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A fully analytical model to describe the high-frequency behavior of p-i-n photodiodes

✍ Scribed by G. Torrese; A. Salamone; I. Huynen; A. Vander Vorst


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
193 KB
Volume
31
Category
Article
ISSN
0895-2477

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Abstract

This paper presents a novel fully analytical model describing the high‐frequency behavior of pin photodiodes. The transport equations are solved, taking into account the dependence of the carrier velocities on the electric field, while the RC‐product effect is considered by adding the displacement current in the current equations. The model yields a fully analytical expression for both the bandwidth and quantum efficiency as a function of electrical and geometrical photodiode parameters, as well as material properties. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 31: 329–333, 2001.