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COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY OF GERMANIUM

AT MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES

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THE EFFECT OF FREQUENCY, DOPING AND TEMPERATURE ON THE . . . COMPLEX PERMITTIVITY OF N-TYPE GERMANIUM

By

RIAZ HUSSAIN SHEIKH, B.SC. ENGG. {PUNJAB,PAKIS~AN)

. D.R.c: {GLASGOW); M. ENG. {McMASTER)

A Thesis

Submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies

· in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements

for the degree of

Ph. D.

McMaster University

March 1968

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DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (1968)

.(ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING)

McMaster University

Hamilton', Ont

TITLE: The Effect of Frequency; Doping and Temperature on the

Complex Permittivity of N-Type Germanium.

AUTHOR: Riaz Hussain Sheikh, B. Sc., (University of Punjab, Pakistan)

O.R.C. (Royal College of ·Science &

Technology, Glasgow)

M. ENG. (McMaster University, Hamilton·,

Ont.)

. SUPERVISOR: Professor t4. W. Gunn

NUMBER OF PAGES:. viii, 151

SCOPE AND CONTENTS: A number of microwave measuring techniqu~s for the

measurement of the complex permittivity of semi-conductors have been

investigated and a new method of measurement is described; Also a

study has been made of wave propagation .and higher order mode effects

in rectangular waveguides partially filled with a semi-conductor

togeth~.r with a theoretical and practical investigation of the

dependence of the complex permittjvity on temperature1frequency and·

doping.

(ii)

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ACKNmiLEDGEMENTS

The author expresses his sincere gratitude to Dr. M. W. GUNN

for his continued advice and encouragement. 'Thanks are also due to the

National Research Council of Canada for a gr-ant for the equipment and

to the Government of Canada for_ the award_ of a scholarship under the

Colombo-Plan. The author is grateful to Dr. C. K. CAMPBELL for the

loan of the Delta Design chamber and to Dr. W. R. DATARS for the loan

of a dewar. Special thanks are also due to Computer Centre Staff,

especially Dr. D. J. KENWORTHY, for tiJ"Qely help in computations,

__ . ______ -~-l.'IQ -~Q.. ~he__ frtenc!..s_wh_e> ... baye_b_e_l_ped_t_hEL~u.t.hPr __ jo__a.rt.Y w~Y . in._ connection

with the project. And 1 ast, but' not least, the au'thor expresses his .. -

very· special thanks to his wife, who has held her patience during

this period.

. .

(iii)

..

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ABSTRACT

A. number of microwave measuring techniques for the measurement

of the complex permittivity {£ = e er - j ~) have been investigated 0 w

and a new method based on the replacem~nt of the narrow wall of a

·rectangular wave-guide by a block of semi-conductor has been developed.

This technique is shown to be suitable for the measurement of a when

a >> we0 tr and for the measurement of a and tr for a ~ we0 er·

An investigation has been made of the propagation characteristics

of a rectangu)ar wave-guide containing a centrally placed slab of .

semi-conductor parallel to the narrow walls of the guide. A

comparison of exact solutions for the propagation constant in such

a structure with the approximate solutions normally used has shown

that the conditions for the validity of the approximate solutions

are much more stringent than has been reported previously. It is

further shown that under certain conditions the structure offers a

convenient method of measuring the conductivity of a semi-conductqr.

In addition, a theoretical and experimental investigation of the

effects of the higher order modes excited at the interfa-ce of such

a structure with an empty wave-guide has been made. The study has . . shown that under certain conditions, the effects of these modes can

be significant.

A theoretical and experimental study has also been made of the . .

effects of temperature, frequency a.nd doping on the complex permittivity

( iv)

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of 1 ightly ·doped n-type gennanium. Measurements of these effects

which h.ave not been reported p.reviously have been made over a temperature

range 100°K- 500°K at frequencies.9.25 and 34.5 GHz and confirm the . .

theoretical model used.

. .

(v)

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, CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION .

GENERAL THEORY OF HAVE PROPAGATION IN A WAVE­

GUIDE CONTAINING SHU-CONDUCTOR

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Derivation of Hertzian· Potentials . 2.2.1 Magnetic Type Hertzian Potential

2.2.2 Electric Type Hertzian Potential

2.3 Special Cases

1

9

9

10

11

2.3.1 log£r =constant 12

--------~-3.1 __ €r-- =_Er(x) 14

2.3.3 £r = €r(Y) 15

~HAPTER I II l·JAVE PROPAGATION IN A RECTANGULAR WAVE-GUIDE

WITH A SEMI-CONDUCTOR WALL

3.1 ·Intr~duction

3 .. 2 Theory

3.3 Theoretical Results

· 3.4 Measuring Technique

3.5 Experimental Results & Discussion

CHAPTER IV HAVE PROPAGATION IN A RECTANGULAR WAVE-GUIDE

__ CONTAINING_A .. CENTRALLYJJ.ACEO_SEMICONDUCTOR

. 4.1 Introduction

· - -- 4.-2---Theoretical Considerations

4.2.1 Exact Solution

{vi)

17

19

22

28

36

. 39

42

42

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·- 4.2.2 Approximate Solution 45

4.2.3 Discussion on Exact and Approximate Solution 48

4.2.4 Calculation of Junction Impedance 64

4.2.5 Calculation of Reflection Coefficient· 67

4.3 Neasurement. of Reflection Coefficient

4.4 Results and Discussion

CHAPTER V THE CONDUCTIVITY AND DIELECTRIC CONSTANT OF

GERMANIU~1 AT MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Theoretical Considerations

.. ___ -------~-~-~~LMi_~_rq_~~y~_l1~bi }j_~Y_. a_l}_d _ _[)i_~l~c-~_r.i~-~o_nstant

·5.2.2 Ionized Impurity Scattering

· ~.2.3 Lattice Scattering

70

70

81

82

82

85

86 ...

5.2.4 Intra-valley Acoustical Scattering 88

5.2.5 Intervalley Scattering 89

~ _____ 5.2_..6 ·Intra-valley Optical Mode Scattering 90

5.2.7 Energy Bands & Lattice Vibrations in Germanium 90

5.2.8 Variation of ~t

5.3 Theoretical Results and Discussion

5.3.1 Electron Mobility in Germanium

______ ___5....3 ..2.. .Ho 1 ulob i 1 i ty_in _Germani urn

5.3.3 Microwave Conductivity and ·Permittiyity of - -- -· .. ~

Germanium

5.4 The ·~1easurement of a(w) and £rm

5.5 Experimental Results and Discussion

(vii)

94

95

96

'' --~- --102

104

108

110

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CONCLUSIONS 117

APPENDIX A MICROWAVE REFLECTION BRIDGE 123

APPENDIX B COMPUTER PROGRAMMES 133 ~

i) Lossy Wall Wave-Guide 134

ii) Partially Filled Wave-Guide 136

iii) Microwave Conductivity of Germanium 143

REFERENCES 146

(viii)

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

In recent years an increasing interest has been shown in the

microwave properties of semi-conductors (1-8) • Due to rapidly

advancing technology, semi-conducting devices are finding growing

application at micrO\tave frequencies and also m1crowave measurement

techniques provide a convenient mearis of studying charge transport

phenomenon in semi-conducting materials. The electrical parameters

such as conductivity a and perm)ttivity t .. may be different at high

frequencies from those at static fields, because at sufficiently

high frequencies the inertia of the charge carriers becomes observable.

Thus at microwave frequencies a -and·£r for a one carrier semi­

conductor are given by (9)

£""" = t/ = tR./t- -g2n • to o *

me ~.

q = magnitude of electronic charge

t = t(t) = relaxation time of the charge carrier as a

function of energy

n = concentration of ~he charge carriers

_ me* = conductivity effective mass Df the carriers

w • radian frequency of the waves

1

- 1.1

- 1.2

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a = d.c. conductivity 0

<T> denotes the Maxwellian average of T(t)

= J: ~(t) t3/2exp-t/KT dt/ J: t3,12exp-tfkTdt

2

From observations of the changes in a and tr at high frequencies

from their d.c. values, one can study the scattering phenomena.

Further, the changes in a and tr at mm wave length (or even at em

wave lengths) may be significant. As these parameters play an

important role in the design of semi-conducting devices, accurate data

on their frequency d~pendence is desirable.

The u~e of semi-conductors at microwaves is of interest

from another point of view. The conductivity of semi-conductors

can be varied over a wide range, comparatively easily. By changing

the conductivity and hence the loss in a semi-conductor, ·one can

vary .the propagation characteristics of a given guided wave structure,

which·may be us.eful in the design of microwave devices {'lO-i2).

The objects of this thesis are three-fol~, as follows.

(i) Because of the wide range of conductivities possible in a semi­

conductor,mfferent methods of measurements of its electrical properties

are required. Experiments involving the measurement of VSWR ( 5 .•.13 ~, reflection coefficient.<14) and transmission coefficient (15 ~ are

r:-eported in the literature. These methods are mostly useful when the

"' conductivity of the semi-conductor is relatively low (< 10 mho/m).

At higher conductivities, the measurement~ are effected by the unavoidable

gap present between the semi-conductor and the broad walls of the wave­

guide when the completely filled wave-guide is used (16,17} (fig. 1.1 ).

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For measuring high conductivities, cavity perturbation (lS,19! or

substitution methods (lO) are used. These methods are most useful for

"' a > 1000 mho/m.

