The growth, fabrication, and characterization of a solar-blind A1GaN-based p-i-n back-illuminated photodetector with a high temperature A1N template are reported for the first time. The photodetector was fabricated fr...The growth, fabrication, and characterization of a solar-blind A1GaN-based p-i-n back-illuminated photodetector with a high temperature A1N template are reported for the first time. The photodetector was fabricated from multilayer AIx Gal-xN films grown by MOCVD on double-polished c-plane (0001) sapphire substrates. Crack free, high A1 content (0.7) A1GaN multilayer structure,designed for the solar-blind p-i-n back-illuminated photodetector,was grown on a high temperature A1N template without a nuclear layer. The high quality of the epitaxial layers is demonstrated by in-situ optical reflectance monitoring curve, triple-axis X-ray diffraction, and atomic-force microscope. At a 1.8V bias, the processed p-i-n photodetector exhibits a solar-blind photoresponse with a maximum responsivity of 0. 0864A/W at 270nm. The photodetector exhibits a forward turn-on voltage at around 3.5V and a reverse breakdown voltage above 20V, and the leakage current is below 20pA for 2V reverse bias.展开更多
We investigate the contact characteristics of bi-layer thin films, Ti(20nm)/Al(200nm) on Si-doped n-type A10.6 Ga0.4 N films grown on sapphire substrate. The surface treatment was aqua regia boiling before metalli...We investigate the contact characteristics of bi-layer thin films, Ti(20nm)/Al(200nm) on Si-doped n-type A10.6 Ga0.4 N films grown on sapphire substrate. The surface treatment was aqua regia boiling before metallization and annealing after metallization at different conditions in N2 ambient. High resolution X-ray diffractometery analysis was carried out on the contacts and the surface interfaces of these conditions were compared. A specific contact resistivity pc was determined using the circular transmission line method via current-voltage measurements. A pc of 3.42 × 10^-4 Ω·cm^2 was achieved when annealed at 670℃ for 90s. Then, this ideal ohmic contact was used in back-illuminated solar-blind AlGaN p- i-n detectors and the detectors' performances, such as spectral responsivity, dark-current,and breakdown voltage were optimized.展开更多
Vertical layered space-time codes have demonstrated the enormous potential to accommodate rapid flow data. Thus far, vertical layered space-time codes assumed that perfect estimates of current channel fading condition...Vertical layered space-time codes have demonstrated the enormous potential to accommodate rapid flow data. Thus far, vertical layered space-time codes assumed that perfect estimates of current channel fading conditions are available at the receiver. However, increasing the number of transmit antennas increases the required training interval and reduces the available time in which data may be transmitted before the fading coefficients change. In this paper, a vertical layered space-time code is proposed. By applying the subspace method to the layered space-time code, the symbols can be detected without training symbols and channel estimates at the transmitter or the receiver. Monte Carlo simulations show that performance can approach that of the detection method with the knowledge of the channel.展开更多
In a direct spectrum (DS) system, the PN code can be estimated by analyzing the singular vectors of the received data matrix in order to blind despread in a non-cooperative context. But as there are informa-tion dat...In a direct spectrum (DS) system, the PN code can be estimated by analyzing the singular vectors of the received data matrix in order to blind despread in a non-cooperative context. But as there are informa-tion data reversions in the analyzed data matrix, some parts of the estimated PN code may be invertible to the original PN code, which may bring about problems in the following despreading process. In order to solve this problem, a method to well reconstruct the PN code is proposed. This method is based on power detection. The combination scheme which has the maximum power is the best combination scheme that is most suitable to the original PN code. Simulation results show that the method can reconstruct the PN code very well,even if the signal-to-noise ratio is low.展开更多
文摘The growth, fabrication, and characterization of a solar-blind A1GaN-based p-i-n back-illuminated photodetector with a high temperature A1N template are reported for the first time. The photodetector was fabricated from multilayer AIx Gal-xN films grown by MOCVD on double-polished c-plane (0001) sapphire substrates. Crack free, high A1 content (0.7) A1GaN multilayer structure,designed for the solar-blind p-i-n back-illuminated photodetector,was grown on a high temperature A1N template without a nuclear layer. The high quality of the epitaxial layers is demonstrated by in-situ optical reflectance monitoring curve, triple-axis X-ray diffraction, and atomic-force microscope. At a 1.8V bias, the processed p-i-n photodetector exhibits a solar-blind photoresponse with a maximum responsivity of 0. 0864A/W at 270nm. The photodetector exhibits a forward turn-on voltage at around 3.5V and a reverse breakdown voltage above 20V, and the leakage current is below 20pA for 2V reverse bias.
文摘We investigate the contact characteristics of bi-layer thin films, Ti(20nm)/Al(200nm) on Si-doped n-type A10.6 Ga0.4 N films grown on sapphire substrate. The surface treatment was aqua regia boiling before metallization and annealing after metallization at different conditions in N2 ambient. High resolution X-ray diffractometery analysis was carried out on the contacts and the surface interfaces of these conditions were compared. A specific contact resistivity pc was determined using the circular transmission line method via current-voltage measurements. A pc of 3.42 × 10^-4 Ω·cm^2 was achieved when annealed at 670℃ for 90s. Then, this ideal ohmic contact was used in back-illuminated solar-blind AlGaN p- i-n detectors and the detectors' performances, such as spectral responsivity, dark-current,and breakdown voltage were optimized.
基金Partially supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation (No.69872029) and the Research Fund for Doctoral Program of Higher Education (No.1999069808) of China
文摘Vertical layered space-time codes have demonstrated the enormous potential to accommodate rapid flow data. Thus far, vertical layered space-time codes assumed that perfect estimates of current channel fading conditions are available at the receiver. However, increasing the number of transmit antennas increases the required training interval and reduces the available time in which data may be transmitted before the fading coefficients change. In this paper, a vertical layered space-time code is proposed. By applying the subspace method to the layered space-time code, the symbols can be detected without training symbols and channel estimates at the transmitter or the receiver. Monte Carlo simulations show that performance can approach that of the detection method with the knowledge of the channel.
文摘In a direct spectrum (DS) system, the PN code can be estimated by analyzing the singular vectors of the received data matrix in order to blind despread in a non-cooperative context. But as there are informa-tion data reversions in the analyzed data matrix, some parts of the estimated PN code may be invertible to the original PN code, which may bring about problems in the following despreading process. In order to solve this problem, a method to well reconstruct the PN code is proposed. This method is based on power detection. The combination scheme which has the maximum power is the best combination scheme that is most suitable to the original PN code. Simulation results show that the method can reconstruct the PN code very well,even if the signal-to-noise ratio is low.