZJGUIFO MBZFSOFBSUIFESBJOJTSFQMBDFECZQ MBZFSBTJTTIPXOJO'JHVSF
Ћ JTXBZBOJOUFHSBUFETUSVDUVSFJTCFJOHCVJMUXIFSFJUTFRVJWBMFOUEJBHSBNDPOTJTUTPGB.04USBOTJTUPS
JOUFHSBUFEXJUIBCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPS BTTIPXOJO'JHVSF4VDIBTUSVDUVSFIBTBUSBOTDPOEVDUBODF
UIBUJTβUJNFTMBSHFS XIFSFβJTUIFDVSSFOUHBJOPGUIF1/1CJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPS BOEBNVDITNBMMFSTFSJFT
SFTJTUBODF EVF UP UIF DPOEVDUJWJUZ NPEVMBUJPO FffFDU DBVTFE CZ IPMFT JOKFDUFE JOUP UIF MJHIUMZ EPQFE
ESBJOSFHJPO4VDIEFWJDFJTLOPXOBTJOTVMBUFEHBUFCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPS *(#5 "O*(#5DBOXPSLXJUI
MBSHFDVSSFOUTBOEWPMUBHFT*UTNBJOEJTBEWBOUBHFJTBMBSHFTXJUDIJOHUJNFUIBUJTMJNJUFEQSJNBSJMZCZ
UIFQPPSTXJUDIJOHQFSGPSNBODFPGUIFCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPS"OPUIFSEJffiDVMUZJTSFMBUFEUPBQPTTJCMFMBUDI
VQBDUJPOPGGPVSMBZFSO QO¦Q TUSVDUVSFЋ JTVOEFTJSFEFffFDUDPVMECFTVQQSFTTFECZVTJOHBIFBWJMZ
EPQFEQ SFHJPOJOUIFCBTFPGUIF/1/TUSVDUVSF XIJDIMFBETUPBTJHOJfiDBOUSFEVDUJPOJOUIFDVSSFOU
Field Effect Transistors 10-21

HBJOPGUIJTQBSBTJUJDUSBOTJTUPS TIPXOJO'JHVSFЋ FHBJOPGUIF1/1USBOTJTUPSNVTUCFLFQUMBSHF


TPUIFUSBOTDPOEVDUBODFPGUIFFOUJSFEFWJDFDBOCFMBSHF*(#5USBOTJTUPSTNBZIBWFCSFBLEPXOWPMU
BHFTPWFS7 XJUIUVSOPff UJNFTJOUIFSBOHFGSPNUPμT*OBEEJUJPO UIFZNBZPQFSBUFXJUI
DVSSFOUTBCPWF"XJUIBGPSXBSEWPMUBHFESPQPGBCPVU7

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11.2 Sources of Noise in Semiconductor Devices


11.2.1 Thermal Noise
ThFSNBMOPJTFJTDSFBUFECZSBOEPNNPUJPOPGDIBSHFDBSSJFSTEVFUPUIFUIFSNBMFYDJUBUJPOThJTOPJTF
JTTPNFUJNFTLOPXOBTUIF+PIOTPOOPJTF*O &JOTUFJOQSFTFOUFEIJTUIFPSZPGЋVDUVBUJOHNPWFNFOU
PGDIBSHFTJOUIFSNBMFRVJMJCSJVNThJTUIFPSZXBTFYQFSJNFOUBMMZWFSJfiFECZ+PIOTPOJOThF
UIFSNBM NPUJPO PG DBSSJFST DSFBUFT B ЋVDUVBUJOH WPMUBHF PO UIF UFSNJOBMT PG FBDI SFTJTUJWF FMFNFOU

11-1
11-2 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

ThF BWFSBHFWBMVFPGUIJTWPMUBHFJT[FSP CVUUIFQPXFSPOJUTUFSNJOBMTJTOPU[FSPThFJOUFSOBMOPJTF


WPMUBHFTPVSDFPSDVSSFOUTPVSDFJTEFTDSJCFECZUIF/ZRVJTUFRVBUJPO

4kT Δf
νth2 = 4kTRΔf ith2 = 
 R 

XIFSF
kJTUIF#PMU[NBOODPOTUBOU
TJTUIFBCTPMVUFUFNQFSBUVSF
kTJTFRVBMUPr¦7r$BUSPPNUFNQFSBUVSF

ThFUIFSNBMOPJTFJTQSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIFGSFRVFODZCBOEXJEUIΔf*UDBOCFSFQSFTFOUFECZUIFWPMUBHF
TPVSDFJOTFSJFTXJUISFTJTUPSRPSCZUIFDVSSFOUTPVSDFJOQBSBMMFMUPUIFSFTJTUPSRThFNBYJNVNOPJTF
QPXFSDBOCFEFMJWFSFEUPUIFMPBEXIFOR -R*OUIJTDBTF NBYJNVNOPJTFQPXFSJOUIFMPBEJTkTΔf
ThFOPJTFQPXFSEFOTJUZ dPndfkT JTJOEFQFOEFOUPGGSFRVFODZThVT UIFUIFSNBMOPJTFJTUIFXIJUF
OPJTFThF3.4OPJTFWPMUBHFBOEUIF3.4OPJTFDVSSFOUBSFQSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIFTRVBSFSPPUPGUIFGSF
RVFODZCBOEXJEUIΔf. ThFUIFSNBMOPJTFJTBTTPDJBUFEXJUIFWFSZQIZTJDBMSFTJTUPSJOUIFDJSDVJU
ThFTQFDUSBMEFOTJUZGVODUJPOPGUIFFRVJWBMFOUWPMUBHFBOEDVSSFOUUIFSNBMOPJTFBSFHJWFOCZ

 SthvR = kTR  

PS

 SthiG = kTG  

ThFTFOPJTFTQFDUSBMEFOTJUJFTBSFDPOTUBOUVQUP5)[BOEUIFZBSFQSPQPSUJPOBMUPUFNQFSBUVSFBOEUP
SFTJTUBODFPGFMFNFOUT BOEBTTVDIDBOCFVTFEUPJOEJSFDUMZNFBTVSFUIFGPMMPXJOH
t ThFEFWJDFUFNQFSBUVSF
t ThFCBTFTQSFBEJOHSFTJTUBODFPG#+5
t ThFRVBMJUZPGDPOUBDUTBOEDPOOFDUJPOT

11.2.2 Shot Noise


4IPUOPJTFJTBTTPDJBUFEXJUIBEJTDSFUFTUSVDUVSFPGFMFDUSJDJUZBOEUIFJOEJWJEVBMDBSSJFSJOKFDUJPOUISPVHI
UIFpnKVODUJPO*OFBDIGPSXBSECJBTFEKVODUJPO UIFSFJTBQPUFOUJBMCBSSJFSUIBUDBOCFPWFSDPNFCZUIF
DBSSJFSTXJUIIJHIFSUIFSNBMFOFSHZThJTJTBSBOEPNQSPDFTTBOEUIFOPJTFDVSSFOUJTHJWFOCZ

ish = qI Δf 


 
ThFOPJTFTQFDUSBMEFOTJUZGVODUJPOPGUIFTIPUOPJTFJTUFNQFSBUVSFJOEFQFOEFOU XIJUFOPJTF BOEJUJT
QSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIFKVODUJPODVSSFOU

Sshi = qI 


 
XIFSF
qJTUIFFMFDUSPODIBSHF
IJTUIFGPSXBSEKVODUJPODVSSFOU

4IPUOPJTFJTVTVBMMZDPOTJEFSFEBTBDVSSFOUTPVSDFDPOOFDUFEJOQBSBMMFMUPUIFTNBMMTJHOBMKVODUJPO
SFTJTUBODFThFNFBTVSFNFOUPGTIPUOPJTFJONPEFSOOBOPTDBMFEFWJDFTJTSFMBUJWFMZEJffiDVMUTJODFNFB
TVSFEWBMVFTPGDVSSFOUBSFJOUIFSBOHFPGoG"
Noise in Semiconductor Devices 11-3

4IPUOPJTFIBTUPCFQSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIFDVSSFOUBOEBOZEFWJBUJPOGSPNUIJTSFMBUJPODBOCFVTFE
to FWBMVBUF QBSBTJUJD MFBLJOH SFTJTUBODFT *U DBO CF VTFE GPS EJBHOPTJT PG QIPUPEJPEFT  ;FOFS EJPEFT 
BWBMBODIFEJPEFT BOE4DIPUULZEJPEFT

11.2.3 Generation-Recombination Noise


(FOFSBUJPOSFDPNCJOBUJPO OPJTF JT DBVTFE CZ UIF ĘVDUVBUJPO PG OVNCFS PG DBSSJFST EVF UP FYJTUFODF
PG UIF HFOFSBUJPOSFDPNCJOBUJPO DFOUFST 7BSJBUJPO PG OVNCFS PG DBSSJFST MFBET UP DIBOHFT PG EFWJDF
DPOEVDUBODFThJTUZQFPGOPJTFJTBGVODUJPOPGCPUIUFNQFSBUVSFBOECJBTJOHDPOEJUJPOTThFTQFDUSBM
EFOTJUZGVODUJPOPGUIFHFOFSBUJPOSFDPNCJOBUJPOOPJTFJTEFTDSJCFECZ

