Volume Effects

Salim Aoulmit,Khaled Bekhouche Lakhdar Dehimi and Andr Sopczak

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Outline
Trap volume effect on CTI Signal packet volume effect in preparation

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Recall: Potential under gate

n
Oxide

p
EC (Conduction band) Et1 (0.17 eV trap) Et2 (0.44 eV trap) Ef (Fermi Level)
Ev (Valence band)

Gate

Substrate
-wn -xt1
-xt2 0 V1 V2 wp x

V1: Volume of 0.17 traps V2: Volume of 0.44 traps

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 18 m dn0.7 m
n

1 m

dp0.2 m
p
NA1015 cm-3

Substrate
p

Gate Oxide n region

ND1016 cm-3

NA1014 cm-3

p NA1018 cm-3

p region

-wn -xt -dn

dp w p

xt  wp V1( 2 ) N eff ! N t ! Nt wn  wp VTot

CP-CCD: xt>dn , wn>dn and wp>dp , thus Neff=Nt
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Both for 0.17 eV and 0.44 eV traps.

Comparison with TCAD and

AM with no volume effect AM with volume effect but no limit on CCD dimensions for 0.17 trap

0.25

0.2

TC AD AM (no volum e effect) AM (with volum e effect, but no lim it on C C D dim ension) 0.17 eV 12 -3 10 cm 50 MHz O cc= 1%

0.15

C TI (% )
0.1 0.05 0 100

120

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180

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240

Tem perature (K)

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Comparison with TCAD and

AM with no volume effect AM with volume effect but no limit on CCD dimensions for 0.44 trap

0.12

0.1

TC AD AM (no volum e effect) AM (with volum e effect, but no lim it of C C D dim ension) 0.44 eV 12 -3 10 cm 50 MHz O cc= 1%

0.08

C TI (% )

0.06

0.04

0.02

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450

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550

Tem perature (K)

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 Limit of CCD dimension. Cross point of Fermi level and trap level xt >dn. Thus xt outside of CCD dimension. Therefore Neff=Nt, and no effect on CTI with current CP-CCD configuration. Other scenarios understudy.

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Signal Packet Volume Effect

Signal charge profile varies in the cloud. The packet volume does not have well defined boundaries, but rather the charge concentration falls off gradually from the centre of the packet. Thus the packet will interact with a varying fraction of the traps within the pixel. This affects the CTI determination.
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Charge packet distribution within the well containing traps

Cloud signal Potential well Traps Signal shape Small CTI Signal shape Large CTI

space Width of well potential

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space Width of well potential

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Conclusion
Volume effect depends on the dimension configuration. In the current CP-CCD dimension, volume has no effect on the CTI. Other scenarios understudy. Profile of the signal packet affect the CTI determination.
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