An Ultra Low Power Non-volatile Memory in Standard CMOS Process for Passive RFID Tags

An ultra low power non-volatile memory is designed in a standard CMOS process for passive RFID tags. The memory can operate in a new low power operating scheme under a wide supply voltage and clock frequency range. In the charge pump circuit the threshold voltage effect of the switch transistor is almost eliminated and the pumping efficiency of the circuit is improved. An ultra low power 192-bit memory with a register array is implemented in a 0.18 mu M standard CMOS process. The measured results indicate that, for the supply voltage of 1.2 volts and the clock frequency of 780KHz, the current consumption of the memory is 1.8 mu A (3.6 mu A) at the read (write) rate of 1.3Mb/s (0.8Kb/s).

Variation of Optical Quenching of Photoconductivity with Resistivity in Unintentional Doped GaN

The optical quenching of photoconductivity under dual illumination in GaN samples with different resistivity is investigated to reveal the variation of deep levels. The samples are grown by metal organic chemical vapour deposition without intentional doping. Quenching bands centered at 1.35 eV, 1.55 eV, 1.98 eV, and 2.60 eV are observed. It is found that the 1.98 eV quenching band is dominated in all the samples and the 2.60 eV band is observed only in the high-resistivity samples. The possible defect levels responsible for the quenching bands and the origin of different quenching behaviour at 2.60 eV are discussed. It is suggested that the defect level responsible for quenching at 2.60 eV plays an important role for the enhancement of resistivity.

Design and Characterization of Evanescently Coupled Uni-Traveling Carrier Photodiodes with a Multimode Diluted Waveguide Structure

A new evanescently coupled uni-traveling carrier photodiode (EC-UTC-PD) is designed, fabricated and characterized, which incorporates a multimode diluted waveguide structure and UTC active waveguide structure together. A high responsivity of 0.68A/W at 1.55-mu m without an anti-reflection coating, a linear photocurrent responsivity of more than 21 mA, and a large-1 dB vertical alignment tolerance of 2.5 mu m are achieved.

All-optical clock recovery using a ridge width varied two-section partly gain-coupled DFB self-pulsation laser

A 1.55 mu m InGaAsP-InP partly gain-coupled two-section DFB self-pulsation laser (SPL) with a varied ridge width has been fabricated. The laser produces self-pulsations with a frequency tuning range of more than 135 GHz. All-optical clock recovery from 40 Gb/s degraded data streams has been demonstrated. Successful lockings of the device at frequencies of 30 GHz, 40 GHz, 50 GHz, and 60 GHz to a 10 GHz sidemode injection are also conducted, which demonstrates the capability of the device for all-optical clock recovery at different frequencies. This flexibility of the device is highly desired for practical uses. Crown Copyright

A Selective-Area Metal Bonding InGaAsP-Si Laser

A 1.55-mu m hybrid InGaAsP-Si laser was fabricated by the selective-area metal bonding method. Two Si blocking stripes, each with an excess-metals accommodated space, were used to separate the optical coupling area and the metal bonding areas. In such a structure, the air gap between the InGaAsP structure and Si waveguide has been reduced to be negligible. The laser operates with a threshold current density of 1.7 kA/cm(2) and a slope efficiency of 0.05 W/A under pulsed-wave operation. Room-temperature continuous lasing with a maximum output power of 0.45 mW is realized.

ZnO thin film photoconductive ultraviolet detector with fast photoresponse

C-axis preferred oriented ZnO thin films were prepared on quartz substrates by RF sputtering. Photoconductive ultraviolet detector with planar interdigital electrodes was fabricated on ZnO thin film by the lift off technique. Linear I-V characteristic was observed under dark or 365 nm UV light illumination and has obvious difference. The photoresponsivity of 365 nm at 5 V bias is 18 A/W. The response time measure set mainly contains KrF excimer laser with the pulse width of 30 ns and the oscillograph with the bandwidth of 200 MHz. The result shows fast photoresponse with a rise time of 100 ns and fall time of 1.5 mu s. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Optical properties of a novel neodymium pentafluoropropionate binuclear complex

A novel neodymium pentafluoropropionate binuclear complex, Nd(C(2)F(5)COO)(3)Dipy (Dipy: 2,2'-dipyridyl), was synthesized and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. At a concentration of 0.2 M in DMSO-d(6), the Judd-Ofelt parameters (Omega(2), Omega(4), Omega(6)) were calculated from the UV-Vis spectrum. According to the small value of Omega(2) and the zero splitting energy of (4)F/(3/2) level, a symmetric ligand field of the complex was confirmed in DMSO-d(6). Strong emission of the complex in DMSO-d(6) at 1057 nm with a decay time about 1.3 mu s were detected when excited at 800 nm pumped by a laser diode. The stimulated emission cross-section of (4)F(3/2) -> (4)I(11/2) fluorescence transition was 2.36 x 10 (20) cm(2) and comparable with some laser glasses, which indicated good radiative properties of this neodymium pentafluoropropionate binuclear complex in liquid matrix. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION OF THE TURN-ON DELAY TIME JITTER IN GAIN-SWITCHED SEMICONDUCTOR-LASERS

The turn-on delay time jitter of four different unbiased gain-switched laser types is determined by measuring the temporal probability distribution of the leading edge of the emitted optical pulse. One single-mode 1.5-mu-m distributed feed-back laser and three multimode Fabry-Perot lasers emitting at 750 nm and 1.3-mu-m are investigated. The jitter is found to decrease for all lasers with increasing injection current. For multimode lasers it decreases from 8 ps excited slightly above threshold down to below 2 ps at three times the threshold current. The jitter of the distributed feedback (DFB) laser is a factor of 3-5 larger than the jitter of the three multimode lasers. A new model to predict the turn-on delay time jitter is presented and explains the experiments quantitatively.

