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ELECTROLUMINESCENCE OF AMORPHOUS SILICON-CARBIDE ALLOYS

Award Information
Agency: National Science Foundation
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 10633
Amount: $49,531.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1989
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
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Po Box 177
Princeton, NJ 08542
United States
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HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 H Schade
 Principal Investigator
 (609) 799-8800
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Abstract

AMORPHOUS SILICON-CARBIDE MATERIALS ARE PROPOSED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO ELECTROLUMINESCENT THIN-FILM DEVICES. THESE MATERIALS, DUE TO THEIR NON-CONSERVED MOMENTUM TRANSITIONS OFFER HIGH LUMINESCENCE EFFICIENCIES, AND VARIABLE EMISSION WAVELENGTHS, DEPENDING ON THE CARBON CONTENT OF A-SI<V>1-X<D>C<V>X<D>:H. AT LEAST TWO DEPOSITIONMETHODS, RF GLOW DISCHARGE DEPOSITION AND PHOTO-CVD, ARE TO BE USED TO COMPARE TWO TYPES OF ELECTROLUMINESCENT STRUCTURES, AC-DRIVEN INSULATOR/A-SI<V>1-X<D>C<V>X<D>:H/INSULATOR DEVICES AND FORWARD-BIAS DRIVEN P-I-N LIGHT-EMITTING DIODES. THESE DEPOSITION METHODS ARE SUITABLE FOR BOTH INSULATOR AND AMORPHOUS SILICON-CARBIDE LAYERS, AS WELL AS FOR N AND P-DOPED LAYERS. COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL LARGE-AREA THIN-FILM ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES, THE PREPARATION CAN THUS BE INTEGRATED INTO ONE TECHNIQUE, AND HENCE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE COST.

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