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• pn Junction Diodes (cont’d)
– Charge control model
– Small-signal model
– Transient response: turn-off
qAn p ( x p ) LN qApn ( xn ) LP
(qpn ) J qpn
•Therefore P
t x p
J P ()
1
qA pn dx A dJ P qA pn dx
t xn J p ( xn )
p xn
J P ()
• Note that A dJ
J p ( xn )
P AJ P () AJ P ( xn ) AJ P ( xn ) I P ( xn )
dQP QP
• So I P ( xn )
dt p
where τ tr ,n
WP
2
and τ tr , p
WN
2
2 DN 2 DP
LN DN L D
Note that and P P
τn LN τ p LP
EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 13, Slide 8
Small-Signal Model of the Diode
i
+
va dva
i C v
R dt
1 dI DC d d
I 0 (e qVA / kT
1) I 0 e qVA / kT
R dVA dVA dVA
Small-signal
1 q I DC
conductance: G I 0e qVA / kT
R kT kT / q
EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 13, Slide 9
Charge Storage in pn Junction Diode
dQdep s
CJ A
dVA W
Solution: N l 2 /( slope q s A2 )
2 /( 2 10 1.6 10
23 19
10 12
10 )
8 2
6 1015 cm 3
2 qV 0.84
kT N h Nl ni kTb i 10 20 0.026 3
Vbi ln N e e 1. 8 1018
cm
6 1015
2 h
q ni Nl
I DC I 0 (e qVA / kT 1)
A s
Depletion capacitance CJ
W I DC
Conductance G
τI DC kT / q
Diffusion capacitance CD
kT / q
ts
t
vA(t)
dpn i t
For t > 0: 0 ts
dx x xn qAD p
EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 13, Slide 19
Storage Delay Time, ts
• ts is the primary “figure of merit” used to characterize the
transient response of pn junction diodes
dQ p Qp Qp
i I R 0 t ts
dt τp τ
p
• By separation of variables and integration from t = 0+ to t = ts,
noting that I F Q p (t 0) / τ p
IF
We conclude that t s τ p ln 1
IR
EE130/230M Spring 2013 Lecture 13, Slide 20
Qualitative Examples
Illustrate how the turn-off transient response would change:
ts ts ts
t t t