A parametrization of the density of states (DOS) near the band edge of phosphorus-doped crystalline silicon is derived from photoluminescence and conductance measurements, using a recently developed theory of band gap narrowing. It is shown that the dopant band only “touches” the conduction band at the Mott (metal-insulator) transition and that it merges with the conduction band at considerably higher dopant densities. This resolves well-known contradictions between conclusions drawn from various measurement techniques. With the proposed DOS, incomplete ionization of phosphorus dopants is calculated and compared with measurements in the temperature range from . We conclude that (a) up to 25% of dopants are nonionized at room temperature near the Mott transition and (b) there exists no significant amount of incomplete ionization at dopant densities far above the Mott transition. In a forthcoming part II of this paper, equations of incomplete ionization will be derived that are suitable for implementation in device simulators.
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1 December 2006
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December 08 2006
A simulation model for the density of states and for incomplete ionization in crystalline silicon. I. Establishing the model in Si:P
P. P. Altermatt;
P. P. Altermatt
a)
Department Solar Energy, Institute Solid-State Physics,
University of Hannover
, Appelstrasse 2, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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A. Schenk;
A. Schenk
Integrated Systems Laboratory,
ETH Zurich
, Gloriastrasse 35, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland and Synopsys Switzerland LLC
, Affolternstrasse 52, CH-8050 Zürich, Switzerland
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G. Heiser
G. Heiser
School of Computer Science and Engineering,
University of New South Wales
, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
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Electronic mail: altermatt@solar.uni-hannover.de
J. Appl. Phys. 100, 113714 (2006)
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Received:
February 23 2006
Accepted:
August 21 2006
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P. P. Altermatt, A. Schenk, G. Heiser; A simulation model for the density of states and for incomplete ionization in crystalline silicon. I. Establishing the model in Si:P. J. Appl. Phys. 1 December 2006; 100 (11): 113714. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2386934
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