3

Thus the development of a new method that could provide accurate

·results of 7 and a in the middle range of conductivities, is desirable.

Such a method, based on the replacement of one . narrow wa 11 of

a rectangular wave-guide by a semi-conductor block (fig. 1.2) has been • developed and is described in this thesis. It is found that this method

is accurate when a~w£O£r· This method is free from the gap effect

discussed in the previous paragraph and it is shown to be more accurate

at high frequencies, where wave-guide dimension~become small.· The theory

of this "lossy wall" wave-guide structure is developed and exact and

approximate methods of calculations of the propagation constants are

discussed. Finally the results of measurements which confinm the theory

at 9.25GHZ are presented.

(ii) I

.The second object of this thesis is to study the propagation _.

characteristic of the wave~guide structure shown in the fig 1.3. This

configuration has not only been used for the measurement of tr and a

(21 - 23 ) but is also useful for devices such as attenuators or

modulators (lO) In all of these reported measurements, the propagation

constants have been calculated using approximate techniques based on . perturbational or variational methods which are subject to errors.

A study of these methods and their errors has been made and

calculations of the propagation constant of such a system have been

carried out for t/a and a ranges of 0.001 ~ t/a ~0.25, 0.1 ~ a(""i'm)

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~10\r/m, for 10, 34.5 and 70.5 GHz with £r = 12 and 16. The computations

were made using the exact equations governing wave propagation in the

structure and the results have been compared with'those obtained from

the approximate techniques reported in the literature. It is .shown

that there is considerable error in the approximate calculations, unless

t/a < < 1. It is further shown that 'in certain ranges of a and t/a the·

attenuation constant varies linearly with a and for small t/a, the

phase constant varies very slowly with a. It is proposed that these

ranges are useful for measurements of a.

In practical measurements the structure ·shown in fig. 1.3

forms a junction with an empty guide, in which the dominant mode TE10

is propagating. Higher order modes are excited at such a junction and

an investigation of these modes has been carried out. It has been

shown that unless t/a ~ 0.08 and a ~ 2.5~m, the higher order modes

are not negligible. Experiments which. confirm the theory have been

performed at 9.25GHz.

(iii) Finally, the microwave measurement techniques have been used

to determine. the conductivity and dielectric constant of lightly doped

n type germanium. Benedic,t and Shockley (l ,2} used such a technique

to determine the conductivity effective mass me* of electrons and holes·

in germanium. However, their results are not in good agreement with the

values obtained from subsequent cyclotron resonance experiments. This

dis agreement is probably due to experimental errors. Further work

on ntype germanium using microwave techniques has been reported by

Druesne (24 ). His work involved measur~ents on 'n and p type germanium

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(20, 10 and l/2 ohm-em) at 61.3 and 92 GHz using VSWR technique. His

results are also in disagreement with the theory. This is because. the

VSWR measurement technique is probably not very ac;curate at these

frequencies and because the gap effect seems to have been neglected in

these.measurements,rather than the inadequacy of the mobility theory

as he has concluded. Thus there is a need of fresh experimental and

theoretical work.

This thesis gives the computations.of the microwave conductivity

and dielectric co~stant of n type germanium as functions of doping

(Nd ~ 1ol 61 ':)).frequency (lo9 ~ f ~ 101Z Hz) and temperature (100 ~ T Cm"l

~ 500°k). This has not been reported in literature. The theoretical model

used to compute a and £r includes the scattering by ionized im~urities and

lattice vfbrations. The latter included the.low energy acoustical

phonon and' high energy optical phonons. Inter-valley scattering by

acoustical and optical modes was considered but it was found that

neglecting them probably does not cause a serious error. At high

temperatures, the holes inn type· germanium are not negligible. Their

effect on both a and ~ has been taken into account in the computations. r .

Experiments have been performed with a reflection type microwave.

