학술논문

Highly Sensitive Ga2O3-Face Tunnel Field Effect Phototransistor for Deep UV Detection
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Sensors Journal IEEE Sensors J. Sensors Journal, IEEE. 22(18):17769-17776 Sep, 2022
Subject
Signal Processing and Analysis
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Robotics and Control Systems
Silicon
Tunneling
Logic gates
Faces
TFETs
Sensors
Junctions
ATLAS device simulator
detectivity
face tunnel FET (FTFET)
illumination
phototransistor
responsivity
sensitivity
Language
ISSN
1530-437X
1558-1748
2379-9153
Abstract
In this article, a Technology Computer-Aided Design (TCAD)-based study has been done for gallium oxide (Ga 2 O 3 ) gated UV phototransistor with face tunneling architecture and magnesium silicide (Mg 2 Si) substrate using ATLAS-2-D device simulator, in which Ga 2 O 3 has been used as a photoabsorber layer over the complete channel. The photon absorption inside the Ga 2 O 3 has been utilized to modulate the silicon channel conduction (tunneling at the source channel junction), where the advantage of face tunneling over the conventional tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) architectures has been shown. The device operation has been studied in the wavelength spectrum of deep UV (DUV) (solar blind) and outside this range to analyze the application of the proposed architecture for DUV radiation detection and rejecting others. From the dark and illuminated characterization, transient response, and spectral response, Ga 2 O 3 of thickness 50 nm is the best concluded candidate with a response time of 11.5 ms, sensitivity of $1.1\times 10^{7}$ , responsivity of $3.59\times 10^{4}$ A/W, and detectivity of $4.15\times 10^{15}$ Jones, which makes it a suitable candidate for its application as DUV photodetector.