Radiation‐Tolerant Electronic Devices Using Wide Bandgap Semiconductors

Z Muhammad, Y Wang, Y Zhang… - Advanced Materials …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The aspiration of electronic technologies that are resistant to high‐energy cosmic radiation
is essential for current harsh radiation environment exploration. Integrated circuits mostly …

The study of radiation effects in emerging micro and nano electro mechanical systems (M and NEMs)

CN Arutt, ML Alles, W Liao, H Gong… - Semiconductor …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The potential of micro and nano electromechanical systems (M and NEMS) has expanded
due to advances in materials and fabrication processes. A wide variety of materials are now …

Proton-induced displacement damage and total-ionizing-dose effects on silicon-based MEMS resonators

H Gong, W Liao, EX Zhang… - … on Nuclear Science, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The response of silicon-based microelectromechanical systems resonators to proton
irradiation is determined by the combined effects of displacement damage and total ionizing …

Gamma radiation induced effects on the performance of piezoresistive pressure sensors fabricated using different technologies

V Belwanshi, S Philip, A Topkar - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have carried out experimental investigation of the effect of gamma radiation on the
performance of piezoresistive pressure sensors realized using different fabrication …

[HTML][HTML] Probing heavy ion radiation effects in silicon carbide (SiC) via 3D integrated multimode vibrating diaphragms

H Chen, H Jia, W Liao, V Pashaei, CN Arutt… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We report on the measurement and analysis of energetic heavy ion radiation effects on the
mechanical properties of silicon carbide (SiC) crystals, by exploiting a vertical stack of …

Near-surface electronic contribution to semiconductor elasticity

JT Lin, PD Shuvra, S McNamara, H Gong, W Liao… - Physical Review …, 2017 - APS
The influence of the carrier concentration on the elasticity is measured for a microscale
silicon resonator. UV radiation is used to generate a surface charge that gates the …

Surface carrier concentration effect on elastic modulus of piezoelectric MEMS silicon cantilevers

JT Lin, PD Shuvra, W Liao, S McNamara… - … Conference on Solid …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper provides experimental observation of the variation of the silicon elastic modulus
with changing near surface carrier concentration. A piezoresistive MEMS cantilever is used …

Dose-rate effects on the total-ionizing-dose response of piezoresistive micromachined cantilevers

CN Arutt, W Liao, H Gong, PD Shuvra… - … on Nuclear Science, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Total-ionizing-dose-induced resonance frequency shifts in piezoresistive micromachined
cantilevers are experimentally shown to be dose-rate dependent. Devices were irradiated to …

Energetic ion radiation effects on a silicon carbide (SiC) multimode resonating diaphragm

H Chen, V Pashaei, W Liao, CN Arutt… - … Conference on Solid …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on measuring radiation effects of energetic oxygen ions on silicon carbide (SiC)
diaphragm resonators. Micromachined SiC diaphragms (1 mm× 1 mm× 2μm) vibrating at …

Dopant-Type and Concentration Dependence of Total-Ionizing-Dose Response in Piezoresistive Micromachined Cantilevers

CN Arutt, PD Shuvra, JT Lin, ML Alles… - … on Nuclear Science, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lighter doping, pretreatment (exposure to hydrogen in a steam bath), and lower dose rate
are each found to exacerbate 10-keV X-ray-induced negative frequency shifts and increase …