bridge on n type germanium samples (a = 10 and 4.5 mhos/m) between the

temperature range of about 100° - 500°K, at two frequencies 9.25 and

34.5 GHz. The measurements are compared with theory.

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..

~~~~~~~~~~~~---~>X z~----a

..

Figure 1.1 Completed Filled Wave-Guide

·.

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1

..

y

J;------, j ._L_Q S. S Y WA. L L

z&-------------------~~~---+ x

Figure 1.2 Lossy Wall Wave~Guide System

..

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c 0

•r-+I IU s..

' :::1 en

•r-'+-c 0

)( u (IJ

"'0 ex: ..... :::1

C) 0 I

'ft (IJ t-

> u IU :::>

Cl :3: z "0 0 (IJ --u ~

.... LL..

~ >t w -4./) -·-· --~ IU .... +I s.. '0 IU a.

M· . -(IJ s.. :::1 en >- .,..

N .....

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CHAPTER II

GENERAL THEORY OF ~~AVE PROPAGATION IN A WAVE-GUIDE

CON-TAINING SENI-CONDUCTOR

2.1 INTRODUCTION

In this chapter the t.hepry of electromagnetic \'taves in uniform ..

rectangular wave guides containing an isotropic semi-conductor with relative

permittivity ~(x,y) = tr(x,y) - j a(x,y) and permeability ~ 0 is

-:developed. The-longitudinal axis -of Wto ·-the· waveguide is al~ng the

direction of propagation \'Jhich is assumed to be in z-direct-ion. The

- -------walls-of- the \'lave. guides are.assumed __ to .be_perfectly __ conducti_ng so that

electric and magnetic fields satisfy the following boundary conditions, -~ .. n X E = 0 .. -+· n • H = 0 (2.1)

n being normal to the wall7pointing outward from wall surface.

2.2 . DERIVATION OF HERTZIAN POTENTIALS

·-------The ·electromagnetic· fields and the -propagation-constants in the o.Jl.(_ McWv..eet .

system under consideration/!rom the f·1axwe11' s equations for the case of

time variation according to exp(j~t)a~ given below, -;to • ..

V X t:. = - J~o H

v x H = j c.v t 0 £r t .. .. .. V D = V.! E = V.t0~r E = 0

· v • ~ = v. ~0H' = 0 ·

9

(2.2a)

(2.2b)

(2.3a)

.(2.3b)

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£0 and. 'IJo ~re respectively the permi.ttivity and permeability of free

space. £r·is the complex dielectric constant of the semi-~onductor and

will be assumed to be a function of x and y but not z.

The solution of fields may be obtained in terms of electric •

and magnetic Hertzian potentials ne and nh respectively. The special

case for Er =constant has been dealt in the reference 27. In the

follovting sections, the treatment is generalized to the case \'lhen £r

· is not a constant.

2.2·.1 Magnetic Type Hertzian Potential ·since from .(2~3a)

~ ~~ Er E may be taken as the curl of a vector say nh£r so that

~r E = -jW'IJoV X nh1r

and ~ 1 ~ E = -jw'IJ0 ~~ v x nh£r (2.4)

where tth is called the magnetic type Hertzian ~otential' f27}.

Taking the curl of the preceding equation·and substituting

the result into 2.2a, one gets

.. H = V X (~~ 1 V X nh £r)

where v log~ = £-l v '£ = vt · r r r

Novt from 2. 2b, ~ ~.

v X H = jW£0 £ E . r

(2.5)

10

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so that

whe,re k 2 =w2ll £ and~ is ;n arbitrary function (v xv~= 0). 0 0 0

Equating this to 2.5 yields

..... So far ~and ~h are arbitrary functions. If a condition is imposed on

the·se so that

..... _____ or --~ = __ v_~_Jih t __ constant

then 2.6 reduces to

. . 2.... + k 2" ..... - ( ..... ) . v llh o £r llh - v x v~ x nh (2.7)

2.2.2 Electric Type Hertzian Potentials

A similar set of equations as that-in the previous section:

may be obtain.ed from electric type Herfzfan potentiallfe (27).

----One· no\·1 starts from 2.3b -and takes

(2.8)

so that

and (2.9)

Nov1 from 2. 2a .....

VxE = ..... .....

- j [,.)JJ H = k 2 V X ll o o e k 2 i1 + V4l o e This yields

..... E =

9 again being an arbitrary function (VxV4l a 0). Equating this to 2.9 gives

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(2.9a)

I' /' A

Again v e:r 9 = cr v ~ + ~Ve: r " v A ·A

So that £ ~ = v~~- 4>Ve:r r .

Substituting this into 2.9a and taking

~

or v. IIe =

(2.10)

2.3 SPECIAL CASES

2.3.1 A

t =loge £r·= Constant

In this case Vt = 0 and the equations 2.7 and 2.10 reduce

respectively to ·

v2ii + k 2" · n • o h o £r h

v2~e + ko 2~r iie • 0

and from 2.4 and 2.5

~ . ~ H = V X V X IIh

and (2.8) and {2.9) give ~ ~

H = +j~A>t V XII o e E ="";.-lv xv x ii ""r e

(2.1la)

(2.1lb)

(2.12)

(2.13)

The solution to these equations can be divided into two basic sets

of solutions. One such mode is TE to z or simply TE or H mode and· the

12

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other is TM to z or TM or E mode. 'l'OOse modes can respectively be .... .... .

obtained from a single component of nh or ne directed in the z-direction

and the equations 2.12 and 2.13.

The TE or H mode in the fig. 1.1 will be treated here for

reference in later applications Thus let .... .... -'k nh = a 1/J ( x ,y) e

z (2.14)

where y = propagation constant • u+ j B.

Substitution of 2.14 into (2.lla) gives

v t 2 1/J + (y 2 + ko 2 ~ r:> 1/J • 0

where V.t2.a2 + a2 a;z ay2

7 . The solution for 1/J andy for the.structure shown in the fi'g. ·1.1 are

given below (28).

1/J n ,m = cos -

ni\x a

1\ cos !J!fiL

The dominant mode in the structure is when m • 0 and n • 1. For the

dominant mode, the above equations reduce to

1/J = cos n:X. . a 2 .

y = (~/a) 2 - k 2 ~r . (2.15) 0

where the subscripts ~~~ n and m have been omitted. From the fo~

ofljl·n,m •ljlp' it is obvious that

J J ljlp lll P • dx dy • 6 PP 1

I

6 PP • 0 l f P f. PI PI + n I ,m I •

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2.3.2 tr = ~r {x)

This case is app11cable to the structures shown in the figs.

1.2 and 1.3. The solutions to the wave equations can again be divided

into two basic sets, TE to X and TM to X. Here onl.Y TE to X will be

considered. The s.olution to this mode can be obtained from equations

2.4, 2.5 a'nd 2.7 with a singl_e component of nh • ax nhx· If it is

assume that · · · · -Yz

nhx = ljl(x,y)e (2.16)

then 2.7 reduces to

vt2ljl + (y2 + ko2 ~)ljl = 0 ' (2.17)

The solution for y and ljl may be obtained for a particular arrangement.

14

In a rectangular wave-guide, it is found that ~·infinite ~Ru-t. fiJf

solutions for y and ljl are possible. It will be shown here that these

solutions are orthogonal to each other.~ Let ljli and ljlj be two di~ferent

solutions with propagation constants Yi and Yj .respectively. Then

' 1\ v t 2 ljl j + ( Y j 2 + ko 2 e r )ljl j = 0

Multiplying the first by ljl. and the second by •i and subtracting one . J

obtains

2 2 ( 2 2) ljl j v t ljl i - ~ i v t ljl j = y j . - y i .. i ljl j

integrating this over the cross section of the wave guide, applying

Green's second theorem and the boundary conGition 2.1, yields ·

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= f (!pi V!pj - !pj V!pi )d1 c

= 0

because of the boundary condition 2.1 GR010S

where s denotes the surface of theL -section of the wave guide and c

is the contour enclosing it. Thus if Y; 1 yj.

· II !pi 111j ds = o s

t~~'s'may be normalized so that

II 111; !pj ds = 6ij • s

r i • j

~ i 1 j (2.18)

The solution for fields and propagation constants can be

obtained for TM toy mode from·equations 2.8 through 2.10 by taking

single component of fie along y direc~ion. If

Ue·= ay !p(X,Y)e-yZ

then 2.10 reduces to

or 6_ + a2 111 _ a~ '.!! + (k 2~ + y2) 111 • 0 a 2 ay2 ay ay 0

.

multiplying .throughout by e-~ = ~;1 • gives

or

(2.19)

(2.20)

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Again in a wave-guide, there are an infinite possible values of y QNI""'­

IP and again it can be shown that different 1/I'S are orthogonal to each

.other. However, the ort~ogon~l·~elationship is now

~ i=j

If e-~1/I.~J~.dS = JJd~-l 1/1·1/1· • 6 .. = s 1 J s r 1 J lJ 0 iFj

(2.21)

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CHAPTER III

WAVE PROPAGATION IN RECTANGULAR WAVE-GUIDE WITH A SEMI-CONDUCTOR WALL

3. 1 H~TRODUCT ION

When a perfectly conducting wall of a wave guide is replaced by

a semi-conducting one, a tangential electric field can be supported and f

losses occur in that guide. From measurements of the changes in the

propagation constant in a guide when one of its wall is replaced by a

semi-conductor, it is possible to deduce the properties of the semi­

conducting material. This principle has been used to measure highly

conducting semi-conductors from the observation of the changes in the

resonant frequency and the Q-factor of a microwave cavity (l 9). This

method has been successful' for conductivities greater than 1000 mhos/m

approximately. .

For materials of lower conductivity the method of measurement

described in this chapter has been investigated and developed. An

analysis has been made of the wave propagation of a rectangular guide

with one of its narrow wall5replaced by a thick semi-conducting slab

as shown in the fig. 3.10. Computations of the dominant mode propa~ation

constant have been made for 1 ' a ' 1000 mhos/m, 0 ~ er ~ 16 at three

dif:t"erent frequencies of 9.25, 34.5.and 70.5 GHz. Exact and ·approximate

methods of computations are discussed and exper i~nts which confirm the

theory at 9.25 GHz, have been made.

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y

•.. Figure 3.1 Wave-Guide System Analysed Theoret.ica11Y

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3.2 THEORY

The arrangement illustrated in the fig. 3.1 will be considered.

The region (1) is empty and the reg,ion (2) consists of a semi-conducting

material which is homogeneous and isotropic with complex permittivity

~.A- .=t.£r-j -E.£v. It will be assumed. that the thickness of the semi-W£o

conductor is much larger than the skin depth in the material so that

the fields vanish at x = d.

Because of the non-uniformity in the x-direction, in general

a hybriQ mode (a combination of E and H modes) will be propagating. One

such set is an LSE mode with no electric field perpendicular to the air

semi-conductor interface <29). The fields and the propagation constants

may be obtained from the solution of equations 2.4, 2.5 and 2.7 •. When

~ is a function of x alone and variation in z-direction as e-vz is

assumed,2.7 reduces to

v t 2ny + (ko2£r +y2) ny = - ..1.. (ny !i ) ax ax

(3.1)

vt2nz + (ko 2cr + y2) nz = -....a.. (n:z U.) ax ax .

