Optical Characteristics of CMOS-Fabricated MOSFET's
Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
1-1-1987
Abstract
A CMOS-fabricated MOSFET in a floating p-well on a semiconducting n-type substrate is optically sensitive and can be used for photoreception in CMOS circuitry. Experimental results for the logarithmic dependence of threshold voltage Vth and channel current ID on light intensity compare well with theory. However, the floating p-well also causes IDand Vth to depend on the drain voltage due to impact ionization, and allows parasitic bipolar junction transistors (BJT‘s) to become dominant when p-well potential exceeds to 0.65 V or when source area is very large. Solutions are proposed to minimize these negative effects. Copyright © 1987 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Publication Title, e.g., Journal
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits
Volume
22
Issue
2
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Kirkish, S. D., J. C. Daly, L. Jou, and Shing F. Su. "Optical Characteristics of CMOS-Fabricated MOSFET's." IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 22, 2 (1987): 299-301. doi: 10.1109/JSSC.1987.1052718.