S g −r ( f ) (ΔN )2 4τ
= ⋅ 
 N2 N 2 1 + (2πf ⋅ τ)2 

XIFSF
(ΔN )2JTUIFWBSJBODFPGUIFOVNCFSPGDBSSJFSTN
τJTUIFDBSSJFSMJGFUJNF

4QFDUSBMEFOTJUZJTDPOTUBOUVQUPUIFGSFRVFODZfg¦r πτ BOEBftFSUIBUJTEFDSFBTJOHQSPQPSUJPOBMMZ


UPf 
*O UIF DBTF  XIFO UIFSF BSF TFWFSBM UZQFT PG HFOFSBUJPOSFDPNCJOBUJPO DFOUFST XJUI EJffFSFOU DBS
SJFS MJGF UJNF  UIF SFTVMUBOU OPJTF TQFDUSVN XJMM CF B TVQFSQPTJUJPO PG TFWFSBM EJTUSJCVUJPOT EFTDSJCFE
CZ   ThFSFGPSF  UIF TQFDUSBM EJTUSJCVUJPO PG OPJTF DBO CF VTFE UP JOWFTUJHBUF WBSJPVT HFOFSBUJPO
SFDPNCJOBUJPO DFOUFST ćJT JT BO BMUFSOBUJWF NFUIPE UP EFFQMFWFM USBOTJFOU TQFDUSPTDPQZ %-54  UP
TUVEZHFOFSBUJPOSFDPNCJOBUJPOQSPDFTTFTJOTFNJDPOEVDUPSEFWJDFT

11.2.4 1/f Noise


f OPJTF JT UIF EPNJOBOU OPJTF JO UIF MPX GSFRVFODZ SBOHF BOE JUT TQFDUSBM EFOTJUZ GVODUJPO JT QSP
QPSUJPOBMUPfThJTOPJTFJTQSFTFOUJOBMMTFNJDPOEVDUPSEFWJDFTVOEFSCJBTJOHThJTOPJTFJTVTVBMMZ
BTTPDJBUFEXJUINBUFSJBMGBJMVSFTPSXJUIJNQFSGFDUJPOPGBGBCSJDBUJPOQSPDFTT.PTUPGSFTFBSDISFTVMUT
DPODMVEFUIBUUIJTOPJTFFYJTUTFWFOGPSWFSZMPXGSFRVFODJFTVQUP¦)[ GSFRVFODZQFSJPEPGTFWFSBM
XFFLT ThJTOPJTFJTTPNFUJNFTVTFEUPNPEFMЋVDUVBUJPOPGEFWJDFQBSBNFUFSTXJUIUJNFThFSFBSFUXP
NBKPSNPEFMTPGfOPJTF
t 4VSGBDFNPEFMEFWFMPQFECZ.D8IPSUFSJO<>
t #VMLNPEFMEFWFMPQFECZ)PPHFJO<>
ThF TJNQMFTU XBZ UP PCUBJO f DIBSBDUFSJTUJDT JT UP TVQFSQPTF NBOZ EJffFSFOU TQFDUSB PG HFOFSBUJPO
SFDPNCJOBUJPOOPJTF XIFSFGSFFDBSSJFSTBSFSBOEPNMZUSBQQFEBOESFMFBTFECZDFOUFSTXJUIEJffFSFOU
MJGFUJNFT. ThJTXBTUIFCBTJDDPODFQUCFIJOEUIF.D8IPSUFSNPEFMXIFSFJUXBTBTTVNFEUIBU
t *OUIFTJMJDPOPYJEFOFBSUIFTJMJDPOTVSGBDFUIFSFBSFVOJGPSNMZEJTUSJCVUFEUSBQDFOUFST
t ThF QSPCBCJMJUZ PG UIF DBSSJFS QFOFUSBUJPO UP USBQ DFOUFST JT EFDSFBTJOH FYQPOFOUJBMMZ XJUI UIF
EJTUBODFGSPNUIFTVSGBDF
t 5JNFDPOTUBOUTPGUSBQDFOUFSTJODSFBTFTXJUIUIFEJTUBODFGSPNUIFTVSGBDF
t 5SBQQJOHNFDIBOJTNTCZTFQBSBUFDFOUFSTBSFJOEFQFOEFOU
ThFSFTVMUFEOPJTFTQFDUSBMEFOTJUZGVODUJPOJTHJWFOCZ
τ2

∫ τ 1 + ωτ
1 1 1 1
S1/f ∝ (ΔN )2 ⋅ d τ = (ΔN )2 ⋅ for << ω << 
2
f τ2 τ1
τ1
 
11-4 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

ThFTQFDUSBMEFOTJUZGVODUJPOJTDPOTUBOUVQUPGSFRVFODZf πτ UIFOJTQSPQPSUJPOBMUPfCFUXFFO


fBOEf πτ GSPNGSFRVFODZfJTQSPQPSUJPOBMUPf ThF.D8IPSUFSNPEFMJTQSJNBSJMZVTFE
GPS.04'&5EFWJDFT
'PS#+5 UIF)PPHFCVMLNPEFMJTNPSFBEFRVBUF*OUIJTOPJTFNPEFM )PPHFVTFTJOUIFDBSSJFSUSBOT
QPSUUXPTDBUUFSJOHNFDIBOJTNTPGDBSSJFTTDBUUFSJOHPOUIFTJMJDPOMBUUJDFBOETDBUUFSJOHPOJNQVSJUJFT
)FBTTVNFEUIBUPOMZTDBUUFSJOHPOUIFDSZTUBMMBUUJDFJTUIFTPVSDFPGUIFfOPJTF XIJMFTDBUUFSJOHPO
UIFJNQVSJUJFTIBTOPFffFDUPOOPJTFMFWFM"MMJNQFSGFDUJPOTPGUIFDSZTUBMMBUUJDFMFBETUPMBSHFfOPJTF
ThFOPJTFTQFDUSBMEFOTJUZGVODUJPOGPSUIF)PPHFNPEFMJT

αH ⋅ I α
S1/f = 
 f γ ⋅N

XIFSF
αHr¦JTUIF)PPHFDPOTUBOU<>
αBOEγBSFNBUFSJBMDPOTUBOUT
NJTUIFOVNCFSPGDBSSJFST

-BUFS<> )PPHFQSPQPTFEUPVTFαHBTWBSJBCMFQBSBNFUFS XIJDIJOUIFDBTFPGTJMJDPOEFWJDFTNBZWBSZ


GSPNr¦UPr¦
ThFfOPJTFJTJODSFBTJOHXJUIUIFSFEVDUJPOPGEFWJDFEJNFOTJPOTBOEBTTVDIJTCFDPNJOHBSFBM
QSPCMFNGPSEFWJDFTGBCSJDBUFEJOOBOPTDBMFThFMFWFMPGfOPJTFJTPftFOVTFEBTUIFNFBTVSFPGUIF
RVBMJUZPGEFWJDFTBOEJUTSFMJBCJMJUZ%FWJDFTGBCSJDBUFEXJUIXFMMEFWFMPQFEUFDIOPMPHJFTVTVBMMZIBWFB
NVDITNBMMFSMFWFMPGfOPJTFThFfOPJTF ЋJDLFSOPJTF TPNFUJNFTJTDPOTJEFSFEUPCFSFTQPOTJCMFGPS
UIFMPOHUFSNEFWJDFQBSBNFUFSЋVDUVBUJPO

11.2.5 Noise 1/f 2


/PJTFf JTBEFSJWBUJWFPGfOPJTFBOEJUJTPCTFSWFENBJOMZJONFUBMJOUFSDPOOFDUJPOTPGJOUFHSBUFE
DJSDVJUT*UIBTCFDPNFNPSFFWJEFOUGPSWFSZOBSSPXDPOOFDUJPOTXIFSFUIFSFJTBQPTTJCJMJUZPGFMFD
USPNJHSBUJPOEVFUPIJHIDVSSFOUEFOTJUJFT*OBMVNJOVN UIFFMFDUSPNJHSBUJPOCFHJOTBUDVSSFOUEFOTJ
UJFTPGμ"μNBOEOPJTFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDTDIBOHFTGSPNfUPf γ XIFSFγ"MTPUIFOPJTFMFWFM
JODSFBTFTQSPQPSUJPOBMMZUPUIFUIJSEQPXFSPGUIFCJBTJOHDVSSFOU

