Accession Number:

AD0435146

Title:

ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL ELECTRONIC BLOCK DEVELOPMENT.

Descriptive Note:

Interim engineering rept. no. 3, 1 Mar-31 May 63.

Corporate Author:

HP ASSOCIATES PALO ALTO CALIF

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Report Date:

1963-05-31

Pagination or Media Count:

113.0

Abstract:

The exploration of electro-optical effects in S I is described. Difficulties were encodntered in determining the optical absorption edge shift with electrical field. The response time of npn planar Si phototransistors was reduced to less than 1 microsec. In a search for photoconductors responsive to GaAs radiation, attention was given the Cd sub 1-x Hg sub x Se system. The work on GaAs diodes concerned zinc diffused pn junctions using both moderately and degnenerately n-type doped GaAs, as well as sulfur diffused pn junctions using cadmium doped GaAs. A major advance in the understanding of the mechanism of GaAs injection electroluminescence pinpointed the loss of efficiency at room temperature to be only apparent. It was found that a spectral shift increases a hundred-fold the absorption coefficient and thus contributes to enhance selfabsorption. Optoelectric amplifiers having a current gain in excess of unity and response time of about 300 ns were constructed. All of the material synthesis and crystal growth is described. Author

Descriptors:

• (*SOLID STATE PHYSICS
• *SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES)
• (*MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS
• SEMICONDUCTORS)
• PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS(SEMICONDUCTOR)
• LASERS
• HALL EFFECT
• ABSORPTION
• GALLIUM ARSENIDES
• ELECTROLUMINESCENCE
• SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES
• EPITAXIAL GROWTH
• BORON COMPOUNDS
• ARSENIC ALLOYS
• CRYSTAL GROWTH
• IMPURITIES
• ELECTROLUMINESCENCE

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE