The Liquid Junction Potential in Potentiometric Titrations. X. The Calculation of Potentials Across Liquid Junctions of the Type AY|AY+HY+BYz(B)+AyL for Emf Cells Where Strong or Weak Complexes are Formed at Constant Ionic Strength and −log10[H+]≤7

Equations are derived for the calculation of the total potential anomalies in Emf cells with liquid junctions (ΔE _J ) in mV and at 25.0 °C, defined as

A novel LDMOS with a junction field plate and a partial N-buried layer

A novel lateral double-diffused metal–oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) with a high breakdown voltage (BV) and low specific on-resistance (R_on.sp) is proposed and investigated by simulation. It features a junction field plate (JFP) over the drift region and a partial N-buried layer (PNB) in the P-substrate. The JFP not only smoothes the surface electric field (E-field), but also brings in charge compensation between the JFP and the N-drift region, which increases the doping concentration of the N-drift region. The PNB reshapes the equipotential contours, and thus reduces the E-field peak on the drain side and increases that on the source side. Moreover, the PNB extends the depletion width in the substrate by introducing an additional vertical diode, resulting in a significant improvement on the vertical BV. Compared with the conventional LDMOS with the same dimensional parameters, the novel LDMOS has an increase in BV value by 67.4%, and a reduction in R_on.sp by 45.7% simultaneously.     

Electric and thermo spin transfer torques in Fe/Vacuum/Fe tunnel junction

We present first-principle calculations of electric and thermo spin transfer torques (STT) in Fe/Vacuum(Vac)/Fe magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). Our quantitative studies demonstrate rich bias dependence of STT and tunnel magneto resistance (TMR) behaviors with respect to the interface roughness. Thermoelectric effects in Fe/Vac/Fe MTJs is remarkable. We observe larger ZT of 6.2 in 8 ML clean Vacuum barrier, where the heavily restrained thermal conductance should be responsible for. Thermo-STT in Fe/Vac/Fe MTJs show same order as that in Fe/MgO/Fe MTJs with similar barrier thickness.     

Multiferroic tunnel junctions

Magnetic tunnel junctions with ferroelectric barriers, often referred to as multiferroic tunnel junctions, have been proposed recently to display new functionalities and new device concepts. One of the notable predictions is that the combination of two charge polarizing states and the parallel and antiparallel magnetic states could make it a four resistance state device. We have recently studied the ferroelectric tunneling using a scanning probe technique and multiferroic tunnel junctions using ferromagnetic La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ and La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ as the electrodes and ferroelectric (Ba, Sr)TiO₃ as the barrier in trilayer planner junctions. We show that very thin (Ba, Sr)TiO₃ films can sustain ferroelectricity up till room temperature. The multiferroic tunnel junctions show four resistance states as predicted and can operate at room temperatures.     

烧结空洞对半导体激光器热分布的影响

在半导体激光器芯片与热沉的焊接过程中不可避免地会在焊料层产生一些空洞,而空洞会在铟的电迁移以及电热迁移作用下慢慢变大,使芯片局部温度迅速上升,进而影响半导体激光器的性能。针对10 W的808 nm单管焊装半导体激光器建立三维有限元模型,分别模拟计算了空洞面积、空洞厚度和空洞位置与结温的关系。芯片出光面边缘的有源区区域形成的空洞对芯片的结温影响更为显著,最后得到空洞面积与器件结温的关系,并表明对空洞率控制的重要性。     

Modulation depth of series SQUIDs modified by Josephson junction area

The superconducting quantum interference device(SQUID) amplifier is widely used in the field of weak signal detection for its low input impedance, low noise, and low power consumption. In this paper, the SQUIDs with identical junctions and the series SQUIDs with different junctions were successfully fabricated. The Nb/Al-AlO_x/Nb trilayer and input Nb coils were prepared by asputtering equipment. The SQUID devices were prepared by a sputtering and the lift-off method.Investigations by AFM, OM and SEM revealed the morphology and roughness of the Nb films and Nb/Al-AlO_x/Nb trilayer.In addition, the current–voltage characteristics of the SQUID devices with identical junction and different junction areas were measured at 2.5 K in the He~3 refrigerator. The results show that the SQUID modulation depth is obviously affected by the junction area. The modulation depth obviously increases with the increase of the junction area in a certain range. It is found that the series SQUID with identical junction area has a transimpedance gain of 58 ? approximately.     

Developing Josephson junction array chips for microvolt applications

Josephson junction array chips for microvolt applications have been designed and fabricated. A voltage step as small as 1 μV has been observed for a single junction in the array when it is driven by 483.59 MHz microwave. By selecting different parts of the array, it can output a voltage from 1 μV to 256 μV. The flat region of the voltage steps is over 200 μA.This kind of array is useful for potential microvolt applications.     

MATLAB拟合工具箱在PN结物理特性综合实验中的应用

介绍了PN结物理特性综合实验原理,利用绘图软件Matlab对实验数据进行曲线拟合,得到了PN结伏安特性函数表达式和PN结正向压降与温度间关系的拟合曲线,计算了常温下玻尔兹曼常数和PN结温度传感器灵敏度及T=0 K时的半导体近似禁带宽度。     

An alternative method for using bipolar junction transistors as a radiation dosimetry detector in breast cancer treatment

Silicon photodetectors and MOSFETs (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors) are frequently used devices for measuring ionizing radiation in health physics instrumentation. The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) is not a typical device used as a detector for measuring some physical quantities in radiotherapy beams due to its loss of sensitivity to ionizing radiation, as a consequence of radiation damage in the silicon semiconductor substrate. Actually, the know-how of the BJT characteristic curves and its response to ionizing radiation leads us to suggest an alternative method to estimate the radiation dose value in breast cancer treatments. The BJT parameter to be evaluated before and after the irradiation procedure is the BJT amplification factor, also called DC gain β. In this work, the study was done using a BJT known as Darlington type, within an Alderson Rando anthropomorphic phantom. Darlington transistors have very high gain and this feature allowed that the BJT gain changes to be correlated with the dose of the radiation beam. The results indicate that this new method could be an alternative option to estimate the dose value in the phantom for measurements in breast cancer radiotherapy.     

Experimental and numerical analyses of high voltage 4H-SiC junction barrier Schottky rectifiers with linearly graded field limiting ring

This paper describes the successful fabrication of 4H-SiC junction barrier Schottky(JBS) rectifiers with a linearly graded field limiting ring(LG-FLR). Linearly variable ring spacings for the FLR termination are applied to improve the blocking voltage by reducing the peak surface electric field at the edge termination region, which acts like a variable lateral doping profile resulting in a gradual field distribution. The experimental results demonstrate a breakdown voltage of 5 kV at the reverse leakage current density of 2 mA/cm2(about 80% of the theoretical value). Detailed numerical simulations show that the proposed termination structure provides a uniform electric field profile compared to the conventional FLR termination, which is responsible for 45% improvement in the reverse blocking voltage despite a 3.7% longer total termination length.