This paper conducts a research on modulation characteristics of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) used in a visible-light communication (VLC) system. Through analysis of the modulation characteristics of LEDs with dif...This paper conducts a research on modulation characteristics of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) used in a visible-light communication (VLC) system. Through analysis of the modulation characteristics of LEDs with different emitting sizes, we find that there is a similar linear relationship between LED’s 3dB bandwidth and the operation current density. This experiment also shows that high series resistance is one major issue that limits our LED's modulation speed. To further improve the LED bandwidth, the resistance can be reduced by optimizing device layout as well as reducing material bulk resistance. Clearly, this study provides an approach to increase the modulation bandwidth of GaN-based LEDs for VLC systems.展开更多
The effects of buried oxide（BOX） layer on the capacitance of SiGe heterojunction photo-transistor（HPT）,including the collector-substrate capacitance,the base-collector capacitance,and the base-emitter capacitance,...The effects of buried oxide（BOX） layer on the capacitance of SiGe heterojunction photo-transistor（HPT）,including the collector-substrate capacitance,the base-collector capacitance,and the base-emitter capacitance,are studied by using a silicon-on-insulator（SOI） substrate as compared with the devices on native Si substrates.By introducing the BOX layer into Si-based SiGe HPT,the maximum photo-characteristic frequency ft,0 p.of SO1-based SiGe HPT reaches up to 24.51 GHz,which is 1.5 times higher than the value obtained from Si-based SiGe HPT.In addition,the maximum optical cut-off frequency fβ,opt,namely its 3-dB bandwidth,reaches up to 1.13 GHz,improved by 1.18 times.However,with the increase of optical power or collector current,this improvement on the frequency characteristic from BOX layer becomes less dominant as confirmed by reducing the 3-dB bandwidth of SOI-based SiGe HPT which approaches to the 3-dB bandwidth of Si-based SiGe HPT at higher injection conditions.展开更多
文摘This paper conducts a research on modulation characteristics of blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs) used in a visible-light communication (VLC) system. Through analysis of the modulation characteristics of LEDs with different emitting sizes, we find that there is a similar linear relationship between LED’s 3dB bandwidth and the operation current density. This experiment also shows that high series resistance is one major issue that limits our LED's modulation speed. To further improve the LED bandwidth, the resistance can be reduced by optimizing device layout as well as reducing material bulk resistance. Clearly, this study provides an approach to increase the modulation bandwidth of GaN-based LEDs for VLC systems.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61604106,61774012,and 61901010)the Beijing Future Chip Technology High Precision Innovation Center Research Fund,China(Grant No.KYJJ2016008)+1 种基金the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation,China(Grant No.4192014)the Municipal Natural Science Foundation of Shangdong Province,China(Grant No.ZR2014FL025).
文摘The effects of buried oxide（BOX） layer on the capacitance of SiGe heterojunction photo-transistor（HPT）,including the collector-substrate capacitance,the base-collector capacitance,and the base-emitter capacitance,are studied by using a silicon-on-insulator（SOI） substrate as compared with the devices on native Si substrates.By introducing the BOX layer into Si-based SiGe HPT,the maximum photo-characteristic frequency ft,0 p.of SO1-based SiGe HPT reaches up to 24.51 GHz,which is 1.5 times higher than the value obtained from Si-based SiGe HPT.In addition,the maximum optical cut-off frequency fβ,opt,namely its 3-dB bandwidth,reaches up to 1.13 GHz,improved by 1.18 times.However,with the increase of optical power or collector current,this improvement on the frequency characteristic from BOX layer becomes less dominant as confirmed by reducing the 3-dB bandwidth of SOI-based SiGe HPT which approaches to the 3-dB bandwidth of Si-based SiGe HPT at higher injection conditions.
