Semiconductors. Semiconductors also can collect and generate photons, so they are important in optoelectronic or photonic applications.
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1 Semiconductors Semiconducting materials have electrical properties that fall between true conductors, (like metals) which are always highly conducting and insulators (like glass or plastic or common ceramics) which always conduct very poorly. The electrical properties of semiconductors are very sensitive to impurity levels in the material. A change of a few parts per million (ppm) of a particular impurity can have significant effects on the current-carrying capability of the semiconductor. Semiconductor properties are also strongly dependent on temperature raising the temperature raises the conductivity. In general, conductors and insulators are not so sensitive to compositional and temperature changes. Semiconductors also can collect and generate photons, so they are important in optoelectronic or photonic applications. EE 230 semiconductors 1
2 In the semiconductor industry, silicon is the most important material, although it is by no means the only option. Currently, it is the best option for making integrated circuits. Elemental semiconductors Compound semiconductors IIIA IVA VA VIA IIIA IVA VA VIA B C N O Al Si P S Ga Ge As Se In Sn Sb Te Si, Ge, C (diamond), SiGe, SiC B C N O Al Si P S Ga Ge As Se In Sn Sb Te GaAs, AlAs, InP, InAs, GaSb, (Al,Ga)As, (Ga,In)As, GaIn AsP EE 230 semiconductors 2
3 Why is silicon dominant? abundant, 4th most common element (sand) cheap relatively easy to purify and crystallize relatively easy to add impurities to modify properties easy to oxidize to form an insulating SiO 2 layer. EE 230 semiconductors 3
4 Silicon The silicon atom has 14 electrons arranged in the shells of 2, 8, and 4 electrons. The inner two shells are completely filled and play no role in the chemistry of silicon. The outer is only half full. +14 Silicon atoms can bond through the sharing of electrons (covalent bonding). By sharing electrons with 4 other atoms, the atom can feel like its outer valence shell is full. This arrangement leads to the lowest total energy. EE 230 semiconductors 4
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7 Silicon crystal It is difficult to depict the 3-D lattice, but we can get a rough idea of what is going on with the 2-D depiction at below. The dots represent silicon atoms. The lines connecting represent shared bonding electrons. EE 230 semiconductors 7
8 Current flow So each atom has 8 bonding electron states. If each and every one of those states contains a shared electron, then no current can flow. If we apply an electric field or other driving force, there may be significant hopping around and trading of spots as electrons move from one bonding site to another. But the large-scale picture never changes. This means that there is no current flow. (Musical chairs analogy.) Before After 8 E (Electric field) EE 230 semiconductors 8
9 Only by having some electrons break out of the bonding states will we have the possibility of current flow. Of course, it takes a certain amount energy for an electron to break loose and become a conduction electron. The energy required to for electrons to break loose is called the band-gap energy. E (Electric field) EE 230 semiconductors 9
10 Holes When an electron breaks loose, it leaves an empty bonding spot. When an electric field is applied, it is certainly possible for another bonding electron to hop over to the empty spot. E (Electric field) So the empty spot moves in the same direction as the electric field, i.e. it moves likes like a positive charge. This is called a hole. EE 230 semiconductors 10
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12 Concentrations Because the numbers of electrons and holes are so so very big, we usually use the idea of concentrations to quantify the numbers. The concentration of free electrons and holes is the number per unit volume. To get an idea of just how many particles there are, we start with the concentration of atoms in a silicon crystal. This number works out to about 5x10 19 per cubic millimeter. [ 50 nm 3 or 5x10 22 cm 3 or 5x10 28 m 3. ] There are 14 electrons with each atom, but only 4 are in the outer valence shell and hence available to break loose. So there are about 2x10 23 cm 3 electrons that might possibly be available to carry current. Usually, only a very tiny fraction of electrons are loose probably less than one in a trillion have energy to break the bonds. This means that the concentration of free electrons might be something like cm 3. Of course, there would be similar concentration of holes. n electron concentration p hole concentration EE 230 semiconductors 12
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If we consider a wire (or any path that constrains the flow of current) with cross-sectional area of A, then the current density is defined as J = I/A. The units are amps per unit area: A/cm 2. I A As an example, consider a 14-gauge copper wire (diameter of 1.63 mm), like you might have in your house for the lights. If there is one amp of current flowing, the current density is: J = I πr 2 = 1A = 48 A/cm2 2 π ( cm) In a trace of an integrated circuit, a wire may have only 1 ma flowing but the rectangular cross-sectional area might be very small, say 5 µm x 0.5 µm. In that case the current density might be: J = A ( cm)( cm) = 40, 000 A/cm2 EE 230 semiconductors 13
14 Current Of course, current is moving charge. So there must be some charge (as indicated by the concentration) and there must movement, as given the velocity. And we must have both things charge with no velocity is zero current as is velocity without charge. So if we consider electrons, it is the product, q n v n that matters. (Each electron carries 1 q of charge and v n is velocity of the electrons.) If we examine the units of this quantity, we realize that this is current density. J n = q n v n If we are considering holes, the current density is: J p = q p v p If both electrons and holes are present then J total = J n + J p = q n v n + q p v p EE 230 semiconductors 14
