TY - GEN
T1 - Frequency dependence of amorphous silicon Schottky diodes for large-area rectification applications
AU - Sanz-Robinson, Josue
AU - Rieutort-Louis, Warren
AU - Verma, Naveen
AU - Wagner, Sigurd
AU - Sturm, James C.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Schottky diodes can play a valuable role as rectifiers in Large-Area Electronics (LAE) systems and circuits. They can be used to recover a DC signal when an AC carrier is used to transmit signals between adjacent plastic electronic sheets through near-field wireless coupling [1], rectify DC power after AC transmission between sheets to provide power to sensors, and so forth. In this paper we describe: 1) the intrinsic frequency limits of Schottky diodes fabricated on hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H); 2) circuit design strategies for using the diodes at frequencies far beyond their intrinsic limits; 3) and the application of these strategies to demonstrate, to the best of out knowledge, the first amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) full-wave rectifier, with an AC-to-DC power conversion efficiency (PCE) ranging from approximately 46% at 200 Hz to greater than 10 % at 1 MHz.
AB - Schottky diodes can play a valuable role as rectifiers in Large-Area Electronics (LAE) systems and circuits. They can be used to recover a DC signal when an AC carrier is used to transmit signals between adjacent plastic electronic sheets through near-field wireless coupling [1], rectify DC power after AC transmission between sheets to provide power to sensors, and so forth. In this paper we describe: 1) the intrinsic frequency limits of Schottky diodes fabricated on hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H); 2) circuit design strategies for using the diodes at frequencies far beyond their intrinsic limits; 3) and the application of these strategies to demonstrate, to the best of out knowledge, the first amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) full-wave rectifier, with an AC-to-DC power conversion efficiency (PCE) ranging from approximately 46% at 200 Hz to greater than 10 % at 1 MHz.
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U2 - 10.1109/DRC.2012.6257001
DO - 10.1109/DRC.2012.6257001
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84866930701
SN - 9781467311618
T3 - Device Research Conference - Conference Digest, DRC
SP - 135
EP - 136
BT - 70th Device Research Conference, DRC 2012 - Conference Digest
T2 - 70th Device Research Conference, DRC 2012
Y2 - 18 June 2012 through 20 June 2012
ER -