• Optoelectronics Letters
  • Vol. 9, Issue 6, 414 (2013)
Chang-ping CHEN1, Xiang-liang JIN1、*, and Jun LUO2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Faculty of Materials, Optoelectronics and Physics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
  • 2Faculty of Precision Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s11801-013-3149-5 Cite this Article
    CHEN Chang-ping, JIN Xiang-liang, LUO Jun. A novel composite UV/blue photodetector based on CMOS technology: design and simulation[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2013, 9(6): 414 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A novel composite ultraviolet (UV)/blue photodetector is proposed in this paper. Lateral ring-shaped PN junction is used to separate photogenerated carriers and inject the non-equilibrium excess carriers to the bulk, changing the bulk potential and shifting the threshold voltage of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) as well as the drain current. Numerical simulation is carried out, and the simulation results show that the composite photodetector has the enhanced responsivity for UV/blue spectrum. It exhibits very high sensitivity to weak and especially ultra-weak light. A responsivity of 7000 A/W is obtained when the photodetector is illuminated under incident optical power of 0.01 μW. As a result, this proposed combined photodetector has great potential for UV/blue and ultra- weak light applications.
    CHEN Chang-ping, JIN Xiang-liang, LUO Jun. A novel composite UV/blue photodetector based on CMOS technology: design and simulation[J]. Optoelectronics Letters, 2013, 9(6): 414
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