+ For an L.S.E. only one component of n·is required. This is obtained

by taking ny = nz = 0 SO that the above equation for nx • ~(x,y)e·YZ

reduces to

~ + ~ + (k 2~- +y2) •• 0 ax ;yz o T

A {1 0 '< X < a where c (x) • ' '

r c -j_.a_a<x<d r ' c WE:o

(3.2)

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Elect~ic and magnetic field components are then obtained from 2.4 and

2.5 as follows

Ex = 0 , -Yz

Ey = + jwMoY"''e.; Hx =: .+1 (DEZ - e>Ey ). · JW.~ 7JY C>z

E . C}fil -Yz z = + ·JW~ -- e o?Jy

Hy ~ _L eEz ) jw~ ~x

Hz=_:]_ ~ jw~ DX (3.3)

1he boundary conditions on £y and Ez at x • 0, d, and y • O,b

require that ...., be of the form

til = A sin k1x cos mp 'f = B e-k2x cos J:!!!!Y

b

. .

where A and B are constants. k1 and k2

are wave vectors in the

transverse direct.ion (x direction) and· m is the wave number in y

(3.4)

direction. m=O,l;2,3, .... , k1 and k2 satisfy the following

equations

~2 = k12 - k 2 + (m~/b)2 . 0

(3.5)

Y is the same in both the regions of fig. 3.1 so as to satisfy the

boundary conditions for all values of z.

Now the continuity of Ez and Hy at x • a gives the following

conditions ..

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so that (3.6)

Equations 3.5 and 3.6 give the eigenvalues Y n,m~.? doubly

infinite values. However, if m = Q, the structure can support only

Hno modes. For Hno modes, Ez and Hy vanish and the fields and.the

propagation constants are as given below

Ex = 0 Hx· = .:. , ~~1~ y 2,.y e -iz

Ey = jWA; Vny e-Yz • _i!_ ~ (3.7) 0 jwfAo oz

Ez = 0 Hz • ...::.L ~ jw~ C>x

~2 = k 2 - k 2 =-k 2 - k 2; 1 • o 2 o r (3.8)

The lowest solution of 3.6 and 3.8 gives the dominant mode in the

system and is H10•

It may be seen from 3.6 and 3.8 that a complex transcendental

equation must be solved to obtainY. This is often. a laborious task.

Therefore, an approximate e.xpression fo~ "/ 2 is ,desirable which can

adequately give the value ofY. Methods based on perturbational and

variational techniques are available for this purpose (30).

However, a simpler technique can be used in this case·under

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certain assumptions. If it is assum~d that the conductivity is sufficiently

high so that the field distribution in the region 0 ~'X~ a is approximate1Y

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the same as in an ideal empty guide of broad dimension a, then the wave

vector k1 will not be much different from its value of (n~/a) in the

ideal case. Under this condition the equation 3.6 can ·be expanded in

Taylor's series about K10 = n~/a. Thus

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f( k1) = k1 + k2 tan k1 a = f (k1 0) + (k.1-k10) of (3.8) ~kl k1=k10

If it is further assumed that \~ 2 \ <<\k0 2 &'rl , then· the approximate

expression for k1

and ~are as follows _, k1 . (n~a) [1 ~ jt./ho2 zrJ

and 'i2 =- (n~/a) 2 {1 + · ),\ ~-} a ko ~r

3.3 THEORETICAL RESULTS

-k 2 0

(3.9)

1(3.10)'

The equations3.6 and 3.8 were numerically solved. for 0 ~ Er ~ 16

and 1 ~ a ~ 1000 mho/m \'lith the help of a 7040 IBM computer using

the Newton-Raphson technique. The computations were made for three

different frequencies, namely, 9.25, 34.5 and 70.5GH~ The results in

the form of "6'1 - '/0 , '/ being the propagation constant· in an· ideal . 0

empty wave-guide of broad dimension a, are shown in the. figs. 3.2

through 3.4. The abscissa represents the change in attenuation constant

So<.= o<.~- 0(0

= o<, (as o<_0

= 0) nep/m and the ordinate represents the change

in the phase constant o8 = ~ - 80

-lad/m. The £r and log a are taken as

parameters.

In all the three figures, it may be observed thatJ in the . . .

range of a considered) as ~he conductivity is decreased (resistivity of

the semi-conducting sample is increased), the attenuation constant

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~ -....... 0 <r cc

-,. 1 • 1 1 -r··~·-,.----..---1·-.. r---....-·-r·-,~r-·~-r~·r~··~~·--r"\..-·-·T~··--,-~-,.- ···_;_:r.~-.- ·yT--" ,_ 'j

.f.:::::9.25GHZ

(;..~//

v~/ {;~/

I// .,._

16 Q

-

,, I J I I I 1 I I .. I I 1 I t t.. , 1 --l 1 I 2 3 4 :> 6 I 7 8 . _,.,.._J. - -L--a{ N E P/ M 9 "" V'

Figure 3.2 6y in the system shorm in the Figure 3.1 at f = 9.25 GHz

t _! i i

-r

f f I I

-,

J

. '-'

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oCL ~

---1---r---,-r--r-~r-·r~~~·l ···r·-·-r~·-~~"'·r-r·w·-···,.~-.. ··;---·-··-"r'"~~~·-·1- ,..,J-.· .. · .. ·r·~·~''"'. r·····"···'"'~('~·· "·~'J'' ·.

f:: 3 4.5 G HZ

4

C' I I I L I 0 4 8 L I I. I I • I L- I I I t

I 2 I b 2 0 2 4 2 0 ~ I - L l, ___ ,l_._ 0( N E P/M .. 0 :0 ~ ,._,

Figure 3.3 oy in the system shown in the Figure 3.1 at f = 34.5 GHz +=

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~ a--< a:

20

1 1 1 1 1~ 1 1 1 r r r -

.f,.. 70.5.GHZ

,

o• 1 r 1 1 1 . 1 1 r 1 t 1 1 t 1 r 1 , ' 0 20 4 0 6 0 60 I 00 120 14 0 160 o< N E F'i

Figure 3.4 oy in the system shown in the Figure 3.1 at 70.5Qiz

')J V)

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-·~ncreases monotonically. The change in the phase constant, however,

first increases with ,o. , attains a maxfmum and theQ decreases. This

observation is true for tr ;- l. However, forE r < 1, the things

reverse and ~attains a maxima and ~ increases monotonically as the

resistivity is increased. It is fur.ther observed that maxima occur

near, though not quite at o = wE E-. the 1 ocus of this condition is o r. also plotted in the figures 3.2 to 3.4.

26

It may also be noted that at the higher end of the conductivity

range considered, the curves for various- values of~ are crowded and . r . ultimately merge into each other. This is.because as c>increases,

O'/w~0 )) E and E -7 -j 6"", independent of E"=r" · r r w~

0

The changes in the propagation constant Y were also compu~ed

-----from the expression 3.10. The results of computations are compared

to those frot:n exact equations in the fig·: 3.5 for E-r ·= 16 and ~r = 1 . .

and f = 9.25GH~. The solid and dotted lines give the values of~ and

&~ respectively as obtained from the exact equations as a function of

~- The circles and crosses give the corresponding values from equation

· _ ..... ------3-:lo:-·-It-ma.f-beooserv-ea-thaf-for high-values···o-rE r-~the-equation· ·3.-10

_____ is adequate to give 0( and b"~_within ~ 3% for the w~ole range of ($'"

considered. However, as ~r decreases the errors increase foro~ 4.0

___ m~o/_m. For o ;:- 4 mho/m, .. ~rrors are ·negligible •

. For semi-conductors, the value of dielectric constant is given -lltc-

. -~y the contributions from~lattice and the free carriers. If it is

. .

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16

14

12

10

6

4

2

. t-

.

t-

\ '

\ \ \

t- \ -f'79.25GH \ \ <\ .. ::. J . o<

~ EXACT ----- ~r> \

\&f3 A PPROX I ~ ATE 0 0(

" ~~ r- \ .,. \

~ a \ \

'Y=I

\ 1- " \ o< \

\

~ '

t. 0(

t-

,_

t-

~':'""-~ ....

r-

..1

' ~

~~ '

"'~ . "' t6 _b) ..

~ .......... -,.- ---· r-- " ...... ~~

~ £ * ....... ~ "{ ,. v .... ,..

... ~ ~

' ....___

I I _1 I

.4 .8 1.2. 1.6 2.·0 2.4 L 0 G ( ·o- -v-lm)

Figure 3.5 Comparison between exact and approximate values of 6y as a function of £r and a

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..

assumed that there is only one type of carrier, say electrons, the

conductivity and dielectric constant at frequency w are given by the

equati~ns l.l and 1.2. If, for the moment, it is assumed that i = constant, i.e. does not change wit.h energy, and further assumed that

w is such that (wr) 2<<l then these expressions reduce.to

(3.11)

(3.12)

ttl £O = 16.0

A plot of £ with a for various values of T is given in the r fig. 3.6. The propagation constant at f = 9.25GHz for 0 ~ log a <3.0

(l.O<a< lOOO'V/m) and for values of T and tr (given by 3.12)is shown in

·the fig. 3.7.

?II

The values of k1 and k2 for~arious values of a and T = 3.0 x lp-13

(approximate value for n type Gc.at room temperature) are plotted in . . .

the fig. 3.8a and b. It may be. observed that magnitude of k1 is not

very different from that for empty guide over the whole range of a

considered and that its angle does not vary more than a few degrees.

The magnitude of the electric field in y-direction as a function

of x/a is plotted in the fig. 3.9-for 2'a~· mho/m.·

3.4 MEASURING TECHNIQUE

For the measurement of the propagation constant a section of a

wave-guide was milled as shown in the fig. j.lo. Into this milled out

section could be clamped either a polished brass block.~r the semi-

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1 -.d"

16J --

Figure 3.6 Er as a function of a and T

f = 9.25 G HZ

. -

~

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~ 0 ~ cr ....., .

cO.. ~

oo_ 3 6 7 o< (l"tE P/M}

Figure 3.7 6y .in the system of Figure 3.1 as a function of a and 'T

;

9

\r' 0

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1:36

~ ~1.32

'o ')( --~ -

1.2 B

. 1.24

i-

'""

1-

f-

,...

'-

;1·2~. I

..

f:::.9.2S GHZ -1:!> . '"(',. 3x 10 SEC

~

~ ~ ~

r--- \k_tL---

~ - -.

.~ -.

~ ' ~ "

- . .

~ ........

~ r--

I I I I I I

.4 .a 1.2 -- - -1.'6 - -- ----;to--- 2.4 2.8 L 0G(<> -v-jn\)

Figure 3.8 (a) I k1

1 and /:._l as functions of a ..

•1 ., I 4.0

-

3.2

. -

2.4 . 0 --· ~ -

I .6

- -, . 8

--~

I 0

v)

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....

10 J

I 80

J. .a"' 60 'o -

X -;r :X:: -

40

2C

~~

""' -

-

-

:

-

-

I 00 .4

I

~ ,/ t::: 9.25 G Hz.

. ~3 't'.,.3)l I 0 SEC

~ ~

. -

.

~ . ~ ~

t/4 v

--

~

~ ~

I I I I I I ~ - -.a 1.2 - 1.6 2.0 2.4 2.8

LOG (~-v-I~)

Figure 3.8 (b) IK21 and ~2 as functions of a

. -~· ..

-

-- '

-

-

-

-.

-

I -- -3.2.

-j(j

c

0

00 w a

"' ~ o·

0

0

VJ t'

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>-w

ob .a . Va

. --- -- ·--·-· ·- ----- -----+-----

f=9.25 GHiZ -13

'T= 3x I 0 SE1 C

1.4

Figure 3.9 Distribution of Nonnalized f·lagnitude of Electric Field Intensity Ey as a Function of x/a

\1-l v

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conductor block. This section of the wave guide was placed. in one ann

of a transmission bridge described by Montgomery (3l)_ The second arm

of the bridge contained a precision attenuator and a phase shifter.

The zero balance of the bridge was first carried out with ~

