The effect of glow discharge on silicon surface barrier detectors
Author
Liu, Boqing
Date
1966Advisor
Rabson, Thomas A.
Degree
Master of Science
Abstract
This paper is devoted to the study of the effect of charge particle bombardment on surface-barrier detectors in a glow discharge tube. It is found that positive ion bombardment causes an increase in junction capacitance of the detector, while the electron bombardment causes a decrease. This phenomenon can be accounted for by the change of the density of the surface charge residing on the surface of the bulk material of the detector; positive ion bombardment will decrease the surface charge density, and electron bombardment tends to increase the surface charge density.