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The p +-n-n + structures based on 6H-SiC films grown by chemical vapor deposition on the n + substrate were irradiated with 8-MeV protons with a dose of 8×1015 cm−2. In order to stabilize the material, it was annealed for 10 min at 450°C. As a result, the resistivity of the film was ρ=5×109 Ω cm. The effect of proton irradiation was studied by alpha spectrometry. The 5.77-MeV alpha particles were detected for both reverse and forward bias voltages applied to the structure. The results of the following two modes of detection were compared: (i) a particle traverses the structure without losing much of its energy, and (ii) a particle is stopped in the structure. It is shown that, in the former case and under a forward bias, a signal is formed by a mechanism involving a “through-conducting channel.” This makes it possible to determine the product of lifetime of electrons by their mobility. The situation in which the particle range R does not exceed the film thickness was analyzed; this situation is typical of spectrometry. It is noted that a decrease in R results in different behavior of the signal for the bias voltages of opposite polarity. Thus, for forward bias, the signal amplitude decreases more rapidly and for larger values of R.
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Translated from Fizika i Tekhnika Poluprovodnikov, Vol. 34, No. 12, 2000, pp. 1443–1449.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Strokan, Lebedev, Ivanov, Davydov, Kozlovski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\).
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Strokan, N.B., Lebedev, A.A., Ivanov, A.M. et al. Special features of alpha-particle detection with thin semi-insulating 6H-SiC films. Semiconductors 34, 1386–1390 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1331796
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