brass block ~~nto the milled section. A second balance was

obtained when the brass block was replaced by a sem-i-conductor block.

Both the readings were taken when the bridge balance was· independent of

34

the clamping pressure. If A and<P are the readings of the atten-Uator . 0 0

and the phase shifter in dbs and degrees respectively with brass . .

block and A1 and~l are corresponding readings with semi-conductor

block, then neglecting the internal reflections and reflect.ions at the

interfaces at z = 0 and z = ~. the propagation constant in the lossy

wall guide is given by

a = (A1

- A0)'/(8.686"2) nep/m

B = (~1 w ~0)(57.296! rad/m

where ~ = length of the sample in,meters.

The ,neglecting of the internal reflections and those at

z = 0 a.nd z. = 1 was justified because these reflections· were observed

to be small (< .03). Theoretically if z0 and z. are wave impedances

in the empty guide and the guide containg the semi-conductor, the

re·fiection coefficient at z 11 1 is given by

R = u~~~ J It is assumed here that in the empty guide section (z ~ 1) there is no

reflected wave travelling and that the higher order modes which m~ be

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. t.

-:---

i ___ [ __ I

... !_ i •

-----·-·· ·--!

---~ .'

'! ... _., _______ !:_ ___ -.-.:

I , I I ··-"-! _:.__-: .. --1 __ . _____ l ' ~-·!-·-,

I

I ·-· .'

I

i ___ , __ ..

'I I· v

-N

1/l ot-)

c CJ E .,_ s...

>< • ClJ 0.. X

I.JJ

GJ ..c. ot-)

c .,_

"0 <lJ 1/l ::J

<lJ .l_ • "0 ....

::J (..!)

I . i <lJ

--. ·-· > ~ ClJ -·

~....:..:.~ ... --·.-·---: .. . z -----

•'

' ---~.

·····-'

_____ .. __

't­o c 0 .....

ot-) u ClJ

V)

' ot-) ::J 0

"0 <lJ --.... :::

.

-- -·

__ j

·----:

__ :......... . '•

-- --·---- 0 ------- ---(---X

.. ·-··--~ -- --. - ... ,-------1,

I·--·-.

- .. ·-~----

,.

:· - .. ' .. -·

It

I-----

!

I ~---~-

.--·--;-' - j .J

.1

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excited at the junction are negligible. Now for.TE10 wave

as ·S = s l 0

·a /s IRI = J 1 0

2+j'i/ s0

for a1

<<B . 0

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At 9.25 GHz, for a = 2vim and tr = 16, this evaluates to 0.03 approximately

to give VSWR = 1.05. This agreed well with the experiment.-

. . 3.5 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The measurements were carried out at 9.25 GHz on 6 samples, one

of intrinsic germanium (a = 2 mho/m) and five of n type germanium having ·• ..

d.c. conductivities ranging from about 4 mho/~ to 400 mho/m. The

results of measurements are given in the table, 3.1.

Inspection of the results shows that over the resistivity range

5 ~f~ 25Acm(20 ~ a ~ 4 "'f/m) both tr and a can be measured acc-urately.

The microwave measurement of~ agreed well with the d.c. measurements

and it was found that the measurements were repeatable with the limits of

3%. For f < 5 .n.-cm (a > 20 mho/m, 1 oga > 1.3) agreement between microwave l. .

and d.c. values of i is also very good but accurate measurement\ of er

is not possible. This is bec~use as a increases·er < < _Q_w and the •• £0

contribution of er to the propagation constant becomes small as compared

to that d~e to a. From fig. 3.2 it may be observed that the

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TABLE 3.1

MEASURED VALUES OF tr AND p

SM1PLE SAI1PLE ATIENUATION PHASE MEASURED MICROWAVE RESISTIVITY LENGTH CHANGE CHANGE Po(d.c.) MEASUREMENTS

(nominal) t(cms) A1-A0

(dB) t61-t6o(o) (o-cm) p(o-cm) cr

50 4.27 . 2.85 3.35 50.7 99.4 16.1

25 2.79 1.66 4.00 24.2 23.8 15.9

10 5.10 2.47 9.10 11.4 11.8 15.3

5 2.79 0.890 4.54 5.00 5.00 15.7 .

1 5.10 0.632 4.82 0.9.9 1.01 -19.0

0.25 2.79 0.176 1.29 0.258 0.244 -67.0

.:

..

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curves of a and s for various values of £r merge into each other for "' . . a > 50 mho/m. An extremely accurate method indeed would be required to

measure £r at high conductivities at· X-band;such a method is unknown

at the present time. However, fig. 3.3 and 3.4 suggest that at higher

frequencies it may be possible to measure Er at· higher values of a.

This assumes, of course that at high frequencies· apparatus of the same

accuracy_as at X-band is available.

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At higher end of resistivity range (25-50 o-cm) measured values

of £r are in good agreement with the theoretical values (fig. 3.6)

but there is a large discrepancy between d.c. and microwave measurements

of f. This can be attributed to two reasons. Firstly, the measurement

accuracy is small. It is found that errors of± ~.5% and± 3% in the

measurement of (A1 - A0) -and (~1 - ~0 ) respectively caused an err9r of

"-±14% "inS andt0.7% in £r· Secondly as the resistivity goes higher

the perturbation~. in field distribution in .the system become greater

and the higher order modes excited at the junctions at z • 0 and 1

may not be negligible.

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CHAPTER IV

HAVE PROPAGATION IN A RECTANGULAR WAVE-GUIDE CONTAINING A

CENTRALLY PLACED SEMI-CONDUCTOR

4.1 INTRODUCTION

The wave-guide system shown in· the fig. 4.1 has been used by a

number of workers to determine the se~i-con~uctors properties such as

a and e:r (32 ), magneto-resistance (33 ), h~t electron effect (23 ). It has ~lso

bee.n proposed f~ruse as a microwave m'odulator (l 0>-. . .

The theory of the fields present a~d the propagation constants

in such a system may be obtained fr~m the solution of the equations 2.4,

2.5 and 2.17. It is sho\·m in section 4.2 that the propagation constant is

given by the simultaneous solution of the equations ...

y2 = k 2 - k 2 = k 2 - k 2 £~ 1 0 2 0 '

(4.1)

where k1 and k2 are the transver.se wave numbers in the regions (1)

and (2) respectively

y = a + jB = prdpagation constant

a = attenuation constant B = phase constant

£ = e:r - j ~ = complex permittivity '(' W£0

The solution of these equations for the case.when.the displace­

ment current is negligible (we:<< a) with t/a of the order of lo-6 and

"39

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y

bl !Z ... <i < I I

3

$ I'\ ,, ' "' I X· z d dtt d

(a) Infinite Structure

SHORT

Z=l

y

~"""" X ' " " " ">\ l>' Z

(b) Junction of Empty and Partially Filled Wave-~uides

Figure 4.1 Partially Filled Rectanqular Wave-Guide with Se~i-Conductor Specimen in the Reqion (2). The regions (1) and (3) are empty. ~

~ ~

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for the lossless case (a= 0) have been reported in literature33 ,34.

The solution in both of these cases is comparatively easily obtained.

However, for the case when the value of a lies in the semiconducting

range and the displacement and conduction currents are comparable, the

computations of the propagation constant from equations 4.1 become very

laborious. Because of this, in almost all of the measurements referred

41

to above, recourse has been_ made to some sort of approximation. In

particular, Nag et a132 and Lilja and Stubb35 used the following expression

for y:

. y2 = (tr/a)2- k 2- k 2 c~-- l)(t/a + l sin trt) o o ~ ,.. . a (4.2) .

where k 2 = w2~ t 0 0 0

This equation can be obtained either by variational theory using

the Rayleigh-Ritz technique with single ~ode approximation(JG,J]) or

by the first order. perturbation theory(35,38,39). ,For a • 0 it was

first obtained by Berk36 and was found to give the propagation constant

with an accuracy of a few percent for tr • 2.45. For complex permittivity

values applicable to semiconductors, however, doubts have been expressed

about the validity ·of (4.2) unless t/a is negligibly small <40 •41).

The computations.of the propagation constant in the configuration -~

shown in Figure(4.1)~discussed in thiS. chapter. Numerical solutions of

equation 4.1 are given for dielectric constant, conductivity and t/a

ranges of 12 ~ £ ~ 16, 0.1 'a~ 10 mhos/m and .001 't/a ~ 0.25 r respectively, for t~e three frequencies.lo.o; 34.5 and 70.5 GH·z. These

results are compared with the approximate values obtained from equation

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(4.2) and also with those obtained u~ing the two mode approximation in

the Rayleigh-Ritz technique.

42

Further for practical measurements, the structure shown. in the

f1g. 1.3 forms a junction with an empty guide supporting H10 mode. In

all earlier measurements, the effect of the higher order modes at the

junction has been assumed to be negligible. However, it is shown that

this assumption may not be valid in view of the high values of d1electric

constant and conductivity applicable to semiconductors. An analysis of

these higher order modes has been carried out and the computations show

that unless t/a < .08 and d ~ 2.5 mho/m, the effect of the higher order

modes is not negligible.

Experiments have been performed for three values of t/a at

9.25 GHz and the results ·of the measurements verify the above observations.

4.2 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS

4.2.1 Exact Solution

The solutions to the Maxwell's equations in the system shown

in the fig. 1.3 may be divided into two basic sets, TE to x and TM to x.

The dominant mode in the system for lossless case (a = 0) is given by

TE to x mode. For the lossy case it will be the sam~ and only this mode

will, therefore, be considered.

The solution for the TE to· x mod_es· may be obtained from equations

2.4, 2.5 and 2.17 by taking a single component of nh. Thus if

flh • aX~ (x,y) e·yZ

so that vt2~ + ·(k02 lr(x) + r 2), • 0

(4.3)

{4·4)

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where er (x} = £r -j ~ (d ' x ' d + t) w£o

then in. o~der to satisfy the boundary conditions 2.1 at x = 0, a; y = 0,

band x = d, d + t must be of the form

sin k1 x 0 ' X ~ d

tP = A cos mry b

sin k1d [sin k2(x-d) - sin k2 (x-t-d~J. sin k2t sin k1(a-x) + t

where A = constant

m = 0, 1, 2, 3, .... k1 and k

2 are wave vectors in x-direction in·regions (1),

(3) and (2) respectively and.satisfy the following equations

~ = k 2 + (ffl1(/ )2 - k 2 y 1 b 0 . (4.6) ..

_ k 2 + (m/x )2 k 2 A

- 2 b - o £r

(,4.5)

y is the same in the three regions so that the b'oundary conditions are

satisfied for all z.

A further condition on ~l and k2 may be obtained from the