C ⋅ Jβ ⎛ −E ⎞
S1/f 2 ( f ) = ⋅ exp ⎜ a ⎟ 
f γ ⋅T ⎝ k ⋅T ⎠
 
XIFSF
β≥ γ≥
CJTUIFFYQFSJNFOUBMMZGPVOEDPOTUBOU
EaJTUIFBDUJWBUJPOFOFSHZPGUIFFMFDUSPNJHSBUJPO
kr¦F7,JTUIF#PMU[NBOODPOTUBOU

ThFEFHFOFSBUJPOPGUIFNFUBMMJDMBZFSJTEFTDSJCFECZ

−E
ν d ∝ J n exp ⎛⎜ a ⎞⎟ 
 ⎝ ⋅T ⎠ 
k

4JODF&RVBUJPOTBOEIBWFBTJNJMBSDIBSBDUFS UIFf OPJTFDBOCFVTFEBTUIFNFBTVSFPGUIF


RVBMJUZPGNFUBMJOUFSDPOOFDUJPOTThJTJTBSFMBUJWFMZGBTUBOEBDDVSBUFNFUIPEUPFTUJNBUFSFMJBCJMJUZPG
NFUBMJOUFSDPOOFDUJPOT
Noise in Semiconductor Devices 11-5

11.2.6 Burst Noise/RTS Noise


#VSTUOPJTFJTBOPUIFSUZQFPGOPJTFBUMPXGSFRVFODJFT3FDFOUMZ UIJTOPJTFXBTEFTDSJCFEBT354OPJTF
8JUIHJWFOCJBTJOHDPOEJUJPOPGBEFWJDFUIFNBHOJUVEFPGQVMTFTJTDPOTUBOU CVUUIFTXJUDIJOHUJNFJT
SBOEPNThFCVSTUOPJTFMPPLT POBOPTDJMMPTDPQF MJLFBTRVBSFXBWFXJUIUIFDPOTUBOUNBHOJUVEF CVU
XJUISBOEPNQVMTFXJEUIT TFF'JHVSF *OTPNFDBTFT UIFCVSTUOPJTFNBZIBWFOPUUXPCVUTFWFSBM
EJffFSFOUMFWFMT
/PJTFTQFDUSBMEFOTJUZGVODUJPOPGUIF354OPJTFIBTBTJNJMBSGPSNMJLFHFOFSBUJPOSFDPNCJOBUJPO
OPJTF

4 ⋅ (ΔI )2
SRTS ( f ) = C 
1 + ( 2πf / f RTS )
2
 

XIFSF
1
C=
(τl + τh ) ⋅ f RTS
2

   τl + τh
f RTS = τ = + =  354 OPJTF DPSOFS GSFRVFODZ  CFMPX UIJT GSFRVFODZ TQFDUSVN PG UIF
τl τh τh ⋅ τl
354OPJTFJTЋBU
T 0CTFSWBUJPOUJNF
τ l  "WFSBHFUJNFPGQVMTFTBUIJHIMFWFM
τ h  "WFSBHFUJNFPGQVMTFTBUMPXMFWFM
P S

∑ ∑τ
1 1
"2 τl = τ l , p, τ h = h, s
P i =1
S j =1

ThFJOUFOTJUZPGUIF354OPJTFEFQFOETPOUIFMPDBUJPOPGUIFUSBQDFOUFSXJUIUIFSFGFSFODFUPUIF'FSNJ
MFWFM0OMZDFOUFSTJOUIFWJDJOJUZPG'FSNJMFWFMTBSFHFOFSBUJOHUIF354OPJTFThFTFUSBQQJOHDFOUFST 
XIJDIBSFBTPVSDFGPS354OPJTF BSFVTVBMMZUIFSFTVMUPGTJMJDPODPOUBNJOBUJPOXJUIIFBWZNFUBMTPS
MBUUJDFTUSVDUVSFJNQFSGFDUJPOT
*OUIF41*$&QSPHSBNUIFCVSTUOPJTFJTPftFOBQQSPYJNBUFECZ

I AB
2
iRTS = KB Δf 
( )
2
1 + f / f RTS
 
XIFSFK B AB BOEf RTSBSFFYQFSJNFOUBMMZDIPTFOQBSBNFUFST XIJDIVTVBMMZWBSZGSPNPOFEFWJDFUP
BOPUIFS'VSUIFSNPSF BGFXEJffFSFOUTPVSDFTPGUIFCVSTUOPJTFDBOFYJTUJOBTJOHMFUSBOTJTUPS*OTVDIB
DBTF FBDIOPJTFTPVSDFTIPVMECFNPEFMFECZTFQBSBUF&RVBUJPOXJUIEJffFSFOUQBSBNFUFST VTVBMMZ
EJffFSFOUOPJTF354DPSOFSGSFRVFODZf RTS 

i(t)
τl,p

Δl
t
τh,s

FIGURE 11.1 ThF354OPJTF


11-6 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

,MFJOQFOOJOH<>TIPXFEUIBU354OPJTFFYJTUTXJUIEFWJDFTXJUITNBMMOVNCFSPGDBSSJFST XIFSFB
TJOHMFFMFDUSPODBOCFDBQUVSFECZBTJOHMFUSBQQJOHDFOUFS354OPJTFJTQSFTFOUJOTVCNJDSPNFUFS.04
USBOTJTUPSTBOEJO#+5TXJUIEFGFDUFEDSZTUBMMBUUJDF*UJTQSFTFOUJONPEFSO4J(FUSBOTJTUPST
ThJTOPJTFIBTTJHOJfiDBOUFffFDUBUMPXGSFRVFODJFT*UJTBGVODUJPOPGUFNQFSBUVSF JOEVDFENFDIBOJ
DBMTUSFTT BOEBMTPSBEJBUJPO*OBVEJPBNQMJfiFST UIFCVSTUOPJTFTPVOETBTSBOEPNTIPUT XIJDIBSF
TJNJMBS UP UIF TPVOE BTTPDJBUFE XJUI NBLJOH QPQDPSO 0CWJPVTMZ  #+5T XJUI MBSHF CVSTU OPJTF NVTU
OPUCFVTFEJOBVEJPBNQMJfiFSTBOEJOPUIFSBOBMPHDJSDVJUSZThe CVSTUOPJTFXBTPftFOPCTFSWFEJO
FQJQMBOBS#+5TXJUIMBSHFβDPFffiDJFOUT*UJTOPXBTTVNFEUIBUEFWJDFTGBCSJDBUFEXJUIXFMMEFWFMPQFE
BOEFTUBCMJTIFEUFDIOPMPHJFTEPOPUHFOFSBUFUIF354OPJTFThJTJTVOGPSUVOBUFMZOPUUSVFGPSNPEFSO
OBOPUSBOTJTUPSTBOEEFWJDFTGBCSJDBUFEXJUIPUIFSUIBOTJMJDPONBUFSJBMT

11.2.7 Avalanche Noise


"WBMBODIFOPJTFJOTFNJDPOEVDUPSEFWJDFTJTBTTPDJBUFEXJUISFWFSTFCJBTFEKVODUJPOT'PSMBSHFSFWFSTF
KVODUJPOWPMUBHFTUIFMFBLBHFDVSSFOUDBOCFNVMUJQMJFECZUIFBWBMBODIFQIFOPNFOPO$BSSJFSTJOUIF
KVODUJPOT HBJO FOFSHJFT JO B IJHI FMFDUSJDBM fiFME BOE UIFO UIFZ DPMMJEF XJUI UIF DSZTUBM MBUUJDF *G UIF
FOFSHZHBJOFECFUXFFODPMMJTJPOTJTMBSHFFOPVHI UIFOEVSJOHDPMMJTJPOBOPUIFSQBJSPGDBSSJFST FMFDUSPO
BOEIPMF DBOCFHFOFSBUFEThJTXBZUIFSFWJTFECJBTFEDVSSFOUDBOCFNVMUJQMJFEThJTJTBSBOEPNQSP
DFTTBOEPCWJPVTMZUIFOPJTFTPVSDFJTBTTPDJBUFEXJUIUIFBWBMBODIFDBSSJFSHFOFSBUJPO. ThFJOUFOTJUZPG
UIFBWBMBODIFOPJTFJTVTVBMMZNVDIMBSHFSUIBOBOZPUIFSOPJTFDPNQPOFOU'PSUVOBUFMZ UIFBWBMBODIF
OPJTFFYJTUTPOMZJOUIFpnKVODUJPOCJBTFEXJUIBWPMUBHFDMPTFUPUIFCSFBLEPXOWPMUBHFThFBWBMBODIF
QIFOPNFOPOJTPftFOVTFEUPCVJMEUIFOPJTFTPVSDFT
/PJTFTQFDUSBMEFOTJUZGVODUJPOPGUIFBWBMBODIFOPJTFJTGSFRVFODZJOEFQFOEFOU

