Влияние облучения электронами с энергией 0.9 МэВ на вольт-амперные характеристики и низкочастотные шумы 4H-SiC pin-диодов

Abstract

AbstractIt is established experimentally that noticeable changes in the I – V characteristics and low-frequency noise in 4 H -SiC pin diodes irradiated by electrons with an energy of 0.9 MeV are observed after doses of Φ ≥ 1.4 × 10^15 cm^–2. The currents in the forward and reverse branches of the I – V characteristics vary nonmonotonically at voltages lower than 2 V with increasing dose, which is explained by the interaction between the excited electronic subsystem and metastable defects. In this case, a steady increase in the ideality factor and the series resistance of diodes in the region of exponential growth of the I – V characteristics at voltages exceeding 2 V is observed. The reliable operation of microwave devices with low-noise 4 H -SiC pin diodes under conditions of electron irradiation is possible up to a cumulative dose of Φ ≤ 10^15 cm^–2. In microwave devices, the level of low-frequency noise in which is irrelevant but the stabile regime of parameters is of importance, the dose can be increased to Φ ≈ 8 × 10^15 cm^–2.