15 Intrinsic semiconductor However, the situation we have considered so far is a special case, because the numbers of holes and electrons are always identical the creation of a free electron automatically introduces a hole. We call these electron-hole pairs. This is the inherent result that must occur when we have a perfect crystal in which every atom is silicon, so that the number electrons exactly matches the number of available bonds. In this situation, with the number of electrons exactly matching the number of holes, n = p, we have an intrinsic semiconductor. Technologically, intrinsic semiconductors are not very interesting, because the only means for changing carrier concentration is to change the temperature. And then we change both the electrons and holes in identical fashion. EE 230 semiconductors 15
16 Extrinsic semiconductor (doping) If we want to control the electron and hole concentrations independently, we must make the crystal imperfect in some fashion. In particular, we will want to form defects by controllably adding atoms of other elements. The process of adding impurities is called doping and the added impurities are dopants. To see the effect of a dopant, consider substituting phosphorus atoms for some of the silicon atoms in the crystal. IIIA IVA VA VIA Phosphorus comes from the fifth column of the periodic table. It is very similar to silicon, but has an outer shell with 5 valence electrons. B C N O Al Si P S 16 Ga Ge As Se In Sn Sb Te EE 230 semiconductors 16
17 If a phosphorus atom is substituted for a silicon atom in the crystal, it fits in relatively well using four electrons to make bonds with the four neighboring silicon atoms. However the fifth electron has no bonding site in which to fit. + The dangling electron will be weakly bound to the phosphorus atom. It is relatively easy (i.e. requires 17 little energy) for the electron to break free. The phosphorus atom will then carry a charge of +q. EE 230 semiconductors 17
18 Since the added phosphorus atom donated one electron to the semiconductor, it is known as a donor. (Any element that adds electrons is a donor.) The use of donors gives us a means to control the electron concentration, independently of the holes. It seems intuitively obvious that each added donor atom will add an electron. So we might write: n = N D, the electron concentration is equal to the donor concentration (if no other impurities are present). The simple relationship is generally correct. So a semiconductor in which donors have been added to increase the concentration of electrons is known as an n-type semiconductor. Phosphorus is probably the most commonly used n-type dopant, although arsenic is used in some special situations. EE 230 semiconductors 18
19 Some typical numbers Concentration of silicon atoms in a silicon crystal: 5x10 28 m 3 = 5x10 22 cm 3. Intrinsic electron (and hole) concentration at room temperature: cm 3 Typical doping concentrations: cm cm 3 (2 ppb - 2%) Typical electron concentrations: cm cm 3 EE 230 semiconductors 19
20 Acceptors In an analogous way, holes can be added to the semiconductor. Consider substituting boron atoms for some of the silicon in the lattice. Boron has three outer valence electrons one short of matching up with the four surrounding silicon atoms. IIIA IVA VA VIA B C N O Al Si P S Ga Ge As Se In Sn Sb Te Each added boron atom introduces a hole into the bonding arrangement. Since 20 the empty spot can accept an electron, boron is known as an acceptor dopant. EE 230 semiconductors 20
21 Once the hole breaks loose, the acceptor atom, which is locked in place, will take a net negative charge of -q. Again, since each acceptor atom adds one hole, we can surmise that p = N A, the hole concentration is equal to the added acceptor impurity concentration (if no other impurities are present). A semiconductor that has a hole concentration that is greater than the electron concentration is known being p-type. The ability to controllably change the doping in different regions of a semiconductor is the basis for building virtually all of the electronic devices that are now in use. EE 230 semiconductors 21
22 Dopant compensation Typically, a region of semiconductor will have both types of dopant present. In that case, the dopant with the higher concentration wins. For example, consider a piece of silicon that has a donor concentration N D = 5x10 17 cm 3 and an acceptor concentration of N A = 2x10 17 cm 3. The empty bonding spots of the acceptor atoms will take up 2x10 17 cm 3 of the electrons from the donors. (The donors compensate the acceptors.) This leaves 3x10 17 cm 3 electrons from the donors to be free electrons, available to carry current. The semiconductor will be n-type. In general, for n-type compensated material the electron concentration is n = N D - N A. EE 230 semiconductors 22
23 Two types of current Drift current use an electric field (by applying a voltage). The electric field will move electrons and holes, which is current. This is how current flows in resistors and also in MOSFETs (which are essentially complicated little resistors. Diffusion current create a concentration gradient (more electron or holes in one place than in another). Through the natural process of the random motion, there will be a net flow of particles from the region of high concentration to the region of lower concentration. This is mechanism for current flow in diodes and bipolar junction transistors. Both types of current can occur simultaneously. (In fact, drift and diffusion can be handled as two aspects of single driving force, but that sort of approach is beyond us for now.) EE 230 semiconductors 23
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