2qI
Sav ( f ) = 
 (2πf ⋅ τ)2 

XIFSFIJTBOBWFSBHFWBMVFPGUIFSFWFSTFCJBTJOHDVSSFOU
"OBWBMBODIFQIFOPNFOPOJTJONPTUDBTFTSFWFSTJCMFThFSFGPSF TFNJDPOEVDUPSEFWJDFT XIFSFUIF
BWBMBODIFCSFBLEPXOUPPLQMBDF BSFSFHBJOJOHUIFJSMPXOPJTFQSPQFSUJFTPODFEFWJDFTBSFOPMPOHFS
XPSLJOHBUBWBMBODIFSFHJPO

11.3 Noise of BJTs, JFETs, and MOSFETs


11.3.1 Noise of BJTs
*O 'JHVSF   UIF FRVJWBMFOU EJBHSBN PG #+5 XJUI OPJTF TPVSDFT JT QSFTFOUFE ThFTF BSF BT GPMMPXT
UIFSNBMOPJTFPGCBTFTQSFBEJOHSFTJTUBODFrb TIPUOPJTFBOEfUZQFOPJTFPGCBTFCJBTDVSSFOUIB BOE

C
ν 2thr B΄
b
B rb

i2shc

i2shb + i21/fb

FIGURE 11.2 &RVJWBMFOUEJBHSBNPG#+5XJUIOPJTFTPVSDFT


Noise in Semiconductor Devices 11-7

C TIPU OPJTF PG DPMMFDUPS DVSSFOU IC  4QSFBEJOH SFTJTUBODF JT TIPXO BT
FYUFSOBMSFTJTUPSrb OPJTFMFTTSFTJTUPS CFUXFFOJOUFSOBMCBTF#′BOE
ν 2n
B FYUFSOBMCBTF#
ThFJOUFOTJUJFT NFBOTRVBSFWBMVFT PGOPJTFTPVSDFTBSFHJWFOCZ
UIFGPMMPXJOHSFMBUJPOT

i2n ν2 = 4kTrb ⋅ Δf ⎯ thermal noise of base spreading resistance rb 


 rb 

i 2 = 2qI B ⋅ Δf ⎯shot noise of base bias current I B 


 shb 

E k f ⋅ I Bα ⋅ Δf
i12/ fb = ⎯ flicker noise of base bias current I B 
 fγ
FIGURE 11.3 ThF v − i  BNQMJ

n

n

fiFSNPEFMPGUIFCJQPMBSUSBOTJTUPS
i 2 = 2qI C ⋅ Δf ⎯shot noise of collector bias current I C 
 shc 
$PFffiDJFOUTαJγJOQSPQFSMZGBCSJDBUFE#+5TBSFDMPTFUP*OTJMJDPO#+5T UIFOPJTFfJTDBVTFECZ
ЋVDUVBUJPOPGUIFSFDPNCJOBUJPODVSSFOUJOUIFEFQMFUJPOSFHJPOPGUIFCBTFFNJUUFSKVODUJPOOFBSUIF
TJMJDPOTVSGBDF. The npnUSBOTJTUPSTIBWFVTVBMMZIJHIFSMFWFMTPGfUIBOpnpUSBOTJTUPST
'JHVSFTIPXTUIFvn − inBNQMJfiFSNPEFMPGUIF#+5XJUIUIFFRVJWBMFOUJOQVUOPJTFWPMUBHFBOE
DVSSFOUvn BOEin SFTQFDUJWFMZ
ThFFRVJWBMFOUJOQVUOPJTFWPMUBHFBOEDVSSFOU NFBOTRVBSFWBMVFT DBOCFFYQSFTTFECZ<>
2
⎛ K f ⋅ I Bα ⎞ ⎛r V ⎞
νn2 = 4kTrb ⋅ Δf + ⎜ 2q ⋅ I B ⋅ Δf + γ
Δf ⎟ ⋅ rb2 + 2qIC ⋅ Δf ⎜ b + T ⎟ 
 ⎝ f ⎠ ⎝ β IC ⎠ 

K f ⋅ I Bα qI
in = qI B ⋅ Δf + γ
⋅ Δf + C ⋅ Δf 
 f β 
XIFSFβJTUIFDPNNPOFNJUUFSDVSSFOUHBJO VTkrTq GPST,BOEVTN7
*OQSBDUJDF UIFJOUFOTJUJFTPGUIFTFOPJTFTPVSDFTWFSTVTGSFRVFODZfIBWFUPCFUBLFOJOUPBDDPVOU 
BOEPGDPVSTFUIFfOPJTFTPVSDFTJOMPXGSFRVFODZSBOHFBSFUIFNBJOPOFT'PSUIJTSFBTPO UIFЋJDLFS
OPJTFDPSOFSGSFRVFODZfcorJTPOFPGUIFJNQPSUBOUQBSBNFUFSThFЋJDLFSOPJTFDPSOFSGSFRVFODZfcorJT
VOEFSTUPPEBTCFJOHUIFGSFRVFODZGPSXIJDIUIFfOPJTFBOEUIFXIJUFOPJTF UIFSNBM TIPU BSFFRVBM
UPFBDIPUIFS TFF'JHVSF 

log S( f )

fcor log f

FIGURE 11.4 /PJTFQPXFSTQFDUSBMEFOTJUZGVODUJPOS f WFSTVTGSFRVFODZf


11-8 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

ThFTIBQFPGOPJTFQPXFSTQFDUSBMEFOTJUZGVODUJPOS f BTBGVODUJPOPGGSFRVFODZf SFQSFTFOUJOH


JOUFOTJUZPGJOQVUOPJTFWPMUBHFPSDVSSFOUTPVSDFTvn2 / Δf , in2 / Δf SFTQFDUJWFMZ JTUIFTBNF'VODUJPO
S f  TIPVME IBWF ¦E#EFDBEF TMPQF JO UIF MPX GSFRVFODZ SBOHF CFMPX ЋJDLFS OPJTF DPSOFS GSF
RVFODZfcor'PSUIFffcorUIFfOPJTFJTUIFEPNJOBOUDPNQPOFOUBOEGPSffcorUIFXIJUF UIFSNBM
BOETIPU OPJTFJTQSFWBJMJOHThFЋJDLFSOPJTFDPSOFSGSFRVFODZfcorGPSin2 / Δf DBOCFGPVOEGSPNUIF
SFMBUJPO<>

Kf
f cor = 
2q (1 + 1/β )
 

XIFSFQBSBNFUFSTKfBOEβBSFNFBTVSFEFYQFSJNFOUBMMZ
'PS#+5T UIFfcorJTJOUIFSBOHFGSPNUFOUIPG)[UPTFWFSBML)[ThFWBMVFPGUIFЋJDLFSOPJTFDPSOFS
GSFRVFODZDBOCFFWBMVBUFETFQBSBUFMZGPSCPUIFRVJWBMFOUJOQVUOPJTFTPVSDFT GPSFRVJWBMFOUJOQVUOPJTF
WPMUBHF BOEFRVJWBMFOUJOQVUOPJTFDVSSFOU. ThFWBMVFTPGfcorBSFOPUUIFTBNF
'PSFWBMVBUJOHBOPJTFCFIBWJPSPG#+5TJOBIJHIBOEBWFSZIJHIGSFRVFODZSBOHFUIFOPJTFGBDUPSF
DBOCFBQQMJFE. ThFOPJTFGBDUPSFJTHJWFOCZUIFSFMBUJPO

vni2
F= 
 4kTRS Δf 

XIFSFvni JTUIFNFBOTRVBSFFRVJWBMFOUOPJTFJOQVUWPMUBHFGPSUIF$&PSUIF$#DPOfiHVSBUJPOPG#+5 
RSJTUIFOPJTFTPVSDFSFTJTUBODF<>
0OFXBZUPSFEVDFUIFUIFSNBMOPJTFMFWFMPGUIFCBTFTQSFBEJOHSFTJTUBODF rb JTUIFDPOOFDUJPO
PGTFWFSBM / #+5TJOQBSBMMFMBOEUPBTTVSFUIBUUIFUPUBMDVSSFOUPGBMMUSBOTJTUPSTJTUIFTBNFBTGPS
POFUSBOTJTUPS#ZUIJTXBZ UIFMFWFMPGTIPUOPJTFTUBZTPOUIFTBNFMFWFMBOEUIFUIFSNBMOPJTFJT
SFEVDFEUPrbN

11.3.2 Noise of JFETs


*O'JHVSF UIFFRVJWBMFOUEJBHSBNPG+'&5XJUIBUUBDIFEOPJTFTPVSDFTJTQSFTFOUFEThFTFBSFBT
GPMMPXTUIFSNBMOPJTFPGESBJODVSSFOUID fOPJTFPGESBJODVSSFOUID BOETIPUOPJTFPGHBUFDVSSFOUIG
"UUIFOPSNBMPQFSBUJOHDPOEJUJPOT UIFHBUFTPVSDFKVODUJPOJTSFWFSTFCJBTFEBOEUIFTIPUOPJTFPGHBUF
DVSSFOU IG DBOCFOFHMFDUFE

G i2thd + i21/fd

i2shq

FIGURE 11.5 &RVJWBMFOUEJBHSBNPG+'&5XJUIOPJTFTPVSDFT


Noise in Semiconductor Devices 11-9

D ThFJOUFOTJUJFT NFBOTRVBSFWBMVFT PGOPJTFTPVSDFTBSFHJWFO


CZUIFGPMMPXJOHSFMBUJPOT
ν 2n

G 2
ishg = 2qI G ⋅ Δf ⎯shot noise of gate current I G 
 

i2n ⎛ 2g ⎞
2
ithd = 4kT ⎜ m ⎟ ⋅ Δf ⎯ thermal noise of drain current I D 
⎝ 3 ⎠
 

K f ⋅ I Dα
i12/ fd = ⋅ Δf ⎯ flicker noise of drain current I D 
 fγ
S 

FIGURE 11.6 ThF vn − in BNQMJfiFS $PFffiDJFOUTαJγJOQSPQFSMZGBCSJDBUFE+'&5TBSFDMPTFUP


NPEFMPGUIF+'&5 'JHVSFTIPXTUIFv  − i BNQMJfiFSNPEFMPGUIF+'&5XJUIUIF
n n
FRVJWBMFOUJOQVUOPJTFWPMUBHFBOEDVSSFOUvn BOEin SFTQFDUJWFMZ
ThFFRVJWBMFOUJOQVUOPJTFWPMUBHFBOEDVSSFOU NFBOTRVBSFWBMVFT DBOCFFYQSFTTFECZ<>

2
ithd + i12/ fd ⎛ 2 ⎞ K f ⋅ I Dα 4kT ⋅ Δff K f ⋅ Δf
νn2 = = 4 kT ⎜ ⎟ ⋅ Δf + γ
⋅ Δf = + 
2
gm ⎝ 3g m ⎠ gm ⋅ f
2
3 β ⋅ ID 4β ⋅ f
 

in = ishg

= qI G ⋅ Δf 
 

XIFSFβJTUIFUSBOTDPOEVDUBODFDPFffiDJFOU
"TGPS#+5T JOUIFMPXGSFRVFODZSBOHF UIFЋJDLFSOPJTFDPSOFSGSFRVFODZfcorJTPOFPGUIFJNQPSUBOU
QBSBNFUFSThe GSFRVFODZfcorDBOCFFWBMVBUFEPOMZGPSUIFQPXFSTQFDUSBMEFOTJUZGVODUJPOS f SFQSF
TFOUJOHUIFJOUFOTJUZPGJOQVUOPJTFWPMUBHFvn2 /Δf CFDBVTFUIFFRVJWBMFOUJOQVUOPJTFDVSSFOUEPFTOPU
JODMVEFUIFfOPJTF'PS+'&5T UIFЋJDLFSOPJTFGSFRVFODZfcorJTVOEFSTUPPEBTCFJOHUIFGSFRVFODZGPS
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12.1 Introduction
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FOFSHZXIFSFUIFfiOBMTUFQNVTUQSPEVDFBOFMFDUSJDBMTJHOBMPGBEFTJSBCMFGPSNBUЋ FSFBSFTFWFSBM
QIZTJDBMFffFDUTUIBUDBVTFHFOFSBUJPOPGFMFDUSJDTJHOBMTJOSFTQPOTFUPOPOFMFDUSJDBMJOflVFODFT*OUIJT
DIBQUFS UIFQIZTJDBMFffFDUTCFIJOEWBSJPVTTFOTPSBQQMJDBUJPOTUIBUDBOCFVTFEGPSDPOWFSTJPOPGTUJN
VMJJOUPFMFDUSJDTJHOBMTBSFJOUSPEVDFE JODMVEJOHQJF[PSFTJTUJWFFffFDU UIFSNPFMFDUSJDFffFDU QJF[PFMFDUSJD
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12.2 Piezoresistive Effect


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EFGPSNFE *U PDDVST JO DSZTUBMT UIBU IBWF OP QPMBS BYFT BOE JT XFMM SFQSFTFOUFE JO TFNJDPOEVDUPST
1IZTJDBMMZ QJF[PSFTJTUBODFDPNFTGSPNUIFBOJTPUSPQJDEJTUSJCVUJPOPGFOFSHZMFWFMTJOUIFkTQBDFPGUIF
BOHVMBSXBWFWFDUPSЋ JTQIFOPNFOPOJTTVDDFTTGVMMZFNQMPZFEJOTFOTPSTUIBUBSFTFOTJUJWFUPTUSFTT
Ћ FSFMBUJPOTIJQCFUXFFOSFMBUJWFDIBOHFTJOSFTJTUBODFΔRR XIFSFRJTTQFDJfiDSFTJTUJWJUZ BOEUIF
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= 
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12-2 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

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= 0.5[( π11 + π12 + π44 ) σ11 + ( π11 + π12 − π44 ) σ22 ] cos2 φ
R
+0.5[( π11 + π12 − π44 ) σ11 + ( π11 + π12 + π44 ) σ22 ]sin2 φ

+ π12 σ33 + ( π11 − π12 ) σ12 sin ( 2φ ) + αT 


 

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TABLE 12.1 1BSBNFUFSTGPS4JMJDPO8BGFS


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= 0.5 ( π11 + π12 ) (σ11 + σ22 ) + π12σ33 + αT
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+ 0.5π 44 (σ11 − σ22 ) cos (2φ) + ( π11 − π12 ) σ12 sin (2φ ) 
 

'PSOUZQFSFTJTUPST VTJOHUIFEBUBJO5BCMF

ΔR
= −244 (σ11 + σ22 ) + 534σ33 + αT − 68 (σ11 − σ22 ) cos (2φ )
R
− 1556σ12 sin (2φ ) 
 

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ΔR
= 27 ( σ11 + σ22 ) − 11σ33 + αT + 690 ( σ11 − σ22 ) cos ( 2φ )
R
+77σ12 sin ( 2φ ) 
 

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ΔR1 ΔR2
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 R1 R2 

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ΔR1 ΔR2
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ΔR
= ⎡⎣ B1σ11 + B2 σ22 + B3 σ33 + 2 2 ( B2 − B3 ) σ23 ⎤⎦ cos2 φ
R
+ ⎡⎣ B2 σ11 + B1σ22 + B3 σ33 − 2 2 ( B2 − B3 ) σ23 ⎤⎦ sin2 φ

+ ⎡⎣2 2 ( B2 − B3 ) σ13 + ( B1 − B2 ) σ12 ⎤⎦ sin ( 2φ ) + αT 


 

XIFSF

π11 + π12 + π44 π + 5π12 − π44 π + 2π12 − π44


B1 = , B2 = 11 , B3 = 11 
 2 6 3 

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ΔR
= C1 (σ11 + σ22 ) + B3σ33 + αT + ⎡⎣C2 (σ11 − σ22 ) + C3σ23 ⎤⎦ cos (2φ )
R
+ ⎡⎣2C2σ12 + C3σ13 ⎤⎦ sin (2φ ) 
 

XIFSF

2π11 + 4π12 + π44 π − π + 2π44 −π + π + π44


C1 = , C2 = 11 12 , C3 = 2 2 11 12 
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ΔR
= −7 (σ11 + σ22 ) + 61σ33 + αT + ⎡⎣ −305 (σ11 − σ22 ) + 670σ23 ⎤⎦ cos (2φ )
R
+ ⎡⎣ −610σ12 + 670σ13 ⎤⎦ sin (2φ ) 
 

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ΔR
= 245 (σ11 + σ22 ) − 446σ33 + αT + ⎡⎣ 473 (σ11 − σ22 ) + 750σ23 ⎤⎦ cos (2φ )
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+ ⎡⎣94σ12 + 750σ13 ⎤⎦ sin (2φ ) 
 

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+ = C1 ( σ11 + σ22 ) + B3 σ33 + αT 
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ΔR1 ΔR2
+ = −7 ( σ11 + σ22 ) + 61σ33 + 2000ΔT 
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12.3 Thermoelectric Effect


