Title
Effect Of A Guard-Ring On The Leakage Current In A Si-Pin X-Ray Detector For A Single Photon Counting Sensor
Abstract
PIN diodes for digital X-ray detection as a single photon counting sensor were fabricated on a floating-zone (FZ) n-type (111), high resistivity (5-10 k Omega m) silicon substrates (500 mu m thickness). Its electrical properties such as the leakage current and the breakdown voltage were characterized. The size of pixels was 100 mu m x 100 mu m. The p(+) guard-ring was formed around the active area to reduce the leakage current. After the p(+) active area and guard-ring were fabricated by the ion-implantation, the extrinsic-gettering on the wafer backside was performed to reduce the leakage current by n(+) ion-implantation. PECVD oxide was deposited as an IMD layer on front side and then, metal lines were formed on both sides of wafers. The leakage current of detectors was significantly reduced with a guard-ring when compared with that without a guard ring. The leakage current showed the strong dependency on the gap distance between the active area and the guard ring. It was possible to achieve the leakage current lower than 0.2 nA/cm(2).
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1093/ietele/e91-c.5.703
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRONICS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
digital X-ray detection, leakage current, guard-ring, break-down voltage, single photon counting sensor
Journal
E91C
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
5
0916-8524
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
10
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jin Young Kim149781.76
Jung-ho Seo200.34
Hyun-woo Lim300.34
Chang-hyun Ban400.34
Kyu-chae Kim500.34
Jin-goo Park600.34
Sungchae Jeon710.70
Bonghoe Kim8385.75
Seungoh Jin900.68
Young Hu1000.34