• Acta Physica Sinica
  • Vol. 69, Issue 14, 148501-1 (2020)
Dong Han1, Fei-Yang Sun1, Ji-Yuan Lu1, Fu-Ming Song2, and Yue Xu1、3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 2Office of Scientific R & D, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 3National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of RF Integration & Micro-Assembly Technology, Nanjing 210023, China
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    DOI: 10.7498/aps.69.20200523 Cite this Article
    Dong Han, Fei-Yang Sun, Ji-Yuan Lu, Fu-Ming Song, Yue Xu. Reducing dark count of single-photon avalanche diode detector with polysilicon field plate[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(14): 148501-1 Copy Citation Text show less
    Structure of the P+/P-well/deep N-well SPAD device with polysilicon field plate.
    Fig. 1. Structure of the P+/P-well/deep N-well SPAD device with polysilicon field plate.
    Main front-end process steps.
    Fig. 2. Main front-end process steps.
    Micrograph of the devices.
    Fig. 3. Micrograph of the devices.
    I-V characteristic curve of the devices.
    Fig. 4. I-V characteristic curve of the devices.
    Avalanche pulse voltage signal.
    Fig. 5. Avalanche pulse voltage signal.
    DCR as a function of excess bias voltage at room temperature.
    Fig. 6. DCR as a function of excess bias voltage at room temperature.
    DCR of SPAD_2 as a function of (a) temperature at different excess bias voltage, and (b) excess bias voltage at different temperature.
    Fig. 7. DCR of SPAD_2 as a function of (a) temperature at different excess bias voltage, and (b) excess bias voltage at different temperature.
    TCAD simulation of 2D electric field: (a) SPAD_1; (b) SPAD_2.
    Fig. 8. TCAD simulation of 2D electric field: (a) SPAD_1; (b) SPAD_2.
    Calculated DCR as a function of excess bias voltage at room temperature.
    Fig. 9. Calculated DCR as a function of excess bias voltage at room temperature.
    Variety of DCR under 0–10 V excess bias voltage at room temperature.
    Fig. 10. Variety of DCR under 0–10 V excess bias voltage at room temperature.
    参数描述
    Aa/μm2雪崩区面积63.6
    Ar/μm2保护环区域面积49.4
    Wa/μm 雪崩区厚度0.8
    Wr/μm 保护环区域厚度0.8
    Pa雪崩区平均雪崩触发概率0.09
    $ m_{\rm n}^*/m_0 $电子有效质量0.43
    $ m_t^*/m_0 $电子隧穿有效质量0.25
    m0/10–31 kg 电子静止质量9.108
    ni/1010 cm–3本征载流子浓度1.5
    k/10–23 J·K-1玻尔兹曼常数1.38
    $\hbar $/10–34 J·s 狄拉克常数1.054
    q/10–19 C 电子电荷量1.602
    Table 1. Summary of the key parameters for model-ing (T = 300 K, VEX = 0.4 V).
    Dong Han, Fei-Yang Sun, Ji-Yuan Lu, Fu-Ming Song, Yue Xu. Reducing dark count of single-photon avalanche diode detector with polysilicon field plate[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(14): 148501-1
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