The Avalanche Effect in Operation of Heavily Irradiated Si p-i-n Detectors

The Avalanche Effect in Operation of Heavily

Irradiated Si p-i-n Detectors

Vladimir Eremin, E. Verbitskaya,

Ioffe Physical Technical Institute, RussiaZ. Li

Brookhaven National Laboratory, USAJ. Härkönen

Helsinki Institute of Physics, Finland

RD 50 Workshop, Freiburg, 3 – 5 June, 2009

Motivation

• The measured CCE at N-on P detectors reaches the value close to 100% or even higher.

• For heavily irradiated detectors the operational voltage is high enough and even simple estimations of the electric field in the detector gives the range which fits to the avalanche multiplication phenomenon in silicon.

• The topic is essential due to possible application of the detectors for LHC experiments upgrade.

V. Eremin, RD 50 Workshop, Freiburg, 3 – 5 June, 2009

Experimental evidence of the gain

Multiplication effect in Silicon

• αn(x) = exp[An – Bn/E(x)] An = 6.3e6, Bn = 1.23e6

• αp(x) = exp[Ap – Bp/E(x)] Ap = 1.74e6, Bp = 2.18e6

The ionization rates at RT for electrons and holes in silicon are very different.

For E=2e5V/cm they are: an = 210cm-1 and ap = 16cm-1.

The basic equation for the gain calculation

dn = dp = αn n(x) dx + αp p(x) dx

Multiplication probability (or ionization rate) for

electrons αn and holes αp at RT


Electric field evolution with fluence in PAD detectors (single

peak model)The electric field in PAD N on P silicon detector

0.0E+00

2.0E+04

4.0E+04

6.0E+04

8.0E+04

1.0E+05

1.2E+05

1.4E+05

1.6E+05

1.8E+05

0.0E+00 5.0E-03 1.0E-02 1.5E-02 2.0E-02 2.5E-02 3.0E-02

Distance, cm

Ele

ctr

ic f

ield

, V

/cm

F=1e14F=3e14F=1E15F=3E15F=1E16

d = 300umV = 500Vg = 1.7e-2 cm-1


Depth profile of multiplication probability

Avalanch probability along the detector thickness

0.0E+00

5.0E+02

1.0E+03

1.5E+03

2.0E+03

2.5E+03

3.0E+03

3.5E+03

0.E+00 2.E-03 4.E-03 6.E-03 8.E-03 1.E-02

Distance, cm

Av

ala

nc

h p

rob

ab

ilit

y,

cm

-1

Electrons, V=1000 V

Holes, V=1000 V

Electrons, V=700 V

Holes, V=700 V

Electric field in detector at different bias voltage

0.0E+00

5.0E+04

1.0E+05

1.5E+05

2.0E+05

2.5E+05

0.E+00 2.E-03 4.E-03 6.E-03 8.E-03 1.E-02

Distance, cm

Ele

ctr

ic f

ield

, V

/cm

V=1000 V

V=700 V

g$531,1)

The N on P detector operates at:RT The detector thickness - 300umFluence 1e16 neg/cm2

The trapping time: τe= τp= 2.5e-10 s,


Fluence dependence of CCE

Single peak model

CCE(F)

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1

1.2

1.4

1.6

1E+13 1E+14 1E+15 1E+16

Fluence, cm-2

CC

E,

arb

. u

nt

multiplicationno multiplication

N on Pd = 300umV = 1000Vg = 1.7e-2 cm-1

Why calculation does not show monotonic dependence for CCE(F) ???


Voltage dependence of the CCE

CCE(V)

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

4

4.5

5

0 200 400 600 800 1000

Voltage, V

CC

E,

arb

.un

t

The detector operates at RT.The detector thickness is 300um.The trapping time: τe= τp= 2.5e-10 s, Collection electrons to the n+ strips

Calculations made are based on trivial SP detector model. What is in a real strip detector ?


The SPB (St. Petersburg) model for segmentation of avalanche

detectors

• The model has been developed at PTI in the mid of 90th for pixelization of avalanche photodiodes

• The model considers geometry of the insulated segment and does not require the complicate packages for device simulation

• In this study the model is extended for the heavily irradiated detector substrate by considering the electric field manipulation via the current injection.


Electric field profile around the strip


0.0E+00

1.0E+05

2.0E+05

3.0E+05

4.0E+05

5.0E+05

6.0E+05

0.0E+00 5.0E-03 1.0E-02 1.5E-02 2.0E-02 2.5E-02 3.0E-02

Distance, cm

Ele

ctr

ic f

ield

, V/c

m

F=1e14F=3e14F=1E15F=3E15F=1E16

Electric field evolution with fluence in strip detectors

Focusing electric field at the strip

Estr ~ 4.4Eblk

ATLAS-SCT

Vb = 500V


Current stabilization and electric field smoothing around strip

E(x)

X

Soft breakdownand hole injection with trapping

n+ strip

The strip edge electric field will be suppressed as well

The approach is based on explanation of the high break down voltage for the heavily irradiated P on N silicon detectors via the electric field suppression by the local current injection.(V. Eremin et. al., “Scanning Transient Current Study of the I-V Stabilization Phenomenon in Silicon Detectors Irradiated by Fast Neutrons”, NIM A, 388 (1977), 350.)


The gain in adjacent strip area

The Question:What is the value of electric field at the vicinity of strip which gives the CCE = 1 and how it depends on the width of injection modified layer.

Es ~ 2.1e5 V/cm at CCE ~ 1

E(x)

X

Δg(V)

1.5

1.6

1.7

1.8

1.9

2

2.1

2.2

2.3

2.4

0 10 20 30 40High field region thickness, um

Hig

h f

ield

reg

ion

fie

ld,

Vx1

e5

Es


Conclusions 1. The developed SPB model of charge multiplication in heavily irradiated detectors concedes two fundamental mechanisms which are well proofed and parameterized: • the avalanche multiplication in P-N junctions• the electric field controlled by current injection in the deep level dopped semiconductors.2. The SPB model has only 2 free parameters: Δg and the electric field at the surface Es.

3. The key point for application of the SPB model is the electric field value in the detector base region and the potential sharing between the base and the depleted region adjacent to the strip side.4. The SPB model shows that the charge multiplication effect can be only observed in the detectors with segmented N+ side.5. The SPB model includes a “strong feed-back loop” via the current injection that explains the detector stable operation at the high voltage and the smoothed rise of the collected charge up to 100% of CCE. 6. The SPB model avoid the puzzle of the trapping time saturation at comparatively low concentration of trapping centers and allows to use the constant “β” parameter along the whole SLHC fluence range.


Future plan

• The SPB model will be applied for the electric field parameterization along the CCE(V) and CCE(F) experimental results.


Thank you for your attention

This work was supported in part by:

Federal agency of science and innovation of RF, RF President Grant # 2951.2008.2, Fundamental Program of Russian Academy of Sciences on collaboration with CERN.

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