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JTBGVODUJPOPGUIFUFNQFSBUVSF"UUIFTBNFUFNQFSBUVSF XIFOUXPEJffFSFOUNBUFSJBMTDPOUBDU GSFF
FMFDUSPOTEJffVTFUISPVHIUIFKVODUJPO DPOUBDUJOHQPJOU Ћ FFMFDUSJDQPUFOUJBMPGUIFNBUFSJBMBDDFQU
JOH FMFDUSPOT CFDPNFT NPSF OFHBUJWF BU UIF JOUFSGBDF  XIJMF UIF NBUFSJBM FNJUUJOH FMFDUSPOT CFDPNFT
NPSFQPTJUJWF%JffFSFOUFMFDUSPOJDDPODFOUSBUJPOTBDSPTTUIFKVODUJPOTFUVQBOFMFDUSJDfiFMEUIBUCBM
BODFT UIF EJffVTJPO QSPDFTT VOUJM FRVJMJCSJVN JT FTUBCMJTIFE 8IFO UIF UXP NBUFSJBMT BSF BU EJffFSFOU
UFNQFSBUVSFT UIFWPMUBHFBUUIFKVODUJPODBOCFQSFTFOUFEBT 'JHVSF

dVAB
= S A − SB 
 dT 

XIFSFSABOESBBSFUIFBCTPMVUF4FFCFDLDPFffiDJFOUTPGUIFDPOEVDUPST"BOE# SFTQFDUJWFMZ
$POWFSTFMZ XIFOBWPMUBHFJTBQQMJFEUPUIFDPOEVDUPST"BOE#JO'JHVSF JUDSFBUFTBUFNQFSBUVSF
EJffFSFODFCFUXFFOTJEF"BOETJEF#
Ћ FEJffFSFOUJBM4FFCFDLDPFffiDJFOUSABSA¦SBJTDBMMFEUIFTFOTJUJWJUZPGBUIFSNPDPVQMFKVODUJPO
Ћ F4FFCFDLDPFfficJFOUJTJOEFQFOEFOUPOUIFDIBSBDUFSJTUJDPGUIFKVODUJPO CVUPOMZSFMBUFEXJUIUIF
NBUFSJBMTЋ FSFGPSF UPBDIJFWFUIFCFTUTFOTJUJWJUZ UIFEJffFSFOUJBM4FFCFDL
DPFffiDJFOUPGUIPTFKVODUJPONBUFSJBMTTIPVMECFBTMBSHFBTQPTTJCMF
T1

12.4 Piezoelectric Effect A


1JF[PFMFDUSJD FffFDU JT UIF QSPQFSUZ PG DFSUBJO DSZTUBMT UIBU DBO HFOFSBUF B VAB
WPMUBHFTVCKFDUFEUPBQSFTTVSFBOEDPOWFSTFMZHFOFSBUFBQSFTTVSFEVFUPBO
BQQMJFEWPMUBHF<%/>Ћ FFffFDUFYJTUTJODSZTUBMTUIBUEPOPUIBWFBTZN
B
NFUSJDBMDFOUFS
&BDINPMFDVMFJOQJF[PFMFDUSJDDSZTUBMJTQPMBSJ[FEPOFTJEFJTOFHBUJWFMZ
DIBSHFEXIJMFUIFPUIFSTJEFJTQPTJUJWFMZDIBSHFE XIJDIJTBMTPOBNFEBTB T2
EJQPMFЋ JTJTEVFUPUIFEJffFSFOUBUPNTUIBUNBLFVQUIFNPMFDVMF BOEUIF
XBZJOXIJDIUIFNPMFDVMFTBSFTIBQFEЋ FQPMBSBYJTSVOTUISPVHIUIFDFO FIGURE 12.1 7PMUBHFPG
UFSPGCPUIDIBSHFTJOUIFNPMFDVMFBOEUIFNPMFDVMFJTFMFDUSJDBMMZOFVUSBM UXP DPOEVDUPST XJUI EJG
VOEFS OPOTUSFTT DPOEJUJPOT 8IFO FYUFSOBM GPSDF JT BQQMJFE  UIF MBUUJDF JT GFSFOU UFNQFSBUVSFT DPO
EFGPSNFEBOEUIFFMFDUSJDfiFMEJTCVJMUVQDPOWFSTFMZ XIFOUIFQJF[PFMFDUSJD OFDUFEJOTFSJFT
12-6 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

DSZTUBMJTVOEFSBTUSPOHFMFDUSJDfiFME NPTUPGUIFEJQPMFTJOUIFDSZTUBMBSFGPSDFEUPMJOFVQJOOFBSMZUIF
TBNFEJSFDUJPO XIJDISFTVMUTJONFDIBOJDBMTUSFTT
1JF[PFMFDUSJDJUZJTUIFDPNCJOFEFffFDUPGUIFFMFDUSJDBMCFIBWJPSPGUIFDSZTUBM

 D = εE  

XIFSF
DJTUIFFMFDUSJDDIBSHFEFOTJUZEJTQMBDFNFOU FMFDUSJDEJTQMBDFNFOU
εJTUIFQFSNJUUJWJUZ
EJTUIFFMFDUSJc fiFMETUSFOHUI

6TJOH)PPLFTMBX

 L = sσ  

XIFSF
LJTTUSBJO
sJTDPNQMJBODF
σJTUIFTUSFTT

#ZDPNCJOJOH&RVBUJPOTBOE UIFQJF[PFMFDUSJDFffFDUDBOCFEFTDSJCFEBT

{L} = [s E ]{s} + [dT ]{E}



 {D} = [d]{s} + [e σ ]{E} 

XIFSF
\^BOE<>TUBOEBSEGPSWFDUPSBOENBUSJYTFQBSBUFMZ
dJTUIFQJF[PFMFDUSJDDPFfficJFOU
<d>JTUIFNBUSJYGPSUIFEJSFDUQJF[PFMFDUSJDFffFDU
USBOTQPTFE<d T>JTUIFNBUSJYGPSUIFDPOWFSTFQJF[PFMFDUSJDFffFDU
UIFTVQFSTDSJQUEJOEJDBUFTVOEFSB[FSPPSDPOTUBOUFMFDUSJc fiFME
UIFTVQFSTDSJQUσJOEJDBUFTVOEFSB[FSPPSDPOTUBOUTUSFTs fiFME

1JF[PFMFDUSJDDSZTUBMTQFSGPSNEJSFDUDPOWFSTJPOCFUXFFONFDIBOJDBMBOEFMFDUSJDBMFOFSHZ&ffiDJFODZ
PGUIFDPOWFSTJPOJTEFfiOFECZUIFDPVQMJOHDPFffiDJFOUTk

 k = d ×h  

XIFSFhJTUIFHSBEJFOUPGFMFDUSJc fiFMEENVMUJQMJFECZ:PVOHTNPEVMVT
Ћ FkDPFffiDJFOUJTBOJNQPSUBOUDIBSBDUFSJTUJDGPSBQQMJDBUJPOTXIFSFFOFSHZFffiDJFODZJTPGQSJNF
JNQPSUBODF MJLFJOBDPVTUJDTBOEVMUSBTPOJDT

12.5 Pyroelectric Effect


1ZSPFMFDUSJDFffFDUJTUIFQIFOPNFOPOPGHFOFSBUJOHBUFNQPSBSZFMFDUSJDBMQPUFOUJBMXIFONBUFSJBMTBSF
IFBUFEPSDPPMFE<;->%JffFSFOUGSPNUIFSNPFMFDUSJDEFWJDFTUIBUQSPEVDFTUFBEZWPMUBHFT QZSPFMFD
USJDEFWJDFTHFOFSBUFEZOBNJDBMDIBSHFTDPSSFTQPOEJOHUPUIFDIBOHFPGUFNQFSBUVSFT4PBQZSPFMFDUSJD
EFWJDFJTVTVBMMZVTFEBTBIFBt flPXEFUFDUPSSBUIFSUIBOBIFBUEFUFDUPS
Physical Phenomena Used in Sensors 12-7

1ZSPFMFDUSJDFffFDUJTWFSZUJHIUMZDPOOFDUFEUPUIFQJF[PFMFDUSJDFffFDUЋ FSFBSFTFWFSBMNFDIBOJTNT
UIBU XJMM SFTVMU JO QZSPFMFDUSJDJUZ 5FNQFSBUVSF DIBOHFT DBVTF TIPSUFOJOH PS FMPOHBUJPO PG JOEJWJEVBM
EJQPMFT*UNBZBMTPBffFDUUIFSBOEPNOFTTPGUIFEJQPMFPSJFOUBUJPOTEVFUPUIFSNBMBHJUBUJPOЋ JTJT
UIFQSJNBSZQZSPFMFDUSJDJUZЋ FTFDPOEQZSPFMFDUSJDJUZJTJOEVDFECZUIFTUSBJOJONBUFSJBMDBVTFECZ
UIFSNBMFYQBOTJPO XIJDINBZCFEFTDSJCFEBTBSFTVMUPGUIFQJF[PFMFDUSJDFffFDU0GUIFDMBTTJDDSZTUBM
TUSVDUVSFT PGUIFTFFYIJCJUQZSPFMFDUSJDQSPQFSUJFT
Ћ FQZSPFMFDUSJDDIBSHFDPFffiDJFOU PQ JTEFfiOFEBT

∂PS
PQ = 
 ∂T 

BOEUIFQZSPFMFDUSJDWPMUBHFDPFffiDJFOU PV BT

∂E
PV = 
 ∂T 

XIFSF
PSJTUIFTQPOUBOFPVTQPMBSJ[BUJPO
EJTUIFFMFDUSJc fiFMETUSFOHUI
TJTUIFBCTPMVUFUFNQFSBUVSF
"2 CJTUIFQBSBTJUJDDBQBDJUBODFPGUIFEFWJDF