transverse resonance condition. Thus for symmetrical modes it is required. L..t.,CNY\

that there~ open circuit at~= af2· This condition gives the following

relation

(4.7)

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-H·

ll11: rqii.-H.hm •Ll yivr~ il\{l\\\(c! l"'~·;ib\,! V·"'\ur!"\ ''{ l.. t

,_

and hence there are doubly infinite ·possible values of y. If, however,

m = 0, these reduce to singly infinite values. When m = 0; the TE to x

modes reduce to TE~0 modes. The dominant mode.propagation constant is .

given by the lowest order solution of 4.7 and is designated with n. 1.

Thus for TEn0 modes,

2 - k 2 k 2 y - 1 -n n o

- k 2 - 2n (4.8)

For given values ofw, t/a and~ the values of the propagation

constants may be obtained ,by solving 4.8 numerically. In the pres'ent

work, this was done by using the Newton-Raphson iteration technique42,

in which the (M+l) th iteration of the unknown root of a transcendental

equation f(x) = cf is given by:

The convergence of the method is good provided f' • ~ is not too small

and the initial guess of the root x0 is not ,too far off. Equation 4.8

was accordingly put into the form: . k t

f ( k1 ) = k1 cot k1 d • k2 tan + • 0

with k 2 • k 2 + k 2 (t - 1) 2 1 o r

' '.

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and the value of k1 determined accurately, which then enabled k2 and y

to be calculated. The functions involved are periodic in nature and

hence an infinite number of roots of. the equation exist. The particular

root obtained depends on the initial guess. In the present case, the

initial value of the root was obtained from an approximate.method,.for

example, the two mode approximation in the·Rayleigh-Ritz t~ch~ique

discussed in the next section.

4.2.2 Approximate Solution

There are two approximate methods of solution that are.

commonly used, namely, variational and perturbational methods. The

former method has been used for determin~:_:_. y in a wave-guide system

containing pure dielectrics and ferrites36 and is known to give good

results.· Perturbational techniques have also been developed for such

calculations38 ,39 • It is found that the first order perturbational

technique gives the same formula for y as obtained from the variational

method using a single mode approximatio~35. For higher accuracy either

a two or higher mode approximation or a second or higher order perturbation

theory may be ~played. It should be pointed out; however, that unless

t/a is negligibly small, the high value of complex permittivity of semi­

conductors alters a ·system so much that the perturbations are too large

to be consistent with the accuracy requirement of the perturbation theo~y.

In view of this, the use of two mode approximations with the Rayleigh­

Ritz technique was preferred for these calculations. ,

The ap~lication of the Rayleigh-Ritz theory to inhomogeneously

filled wave-guides has been discussed by .Collin29 , and the salient steps

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in the present analysis are as follows:

The one dimensional Helmholtz equation

2 ~2 2 u , ~ + y + k & (x) ' = 0 2 o. r

dx ·

where &r(x) = 1 0 < x ' d; d + t ' x ~ a

· = &r d ~ X ' 'd + t

(4.9)

can be obtained from equation 4.4 by taking m = 0 so that ~(x,y) = ~(x) The function 0 is to satisfy the condition that 0 = 0 at x = 0 and

x • a, to make the ·tangential component of t_he ·electric field .Ey vanish

at the wave-guide walls.

The variational integral is obtained _by multiplying 4.9 by

0 and integrating with respect to x from x • 0 to x • a. The resulting

expression is:

(4.10)

The next step consists of expanding 0 as a Fourier series and terminating

the series at a finite number of terms. Thus one may obtain for the

nth eigen-function:

r . 0n = arn f (x)

r=l,3 r ( 4.11)

where fr(x) = 1 i sin ~x (eigen-functions for the empty guide). The

s~mmetry of the system penmits only odd values of r. The function ~ may n

be nonnal ized to give: ,

fa 0 2 dx • 1 • ~ a 2 o n r•1,3 rn

' .

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and substitution of equation 4.11 into 4.10 gives:

N I

r=l

. ~ ua df df 2 a a J (_!.-2..- k 2 &(x) frfJ

s=l ,3 rn sn ·o dx dx 0

{

0 r 1 s where ~rs =

1 is the Kronecker delta function

r = s

Now it is required that:

N N l L a a (T - y

2 6 ) = a stationary quantity r=l s=l rn sn rs n rs

= Ja·[~~- 2 where Trs 0

dx dx k0 &Jx) frfs] dx = Tsr . (4.11a)

For this equation to repr~sent a stationary value oft 2, the -

partial derivatives _!__ for i = 1 to N must vanish. When this is done ~ aain

the following set of N homogeneous equations is obtained.

N L arn (Trs - Yn2 c5rs> = 0 s = 1 to N

r=l (4.12)

RecallinQ that the modes ·being considered are synmetrical about the

point x = a/2, the indices r and s should take only odd values, that ts

r = 1, 3, 5, ••

s = 1, 3, 5, ••

. . . • • •

, N (odd)

, N (odd)

For a non-tri.vial solution of '(12), the detenninant of the

coefficients must vanish. Therefore, for the single mode approximation . (N=l) one has:

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(4.13)

~or the two mode approximation, N = 3, a~d y12 is given by the solution

of:

(4.14)

Integration of equation (4.11 a) over the wave-guide cross­

section shown in the Figure (4.1) gives

T = (r1r/a)2 - k 2 - k 2 (£1 - 1) (t/a + 1/rw sin rw t/aJ (4.15) rr o o

T = T = k 2 (£...- 1). [(-l)P sin pnt/a + (-l)q sin gwtt.aJ rt-s rs sr o -T · pw qw .

where p = r + s , q = r - s 2 2

In the present study, the dominant mode propagation constant was computed

from both equations (4.13) and (4.14) and the results compared with those

obtained from (4.8).

4.2.3 DISCUSSION ON EXACT AND APPROXIMATE SOLUTION

The dominant mode propagation constant y = a.+ ja was computed

from equations 4.8 as a function of t/a and a at three different

frequencies of 1o.o, 34.5 and 70.5 GHz for £r = 12 and 16. The variations

oft/a and a were over the ranges 0.001 ~ t/a ~ 0.25 and 0.1 ~a~ 10

mho/m, respectively and the results of the calculations are presented in

the form of curves shown in Figures 4.2 through 4.4.

It may be observed from these figures that the phase constant 8

varies very slowly with conductivity a for small values of t/a and a. In

fact the variations in the phase constant 8 are practically negligible

fort/a< 0.1 and log a • 0.50 (a • 3.16 mhos/m) at 10 GHz. This also

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... ~· .

-.

f=IOGHZ. . ~~ %, ,-o~6:;

1 ~

~I () fy = 12 ------

~1 I cy = /6

"> N . ()

I <::>

~ C"',J

<::1

- o.a ~ 1~ f~ I~ I ? " . .

~ tl .;:) ~ (;) II I· . I I ~.or--.--,--- -T----y---

I I I ~ I f

'

l. 4 6 8 ~~I

Figure 4.2 (a) The exact I '!f cl. N€ P /.,..,., values~dominant mode Propagation constant y = a + ja at 10 GHz

I ~-~

I' I .. J-0 .:; 'I I I I I I I J-1· 0

/I I

' I

~ ......t\

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! .

)

~ ~

~

·7

2

16 ---2"X/o:

~

<}

' f:::: lo Gllz. I II ~

f-y::/2.0.------- ~~

l-)~/f,.t) . 'JJ%=-2·0 tS" ia.v ;r/->r~' , I

1

()

. l I ....... I ~~ ") () :f) !'J •.r· ,. I II ,.,_: • .'1 (J r:c '? I

,. . ~ . - " . (! ~ ~ ~ I \; t)

•"'-1

1 --r----1 ----r- r' "-:; \> ----r ---,-- o I I '',,-,

,- - --T I '-'> I I l, I I 0 I l ,,.., ' I I I I fi I C> I • I "' " ' ,· "1 ~ l"j /,_~~-,I. I" I '\,!

' ~ : <, " I ,.; I " : "' I ,; I Q ';::. I (J I ; I , I I • ~ I \} '· I I 1 I ' ' ' 1 ' I I I / I . .:

/ /

/ /

I I

/ I I I

~-/-2. 2

/

I /

/

I

I I

I

I I .

figure 4.2 (b) The exact values~dominant mode propagation constant y = a + jB at 10 GHz

I..''\ ~

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~ I ~

........ ~

~ -~

~

~

L I

.......... _ _,._.._.-~......_ ____ ._.: ___ ---~·--- ---,.-----:.-- --··----- -·--·

~ ~~--------r----~~-:~~::::-r,-----~~-:--.---~~~r-rc~ll--~~-,rc~~---r-:r-r-r-\:ll----~--r--cCT---r-------e--. < .. I ' I I 1 1 1 I ' j I I n ~ I I I '"' I ~ ~ ~'I l~ I \.')I I I I 'J ........ V) '''I L~.? l7. --o / )-. "' "-. ~ ';. ~' 1

'

1

I 1 1 n-r u let - . (;> r , , ~ ..

. ~ I I I I ~I

II

..f:::: 31·561/z

.,, \.:

...:..

~"'l

·20

/6

... 1'2.

8

-3·0

4,"()'

Ey:/2.o

q·:; 15. .o / .

6" '""" ...,,../)1"1

..

-c.$ I' II '0 ~­~ ···r--

1

~) i'-. 0

~ v) ·~

I T--•

\., ('~

<.:, 'CI

":-~ ,.., 7:) 1.."')

.-_) --.--1

.·- /. " I ! . I I .l , I . I I ~ I , J-I

--- / "' ,.7 -1 ,... __ ...- _,.,. . .a

·- 3·o

4 ~ 8 10

(ttu. · o< Ne P/m Figure 4.3 (a) The exact values~ominant mode propagation constant y = a+ je at 34.5 GHz

.. /

I . <(~: :/,7 -r--n -;.-',)

"'

' _j_r .,. ~.'

I I I

~~

"'

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/0

!?J,

{· ~ 8 ·~

<::\c

~

I T

~

- • 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 rrr 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 IIJ

f :::= 34.~ 5' G II~

(y == 12.- o-- -~./-­f.y-:;;.. /(.0

6' l ~-~ -v-1 ~..,.. .

,

()

r \l

'o.

Jo;t . ~ v~=.-,.G

'-'> f' . ~

'

~ l') . t'"'

<:} . <:l

<:1 <.1

' I ·~

·. -_........... ...... ~ <::::,. .,.-:-= -- .....-; .... - <::: ..... .r ,...-r -- ~~_,.- _ ... .....,.. - ;roo» ........... ,.. :=? - .......... ::::o:>" - :::;>' -- ,. .,.,.

- ..- .- :.----'- ;,? • .[>

- -~:.;t-;- ~ , ' u .··~- - ......

-.- 1 1 r rrn

~ ~

\.') ~

,t vj .

() <J

l) I'

<:i

--/

~, ,._, /

" 7~-~-·0 " " /

:;;~-2. 2..

-5 I I '"' I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I ~ 2 XI o 2 4 6 8 1 0 I 2- 4 ~ 8 1 0 ° 2. 4 6 8 I o 2.. 4 6 · 8 I c-

Figure 4.3 (b) l;f-Jto.. ~ N~ P /m

The exact values[dominant mode propagation constant y = . i

,/

a + jS at 34.5 GHz ~

t\

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I' N I() -X

~ ~

.~ _. ~ "30

~

: .i 2

., '•

' '

' . 5zxto

.,.~

l = '1 0 · 5 3/lz

Ey:: 12-0 ------fy::. 16· 0 ----

~

? ~ ~

~s(tfi)=-b·tl~ I~ It ~~ /~ I~ I~ I~ F· -0.8

1 , --=LL , . -1-6. (,

-=-, , ___ , _ _,. =L I -- L ' - --1= =~=~ ='- I o -~=--L_j o I -·t. · t

I

-~ 8 Jo 2. .or II 0( NEP/m

· Figure 4.4 (a) The exact .,.,~ .

values~dominant mode propagation constant y= a + j~ at 70.5 GHz ·

\;:,"5

...,.., v

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·-

i ' I . : !! ..,

" T I I I I I I

f

I I I ••• , I I

7

- \) I I I I I I

~ - C • i.: r_-;:; f/·• 0 l I ~ . - I (" - 1.2·0 ,,· I I I I • .

f;;,t. o -------- " t, I ~ ~ I

~ ...

