Robust optimization of a silicon lateral pin photodiode

The objective of this paper is to optimize the process parameters for a Si lateral p-in photodiode to obtain high responsivity, frequency response, quantum efficiency and low transient time Four process parameters were chosen, namely the intrinsic region length, photo-absorption layer thickness, the...

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Main Authors: Kalthom Tasirin, S., Susthitha Menon, P., Ahmad, I., Fazlili Abdullah, S.
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-52272017-11-15T02:56:48Z Robust optimization of a silicon lateral pin photodiode Kalthom Tasirin, S. Susthitha Menon, P. Ahmad, I. Fazlili Abdullah, S. The objective of this paper is to optimize the process parameters for a Si lateral p-in photodiode to obtain high responsivity, frequency response, quantum efficiency and low transient time Four process parameters were chosen, namely the intrinsic region length, photo-absorption layer thickness, the incident optical power and the bias voltage. The Taguchi method technique was used to optimize the experiment. Two noise factors were used that consist of four measurements for each row of experiment in the L9array. ATHENA and ATLAS module from Silvaco Int. were used for fabrication simulation and electrical characterization. The results obtained for responsivity, quantum efficiency, frequency response and transient time after the optimization approach were 0.62A/W, 96.37%, 13.1 GHz and 2.516 x 10-11 respectively which correspond to the optimization value for intrinsic region length of 6 μm, photo-absorption layer thickness of 50 μm, incident optical power of 1 mW/cm2 and bias voltage of 3 V. As a conclusion, the optimum solution in achieving the desired high speed photodiode was successfully predicted by using Taguchi optimization method. The percent of improvement for quantum efficientcy is 25%. 2017-11-15T02:56:48Z 2017-11-15T02:56:48Z 2012 http://dspace.uniten.edu.my:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/5227
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description The objective of this paper is to optimize the process parameters for a Si lateral p-in photodiode to obtain high responsivity, frequency response, quantum efficiency and low transient time Four process parameters were chosen, namely the intrinsic region length, photo-absorption layer thickness, the incident optical power and the bias voltage. The Taguchi method technique was used to optimize the experiment. Two noise factors were used that consist of four measurements for each row of experiment in the L9array. ATHENA and ATLAS module from Silvaco Int. were used for fabrication simulation and electrical characterization. The results obtained for responsivity, quantum efficiency, frequency response and transient time after the optimization approach were 0.62A/W, 96.37%, 13.1 GHz and 2.516 x 10-11 respectively which correspond to the optimization value for intrinsic region length of 6 μm, photo-absorption layer thickness of 50 μm, incident optical power of 1 mW/cm2 and bias voltage of 3 V. As a conclusion, the optimum solution in achieving the desired high speed photodiode was successfully predicted by using Taguchi optimization method. The percent of improvement for quantum efficientcy is 25%.
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author Kalthom Tasirin, S.
Susthitha Menon, P.
Ahmad, I.
Fazlili Abdullah, S.
spellingShingle Kalthom Tasirin, S.
Susthitha Menon, P.
Ahmad, I.
Fazlili Abdullah, S.
Robust optimization of a silicon lateral pin photodiode
author_facet Kalthom Tasirin, S.
Susthitha Menon, P.
Ahmad, I.
Fazlili Abdullah, S.
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title Robust optimization of a silicon lateral pin photodiode
title_short Robust optimization of a silicon lateral pin photodiode
title_full Robust optimization of a silicon lateral pin photodiode
title_fullStr Robust optimization of a silicon lateral pin photodiode
title_full_unstemmed Robust optimization of a silicon lateral pin photodiode
title_sort robust optimization of a silicon lateral pin photodiode
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