#ZDPNCJOJOH&RVBUJPOTBOE

PQ ∂PS
= = ε = εr ε 
 PV ∂E 

XIFSF
εJTUIFFMFDUSJDQFSNJUUJWJUZPGWBDVVN
εrJTUIFFMFDUSJDQFSNJUUJWJUZPGUIFNBUFSJBMT

*GBQZSPFMFDUSJDNBUFSJBMJTFYQPTFEUPBIFBUTPVSDF JUTUFNQFSBUVSFSJTFTCZΔTBOEUIFDPSSFTQPOEJOH
DIBSHFBOEWPMUBHFDIBOHFTDBOCFDBMDVMBUFECZ

ΔQ = PQ AΔT

 ΔV = PV LΔT 

XIFSFABOELJTUIFBSFBBOEUIJDLOFTTPGUIFNBUFSJBMTFQBSBUFMZ
4JODFUIFDBQBDJUBODFJTEFfiOFEBT

ΔQ A
C= = εr ε 
 ΔV L 

*OUFHSBUJOH&RVBUJPOT  BOE UIFSFMBUJPOTIJQCFUXFFOΔVBOEΔTDBOCFEFTDSJCFEBT

PQ L
ΔV = ΔT 
 ε εr 
12-8 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

0OFNBZOPUJDFUIBUUIFPVUQVUWPMUBHFJTQSPQPSUJPOBMUPUIFTFOTPST
UFNQFSBUVSFDIBOHF QZSPFMFDUSJDDIBSHFDPFffiDJFOU BOEJUTUIJDLOFTT i C R
Ћ FFRVJWBMFOUFMFDUSJDBMDJSDVJUPGUIFQZSPFMFDUSJDTFOTPSJTTIPXOJO
'JHVSF*UDPOTJTUTPGUISFFDPNQPOFOUTUIFDVSSFOUTPVSDFHFOFSBU
JOHBIFBUJOEVDFEDVSSFOUiUIFQBSBTJUJDDBQBDJUBODFC BOEUIFMFBLBHF
SFTJTUBODFR FIGURE 12.2 &RVJWBMFOUDJS
DVJUPGQZSPFMFDUSJDTFOTPS

12.6 Photoelectric Effect in Semiconductors


"QIPUPFMFDUSJDFffFDUJTBOZFffFDUJOXIJDIMJHIUFOFSHZJTDPOWFSUFEUPFMFDUSJDJUZ8IFOMJHIUTUSJLFT
DFSUBJOMJHIUTFOTJUJWFNBUFSJBMT JUNBZDBVTFUIFNUPHJWFFMFDUSPOT PSDIBOHFUIFJSBCJMJUZUPDPOEVDU
FMFDUSJDJUZ PSNBZDBVTFUIFNUPEFWFMPQBOFMFDUSJDBMQPUFOUJBMPSWPMUBHFBDSPTTUXPTVSGBDFT
8IFOBTVSGBDFJTFYQPTFEUPFMFDUSPNBHOFUJDSBEJBUJPOBCPWFBDFSUBJOUISFTIPMEGSFRVFODZ UIFSBEJB
UJPOJTBCTPSCFEBOEFMFDUSPOTBSFFNJUUFEЋ JTJTDBMMFEQIPUPFMFDUSJDFffFDU XIJDIXBTEJTDPWFSFECZ"
&JOTUFJOЋ FSFRVJSFEQIPUPOFOFSHZNVTUFRVBMPSFYDFFEUIFFOFSHZPGBTJOHMFQIPUPO XIJDIJTHJWFOCZ

 E = hv  

XIFSF
vJTUIFGSFRVFODZPGMJHIU
hJT1MBODLTDPOTUBOUFRVBMUP¨¦+rT

$POTJEFSJOHUIFSFMBUJPOTIJQCFUXFFOGSFRVFODZBOEUIFXBWFMFOHUI UIFFOFSHZJO&RVBUJPO
DBOCFXSJUUFOBTUIFGVODUJPOPGXBWFMFOHUI

−7
hc 1.24 × 10
 E= = [eV ⋅ s]  
λ λ
XIFSF
cJTUIFMJHIUTQFFEJONBUFSJBMT
λJTUIFXBWFMFOHUIPGMJHIU

'PS4J UIFWBMVFPGEBUSPPNUFNQFSBUVSFJTF7)PXFWFS JOBSFBMTFNJDPOEVDUPSDSZTUBMPUIFS


FYDJUBUJPONFDIBOJTNTBSFQPTTJCMFЋ FTFJODMVEFBCTPSQUJPOUISPVHIUSBOTJUJPOTCFUXFFOUIFBMMPXFE
CBOETBOEBCTPSQUJPOUISPVHIIJHIMFWFMTPGEJTUPSUJPOJOUIFGPSCJEEFOCBOE)PXFWFS UIFHSFBUFTU
FYDJUBUJPOFffFDUJTTUJMMQSPWPLFECZCBOEUPCBOEBCTPSQUJPO
Ћ FFMFDUSPNBHOFUJDSBEJBUJPODBOCFDMBTTJfiFEGSPNMPXGSFRVFODZUPIJHIGSFRVFODZBTJOGSBSFE 
WJTJCMF BOEVMUSBWJPMFU SFTQFDUJWFMZЋ FFMFDUSPNBHOFUJDGSFRVFODZTQFDUSVNJTTIPXOJO'JHVSF

Infrared Visible Ultraviolet

GaAs GaP
InSb Ge Si CdSe CdS SiC ZnS

Eg (ev)
0 1 2 3 4

λ (um)
75 32 1 0.5 0.35

FIGURE 12.3 &MFDUSPNBHOFUJDGSFRVFODZTQFDUSVN


Physical Phenomena Used in Sensors 12-9

Conduction band

Energy gap

+ Valence band
hv

FIGURE 12.4 1IPUPDPOEVDUJWFFffFDUJOTFNJDPOEVDUPS

8IFOMJHIUJTBCTPSCFECZBTFNJDPOEVDUPS BDVSSFOUDBOCFJOEVDFEBOEUIVTDBVTFUIFDIBOHFPG
SFTJTUBODFPGUIFNBUFSJBM"TTIPXOJO'JHVSF UIFTFNJDPOEVDUPSJOUIFSNBMFRVJMJCSJVNDPOUBJOT
GSFF FMFDUSPOT BOE IPMFT Ћ F PQUJDBM fiFME UP CF EFUFDUFE JT JODJEFOU PO BOE BCTPSCFE JO UIF DSZTUBM 
UIFSFCZFYDJUJOHFMFDUSPOTJOUPUIFDPOEVDUJPOCBOEPS JOQUZQFTFNJDPOEVDUPST IPMFTJOUPUIFWBMFODF
CBOEЋ FFMFDUSPOJDEFfiDJFODZUIVTDSFBUFEJTBDUFEVQPOCZUIFFMFDUSJDfiFME BOEJUTESJft BMPOHUIFfiFME
EJSFDUJPOHJWFTSJTFUPUIFTJHOBMDVSSFOU

12.7 Photoelectric Effect in p-n Junctions


8IFOMJHIUTUSJLFTBTFNJDPOEVDUPSQOKVODUJPO JUTFOFSHZJTBCTPSCFECZFMFDUSPOT&MFDUSPOTBOE
IPMFTHFOFSBUFECZMJHIUJOUIFQOKVODUJPOBSFTXFQUCZKVODUJPOFMFDUSJDBMfiFME"TBSFTVMU UIFDVS
SFOUflPXTUIPVHIUIFKVODUJPO'JHVSFTIPXTUIFQSPDFTTPGHFOFSBUJOHDVSSFOUJOQIPUPEJPEF
'JHVSFBJTUIFQOKVODUJPOXJUIBEFQMFUJPOMBZFSXJUIPVUMJHIU8IFOUIFQOKVODUJPOJTFYQPTFE
UPMJHIU UIFJNQJOHJOHQIPUPOTDSFBUFFMFDUSPOoIPMFQBJSTFWFSZXIFSFJOOUZQFBSFB QUZQFBSFB BOE
EFQMFUJPOMBZFS*OUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFS UIFFMFDUSJDfiFMEBDDFMFSBUFTFMFDUSPOTUPXBSEUIFOMBZFSBOEUIF
IPMFTUPXBSEUIFQMBZFS 'JHVSFC 
'PS UIF FMFDUSPOoIPMF QBJST HFOFSBUFE JO UIF OMBZFS  UIF FMFDUSPOT  BMPOH XJUI FMFDUSPOT UIBU IBWF
BSSJWFEGSPNUIFQMBZFS BSFMFft JOUIFOMBZFSDPOEVDUJPOCBOEЋ FIPMFTBUUIJTUJNFBSFCFJOHEJG
GVTFEUISPVHIUIFOMBZFSVQUPUIFEFQMFUJPOMBZFSXIJMFCFJOHBDDFMFSBUFE BOEDPMMFDUFEJOUIFQMBZFS
WBMFODFCBOE*OUIJTNBOOFS FMFDUSPOoIPMFQBJSTUIBUBSFHFOFSBUFEJOQSPQPSUJPOUPUIFBNPVOUPG
JODJEFOUMJHIUBSFDPMMFDUFEJOUIFOBOEQMBZFSTЋ JTSFTVMUTJOBQPTJUJWFDIBSHFJOUIFQMBZFSBOEB
OFHBUJWFDIBSHFJOUIFOMBZFS*GBOFYUFSOBMDJSDVJUJTDPOOFDUFECFUXFFOUIFQBOEOMBZFST FMFDUSPOT
XJMMflPXBXBZGSPNUIFOMBZFS BOEIPMFTXJMMflPXBXBZGSPNUIFQMBZFSUPXBSEUIFPQQPTJUFSFTQFDUJWF
FMFDUSPEFT 'JHVSFD Ћ FDVSSFOUJTUIVTHFOFSBUFE