~~~-'·~~~~·-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ([" "":., v ;., .... , .

l') ~~ 1 •• ~ . ., v i.r) ! C)

0 ('., ~ c· . (• ~ I I

12

II -3-0 ...=:::. .... - --::=::: .... -. ~---- <:::. .... - ""'= J

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I l I L__! 2 X I{)- 2 4 6 8 I 0 -I 2. 4 6 8 I 0 ° 2 4 ~ 8 I (1 • -

. · ;· . o( N!P/n"~ · 1 ·i=iq~~1e-:~.!4 · (~) -·:fh~ ex~ct 'val.ue'sl!ortlinant mode )propagation .constant' r = ,,.. . · •• _. ... , •.. , ,l. •. • . \... ._-:·

'; '\ ..... :~ • •4 ~ . • ·. ~ - \ ..

a + jB at )0.5 GHz

""\ ..s

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applies for all the values of tfa and a considered at the higher frequencies

34.5, 70 GHz. At 10 GHz, the variations i~ B with a for log a ~ 0.5

and log t/a ~- 1.8 {t/a = .0158) become significant as can be seen

from Figure (4.2a).

It may be observed from Figures ( 4.3) and (4 .• 4) that for the

ranges of a and t/a chosen, the relationship between log a and log a is

a linear one. In these ranges, one may write:

log a = log M + n log a (4. 16)

where n is the slope of the curves and M is.the intercept with log a • a.­

This relationship is more clearly shown in Figures (4.5a) and (4.5b), and

. examination of the curves shows that n = 1.00 which means that the

attenuation constant a varies linearly with a, i.e.

a= Ma (4.17)

At 10 GHz (see Figure 4.2a) the relationship (4.17 )also holds for t/a

< 0.05 and 0.1 <a< 10 mhos/m. For higher values oft/a, the value of ' ' ' n departs from unity.· At t/a • 0.05 its value is 1.01 and increases

as t/a ·is increased. At this frequency, equation (4.17) holds over the·

whole range of t/a considered but only up to a ~ 1.0 mhos/m. For

higher values oft/a, the slope of the log a ~·log t/a curve changes and

equation (4.17) no longer holds. For values of.t/a • 0.25 the slope is

very small and practically equals that fort/a =. 1. That is, the

attenuation is very close to that of a completely filled guide.

It is interesting to note that a similar relationship between

a and a holds for very thin films of considerably higher conductivity

than has been considered in the present work. Gunn44 has carried out

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" 0.. w z 0

2 10

7

3

5

3

7

5

_,

f = 3 4.5 G HZ

E"'= I 6

' .

-3.0

12l.~O~~--~~--~--~----~--~--~----~--~--~~------~ -t-•2

LOG ( ~ -v-J-m) Figure 4.5 (a) The attenuation constant a as a function _of.t/a and 61

\

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'- I I , I I ' I I

-- Li

- .(; L b G(t:/a.) -1.0 .

. .

lL/ f-f : 70.5 GHZ

E""-; I 6 -1.4

. / v/ f- 1// /v / -l.a f- Li v L L. f- J / /

~/ / v -2·2.

f-

# / v v v ..:2-6

2

2. I('

s 6

4

2

Vv ~ / / L_ // / .' L L L

I ·\ 10

1-

8 ~ /L / / / / ~

v v v -~.0 t • I·\ 6 ~ , I \

·~-· . . / L '·/ L L v v v v v ~4

0... w z

0 2

/ / / / 0

2

v v lL v 1- L / L ~/ / / v v v f-

/ / v v I I/ .•

I I I

10

8

6

4

-10 -1.0 - .6 -.2 +· 2· -r•o

'

_I_ I

· L 0 G ( 6'" -v-/m) Figure 4.5 (b) The attenuation constant a as a function of t/a,and cr

•f I ,

\

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·computations for thin films of semi-conducting m~terials, and found that

theoretically and experimentally the·re1ation (4.17) holds for R=l/at~40.0n/

square. However in the present work it is found that equation~l7) is

(a~ 1.0 v/m, t/a ~ 0.25)

valid for R ~ 175n/square~at 9.25 GHz and to·at least 55n/square and

130n/square at 34.5 and 70 GHz respectively (a ~ 10 v/m, t/a ~ 0.25).

To the extent that the phase constant 8 is nearly independent

of a, the propagation constant as a function of conductivity a may be

written as:

y(a) = y(O) + a ay Ia= 0 a a

(4.18)

where~= M is evaluated from equations (1) and (2) with. a • 0, and is: a a

.....

jwll 2 ·0/

k10 d cosec2(k10

d) - cot (k10

d) -

-where the subscript 0 denotes that quantities are evaluated w.ith a= 0.

. . Equation (4.18) for y(a) reduces much of the computation work

as the numerical solution of (1) and (2) with a= 0 is much. easier and as

a matter of fact may be done with a desk calcula.tor. The calculation of

M is then straightforward. This linear relationship between a and a

may prove useful in the measurement of magneto-conductivity,high field

carrier mobility, the temperature dependence o~ conductivity, etc., of

the semi-conductor bulk material.

The propagation constant was computed for two values only of

dielectri.c constant (&r), namely 12, and 16. It may be observed from

Figures 4.2 to 4.3 that the variations in a and 8 with £ are significant r

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only at the higher end of ranges of t/a and a considered. For. lower

values of a and t/a; the changes in £r do not cause appreciable changes

in either a or B·

Figures 4.6 and 4.7 show the percent~ge differences between

the exact values of the dominant mode propagation constant as obtained

from equation 4.8 and those obtained from the single mode and two mode

approximations given by equations A.l3 and. 4.14 respectively. The

errors shown are for a = 10 mhos/m and f = 10.0 and 70.5 GHz. For

59

lower values' of a in the range 0.1 , a, 10 mhos/m, the errors are not

very different from the ones shown, for example in the range 0.03 ~ t/a

~ 0.1, this difference is not more than 3%. The errors in y at 34.5 GHz

are not shown here as these are found to·be of the same nature and order

as those at 70.5 GHz.

