Highly sensitive radio-frequency UV sensor based on photocapacitive effect in GaN

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1901-1905

  Chivukula, Venkata S ^a   Čiplys, Daumantas ^a,b   Sereika, Albertas ^b   Shur, Michael S ^a   Yang, Jinwei ^c   Gaska, Remis ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c SENSOR ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELAY-LINE OSCILLATORS; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY AND TIME DOMAINS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE MEASUREMENT; GAN/SAPPHIRE; HIGH PRECISION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LC-OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY MODULATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY; PHOTOCAPACITANCE; PHOTOCONDUCTANCE; POWER DENSITIES; RADIO FREQUENCIES; S-PARAMETER MEASUREMENTS; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; UV SENSOR; WIRELESS SIGNAL TRANSMISSION;

ACOUSTIC SURFACE WAVE DEVICES; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM NITRIDE; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SCATTERING PARAMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

SENSORS;

EID: 77951142676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398375     Document Type: Conference Paper

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