12.8 Temperature Effect in p-n Junctions


Ћ FUFNQFSBUVSFFffFDUPGQOKVODUJPODBOCFVUJMJ[FEBTBUFNQFSBUVSFTFOTPSЋ FQSJODJQBMTFOTPSJT
TUSBJHIUGPSXBSEЋ FIoVDIBSBDUFSJTUJDPGUIFEJPEFJTBTGPMMPXT

⎛ ⎛ qV ⎞ ⎞
I D = I S ⎜ exp ⎜ D ⎟ − 1⎟ 
⎝ ⎝ kT ⎠ ⎠
 

XIFSF
VDJTUIFBQQMJFEWPMUBHF
qJTFMFDUSPOJDDIBSHFFRVBMUP¨¦$
kJT#PMU[NBOTDPOTUBOUFRVBMUP¨¦+,
TJTBCTPMVUFUFNQFSBUVSF
ISJTUIFSFWFSTFTBUVSBUJPODVSSFOUPGEJPEF
12-10 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

n-Type material p-Type material n-Type material p-Type material

Depletion layer Depletion layer

Electrons Holes Electrons Holes


Space charge —positive Space charge —positive
(a) Space charge—negative (b) Space charge —negative

n-Type material p-Type material

Depletion layer

Electrons Holes
Space charge —positive
(c) Space charge —negative

FIGURE 12.5 1IPUPEJPEF B QOKVODUJPO C DBSSJFSHFOFSBUJPOJOEFQMFUJPOMBZFSBTTPDJBUFEXJUIDBSSJFSTXFFQ


JOFMFDUSJDfiFMEPGEFQMFUJPOMBZFS GBTUQSPDFTT  D DBSSJFSHFOFSBUJPOJOCVMLNBUFSJBMBTTPDJBUFEXJUINJOPSJUZDBSSJFS
EJffVTJPOUPXBSEKVODUJPO TMPXQSPDFTT 

⎛ ⎞
⎜ 1 1 ⎟
I S = Aqn ⎜
2
i xn + xp ⎟ 


⎜⎜
⎝ ∫0
(N / D p )dx
0 ∫
(N / Dn )dx ⎟⎟
⎠

XIFSFniJTDBMDVMBUFECZ

⎛ Eg ⎞
ni2 = N v N cT 3 exp ⎜ − ⎟ 
 ⎝ kT ⎠

#ZDPNCJOJOH&RVBUJPOTUISPVHI UIFWPMUBHFPGUIFEJPEFDBOCFDBMDVMBUFECZ

kT ⎛ I D ⎞ kT ⎛ I D ⎞
VD = MO ⎜ + ⎟ ≅ MO 
q ⎝ IS ⎠ q ⎜⎝ I S ⎟⎠
 


4JODF IS JT QSPQPSUJPOBM UPni  &RVBUJPO   UBLJOH UIF EFSJWBUJWF XJUI SFTQFDU UP UFNQFSBUVSF
ZJFMET
Physical Phenomena Used in Sensors 12-11

2.5 .40°C
.25 T
.10
5
20
2 35

dVD/dT (mV/K)
50
65
80
95
110
125
1.5 140

1
0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7 0.75 0.8
VD (V)

FIGURE 12.6 3FMBUJPOTIJQCFUXFFOdVDdTBOEVDGPSBTJMJDPOEJPEF

 ∂VD k ⎛ I D ⎞ kT  ∂I S VD − kT  q − E g  q 
= MO ⎜ ⎟ − = 
∂T q ⎝ I S ⎠ q I S ∂T T

XIFSFEgJTUIFTFNJDPOEVDUPSCBOEHBQFOFSHZЋ FSFMBUJPOTIJQCFUXFFOdVDdTBOEVDGPSBTJMJDPO
EJPEFJTTIPXOJO'JHVSFdVDdTEFDSFBTFTXJUIUFNQFSBUVSFJODSFBTJOH
8JUIBDPOTUBOUDVSSFOUBQQMJFE UIFWPMUBHFBDSPTTBEJPEFPSQOKVODUJPOXJMMEFDSFBTFCZBQQSPYJ
NBUFMZoN7¡$Ћ FEJPEFWPMUBHFWTUFNQFSBUVSFDBOCFDIBSBDUFSJ[FECZQMBDJOHUIFBNQMJfiFSJOB
UFNQFSBUVSFDIBNCFSXJUIBDPOTUBOUDVSSFOUBQQMJFEUPUIFEJPEFKVODUJPO

12.9 Hall Effect


Ћ F)BMMFffFDUXBTEJTDPWFSFEJOJO+PIOT)PQLJOT6OJWFSTJUZ
CZ&))BMMЋ FFffFDUJTCBTFEPOUIFJOUFSBDUJPOCFUXFFONPWJOH
FMFDUSJDDBSSJFSTBOEBOFYUFSOBMNBHOFUJDfiFME8IFOBOFMFDUSPO I
NPWFTUISPVHIBNBHOFUJc fiFME JUBDUTBTJEFXBZTGPSDF
B

 F = qvB  
+ –

XIFSF
qJTBOFMFDUSPOJDDIBSHF
vJTUIFTQFFEPGBOFMFDUSPO
BJTUIFNBHOFUJc fiFME

8IFOUIFFMFDUSJDDVSSFOUTPVSDFIJTQFSQFOEJDVMBSUPUIFNBH
VH
OFUJDfiFMEB BTTIPXOJO'JHVSF UIFTPDBMMFE)BMMWPMUBHF VH 
JT QSPEVDFE JO UIF EJSFDUJPO QFSQFOEJDVMBS UP CPUI B BOE I VH JT FIGURE 12.7 1SJODJQMF PG )BMM
HJWFOCZ FffFDU
12-12 Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

IB
VH = 
 qnd 

XIFSF
dJTUIFUIJDLOFTTPGUIFIBMMQMBUF
nJTUIFDBSSJFSEFOTJUZ

0OFWFSZJNQPSUBOUGFBUVSFPGUIF)BMMFffFDUJTUIBUJUEJffFSFOUJBUFTCFUXFFOQPTJUJWFDIBSHFTNPWJOHJO
POFEJSFDUJPOBOEOFHBUJWFDIBSHFTNPWJOHJOUIFPQQPTJUF
)BMMFffFDUEFWJDFTQSPEVDFBWFSZMPXTJHOBMMFWFMBOEUIVTSFRVJSFBNQMJfiDBUJPOЋ F)BMMTFOTPST
DBOCFVTFEUPEFUFDUNBHOFUJc fiFMET QPTJUJPO BOEEJTQMBDFNFOUPGPCKFDUT

12.10 Conclusion
Ћ FQIZTJDBMQIFOPNFOBEFTDSJCFEBCPWFBSFGSFRVFOUMZVTFEJOWBSJPVTTFOTPST'PSFYBNQMF QJF[PSFTJT
UJWFFffFDUBOEQJF[PFMFDUSJDFffFDUDBOCFVTFEUPNFBTVSFCPUIQSFTTVSFBOEBDDFMFSBUJPOЋ FSNPFMFDUSJD
FffFDU QZSPFMFDUSJDFffFDU BOEUFNQFSBUVSFFffFDUJOQOKVODUJPOBSFVTVBMMZBQQMJFEJOUFNQFSBUVSFTFO
TPST CPMPNFUFST BOETPPO1IPUPFMFDUSJDFffFDUJTVTFEJOMJHIUEFUFDUPSTTVDIBTQIPUPEJPEFTBOEUIFS
NBMEFUFDUPST)BMMFffFDUJTBMXBZTVTFEJONFBTVSJOHNBHOFUJDfiFMETBOETFOTJOHQPTJUJPOBOENPUJPO

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