Carrier lifetime of platinum doped P-N diode after irradiation by soft X-ray

This paper analyzes the effect of X-ray irradiation on the electrical properties of Pt-doped p-n diode. X-ray energy irradiated on Pt-doped P-N diode with 70 keV with time 205 sec. After irradiations, the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics and capacitance-voltage (C-V) characteristics and carrier degeneration lifetime (τg) were investigated. The results show that the leakage current is slightly increased after the diodes were exposed X-ray and affect higher degeneration carrier lifetime. The effects after X-ray irradiation indicated that the defects of the diode have been changed. © (2013) Trans Tech Publications Switzerland.