Abstract
AbstractThe effects of the duty cycle and frequency of a pulsed-current stress on the critical length-current density product, (jlc) were measured using edge-displacement techniques. In our study, Al edge-displacement segments were stressed at a temperature of 200 °C and at peak pulsed-dc current densities below 6×105 A/cm2 in a nitrogen ambient. jlc was measured for duty cycles of 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% at 100 kHz, and for 50% duty cycle at lower frequencies. jlc was observed to increase with decreasing duty cycle and increasing frequency. We measured a 2.6-fold increase in jlc for the 25% duty cycle at 100 kHz as compared to dc. We have used the vacancy supersaturation model to predict the jlc enhancement for lower duty cycle operation.
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