IMPLANTATION ENERGY SELECTION IN MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY GAAS FILMS ON SI SUBSTRATES

GaAs films made by molecular beam epitaxy with thicknesses ranging from 0.9 to 1.25-mu-m on Si have been implanted with Si ions at 1.2 MeV to dose of 1 x 10(15)/cm2. A rapid infrared thermal annealing and white light annealing were then used for recrystallization. Crystalline quality was analysed by using backscattering channeling technique with Li ion beam of 4.2 MeV. The experimental results show that energy selection is important for obtaining better and uniform recrystallized GaAs epilayers.

Chirped fiber Bragg gratings for optical fiber dispersion compensation

The use of alpha-power chirped fiber Bragg gratings for dispersion cancellation in an optical fiber link is discussed. Numerical and theoretical investigation of recompressing the dispersion-broadened pulse by using alpha-power chirped gratings is made, which shows that, the dispersion-broadened Gaussian pulse after 100 km standard fiber (with zero dispersion at lambda = 1.3 mu m) trnasmission at lambda = 1.55 mu m with initial width of T-FWHM = 33ps (full width at half maximum) can be perfectly recompressed with the peak reflectivity of 82% by using a 30 mm long alpha-power chirped fiber grating with proper a value and optimal grating parameters.

低温GaAs被动调Q锁模Nd：Gd0．42Y0．58VO4混晶激光器特性研究

采用低温生长GaAs晶体作为被动饱和吸收体兼输出镜,实现了Nd∶Gd0.42Y0.58VO4混晶激光器的调Q锁模运转。研究了Nd∶Gd0.42Y0.58VO4激光器的基频运转特性。在输出镜透射率T=10%、腔长L=40 mm的情况下,当抽运功率为8.6 W时,获得激光输出功率3.78 W,光光转换效率为43.9%。并测量了Nd∶Gd0.42Y0.58VO4混晶被动调Q激光器的输出特性。实验结果表明激光器调Q运转阈值为2 W,当抽运功率为3.7 W时,激光器出现调Q锁模行为;当抽运功率为8.6 W时,激光器调Q锁模深度达70%以上,对应的脉冲包络重复频率为670 kHz,半峰全宽为180 ns,平均输出功率为1.35 W,光光转换效率为15.7%。

用正电子研究半导体材料GaSb的缺陷

用正电子寿命谱和符合多普勒技术研究了电子辐照过的GaSb样品．揭示出原牛未掺杂GaSb样品中存在单空位型VGa相关缺陷，具有284ps左右的寿命值．电子辐照能使这种缺陷的浓度增大，使平均寿命值从辐照前的265Ps增大到辐照后的268ps．低温符合多普勒展宽实验结果表明退火后的电子辐照过的原生未掺杂GaSb样品中仍然存在反位缺陷Gasb．掺Zn、Te样品的实验也证实电子辐照在GaSb样品中会引入VGa，284 ps类型的缺陷．

HCl/HF/CrO3溶液对 InGaAs/InGaAsP的选择性湿法刻蚀--应用于楔形结构的制备

利用动态掩膜湿法腐蚀技术,研究了HCl/HF/CrO3溶液对与InP衬底晶格匹配的InxGa1-xAs1-yPy(y=0,0.2,0.4,0.6)材料的腐蚀特性.对于HCl(36wt%)/HF(40wt%)/CrO3(10wt%)的体积比为x∶0.5∶1的溶液,随着x由0增加到1.25,相应的腐蚀液对In0.53Ga0.47As/In0.72Ga0 28As06P0.4的选择性由42.4降到1.4;通过调节腐蚀液的选择性,在In072Ga0.28As06P0.4外延层上制备出了倾角从1.35°到35.9°的各种楔形结构;当x为0.025和1.25时,相应的In0.72Ga0.28As0.6P0.4腐蚀表面的均方根粗糙度分别为1.1nm和1.6nm.还研究了溶液的组分与InxGa1-xAs1-yPy(y=0,0.2,0.4)的腐蚀速率间的关系,并对腐蚀机理进行了分析.

AlGaN/GaN HEMT电流崩塌效应研究进展

简要回顾了AlGaN/GaN HEMT器件电流崩塌效应研究的进展,着重阐述了虚栅模型、应力模型等几种解释电流崩塌效应形成机理的模型和器件钝化、生长盖帽层等减小电流崩塌效应的措施.