It may be observed from Figure 4.6 that the single mode

approximation giv~s errors in a that are greater than 5% when t/a is as

small as 0.0025. Fort/a > 0.0025, the ·errors increase rapidly and then

decrease at t/a ~ 0.06 but are not less than 33% at t/a • 0.25. The

·two mode approximation gives better results, but the errors in u are

significant unless t/a < 0.003 when these are about 5%. The error in

a is reduced with a decrease in'the dielectric constant.

Figure 4.·7 shows that the approximate methods, both single mode

and two mode, appear to give better results for s than for «• It may be

seen that the errors are less than 5% for t/a < 0.015 •. For higher

values of t/a, the errors become large but the maximum error in s is·

about one half of that in u. As t/a is incre~sed beyond 0.1, the

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~

r:::: ..... s... 0 s... s...

LJ.J

~ r:::: cv u s... 'IV 0..

80

60

40

20

f:: 10 GHZ o::. I 0 -v/tn

'Single Mode in R-R Technique Two Mode~ in .R-R Techniaue

' ' " ' ' \, '

-2.6 -2-2 -1.8 " -1.4 -1.0 -·6 --2 LOG ( t/a.)

Fiqure 4.6 (a) Percent difference between exact and approximate values of a

--~ 0

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---------------------------·

f = 70.5 GHZ a'= 10 T/"fYl Single Mode in R-R Technique

----- ;_ Two Modes in R-RTe

-------:--------~---·----------·- .. -

dGO~------t-------~-------t-------4--------~------+-------~------J c ·~

tcLJ~-4--l75~~i~~~1~·~ cu u s.. cu

0.. ---- •' - "'L..' ' '

....

2CI 1 .......-:, I / / I J' r ""'' 7 7 ~ __ , I I ~ ~ ~ I I I ~

' \

(

:::::"!.D -2·6 -2-2 -1·8 -1.4 -1.0 -.6

LOG ( t/a) ,

Fiqure 4.6 (b) i .

Percent difference between exact and approximate values of a ~

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~~ ~

c . ,...

40 )

) 30

20 I

~10 s.. s.. LIJ

~ c Q)

" u s.. Q)

0.. 0

-IG

I

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~

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1-

~

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I I I I I I I

Single Mode in R-R Technique f:IOGHZ Iwo _Modes_ jn~ R~R Techr ique _______ . _______ ---~-------()-;:: to-v-/..,

. ! L ~

12 Eyd6i r\ / ~-6/-r-: ....... ·., -- ' . 'I f 2 ... " " I ~ ',\ I

{ / ',~ .. '\~ I I I

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~ I

~ \~ ·-.,

J I I I L__ -2.2. -1. 8 -1.4 -1-0 -.6

LOG ( tja) Figure 4.7 (.a) Percent difference bet\'teen exact and approximate values of s

I

.

1

I

--

-

-

-

-

r--. ~

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en s::: .,.. ~ 0 ~ ~

LLJ ..., s::: C1l u ~ C1l 0.

f-

40

f-

30

r-

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10

'-

0 -3.0

..

I I . I I I I ' I ' I . I I

f=705GHZ c>::: 10 -v-jm . ·single Mode in R-R Technique

- - Two Modes in R-R Technique

..

.. ~..., = 16

-~ ·/ -~ 16.,....- ........

. ,' ' ' , ,, I ___ 12;..-~-, , . /~ _.... ..... ' /// / -,', . , / . ' ~ ~ ,,

~ ,,

~ v, \ ..... ~ ,.,.... ..... .,. _ ....

~ · I I I I 1 . . . -2.6 2.2 1-8 0 6

LOG(t/a) Figure 4.7 (b) Percent difference between exact and approximate values of B

--··-------~ ..... __., ~----__..,..... - -........--~---....-~~--~--- .. - , .. ~---·--~-'--· ------~~---·-

I

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.

-

.

-

I

.. ···""'·.-,....; ..•.

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errors reduce. This is because as t/a is increased, the condition

approaches that of a completely filled guide in which case the errors

should vanish.

4.2.4 Calculation of Junction 'Impedance

In this section the expression for the input impedance Zin

at z = 0 of the system shown in the fig. 4.1 which has a short circuit

at z = 1 will be derived.

In the analysis, it will be assumed that the input guide is

supporting _an H10 mode while in the output guide (O' z' 1) Hno

64

modes are present. If ~nand ~n are the functions-representing the Hno th

mode in the input and outp~t guides respectively and rn and Yn are

their respective propagation constants, then the electric field EY

and the magnetic field Hx are given by the following expressions(43).

For z < 0 .. Ey __ = al·(e-rlz·+ R erlz) +l + L an +nernz

n=3,5

. Hx • ~alYol(e-rlz- R erlz) +ran +n Y~n ernz

For 0 ~ z ~ 1

Ey = L bm ~m sinh '1m (1-z) m=1,3,·

Hx ;. r- bm Ym ~m cosh"tm (1-z)

where a's and b's are constants

R • reflection coefficient of the dominant mode in the input

guide

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' 1 n Y0n = -2 = J.W'IJ = wave admittance for H

0 modes in the

on · o n empty guide

Yn = iL ~~=~ave admittance· for H modes in the output n JW o no

guide

Now at z =·o Ey and Hx must be.continuous and these boundary

condit.ions give

Ey = a1(1+R)41 1 + l a~ = l bm sinh(yml)pm. n=3,5 n n m=l,3

65

These two equations can be solved either simultaneously or by

the use of variational techniques. The latter method is easier and has

been discussed by Collin<43 l. Foilowing his arguments, one obtains . .

the expression for the input i~pedance Zin = (l+R)/(1-R) as follows:

a · a · 2 zin = i- If G(x;x' )Hx(x) Hx(x' )dxdx'/ riJ Hx(x)~ldJ

Ol 0 ~0 J

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Now assuming that N

Hx(x) = ) an ~n(x) n=l,3,5

and substituting this into 4.12, one gets

NN" zin Zol a12 - ~ ~ ar as grs = 0

... ... grs = L 2on cSnr cSns + }: · Zm tanhym l p nl sm

n=3,5 m=1,3,5 where

where {

1 n=m 6 =

rvn 0 nlm

Now equat.ing the partial deri·vatives w.r.t. as to zero so as , . , . to render·zin a stationary quantity, one gets the sets of equation~·

N 2in 2olal - Y ar glr • 0.

y•f,J ..

66

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s = 3,5,7 •••

whose determinant must be zero for non-vanishing valu~s of a's,

Therefore;

gll g13 glN

67

z. =-l-1n z

ol (4.19)

. gN] gN3 . ' . . · gNN

g33 g35 g3N

gN3 . . . gNN

4.2.5 Calculation of Reflection Coefficient

The computations of the junction impedance were done with the

help of a 7040 IBM computer, the equation 4.19 being solved for different

values of t/a, cr and N at 9.25 GHz. The results are plotted for N = 7*

in fig. 4.8 in the form of the refJection coefficient R, . . '

R =(Zin -l}/(Zin·+.l)

which is a directly measurable quantity. The length of the sample was

assumed to be one quarter wave length (=}l;/2e) at each point. The

figure indicates the extent to which the reflection coefficient may vary.

In fig. 4.9 the magnitude of the reflection coefficient is

plotted as a funct1on of cr~ for various values' of t/a and N. It. may

be observed that as cr increases, the higher modes which are excited

considerably change the reflection coefficient at.z = 0. It may

further be observed from the computational results that unless t/a

* The reason for t~e choice of N=7 in the fig. 4.8 is that in the range

considered, this value gives good agreement with the experimentalresults • •

This agreement may be better with N=9 but the numerical ·computations are then too cumbersome to handle.

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l t

.... i

J

"\

w

) .; .,

'! ~ 1 -!) : 1 ; , 0 ... .J ~ ~ <{ ,, z ' c. ·~

~

~

0 .. v :l ...

" <{ ..J 0

. ~ ' ~-< ·t'

' ~

,...

-=l -j ·- ! ·-

--- ! i __ ,

__ ,

--· ' -i

., _) I

I

-I

__j

I

! _. _J

-;

"""i

' '

--1

I -~

!

--=1 j

I

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I

~ --;

---1 --i

I .---, _, ~ --; _J

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I

--~

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--.-, _j _j __ , --1

' -·

I

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270"

..;o.,

jl" I I I !

200" I 60°

i l i ,l-1

I 90" 170° 180°

170" /')00

160' . 2oo•

ISO' 210'

r. ".)

9()•

270"

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-

N.l

-·-·-· N~

------ Na7

----·~ ---...:-..::-· -_________ _,

0~--~--~--._--~--~--~--~--~--~--~--~ . 0 ·4 . 6

LOG ( ($" -v-f-n~) Figure 4.9 The reflection coefficie~t at z•o {Fiq. 4.1)

as a function of a, t/a and N.

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~ 0.08 and a ~ 2.5 v/m, the effect of the higher order modes is not

negligible.

4.3 MEASUREMENT OF REFLECTION COEFFICIENT

70

The reflection coefficient at the junction of an empty guide and

the semi-conductor loaded guide as shown in the fig. 4.1, was measured

by means of the reflection bridge as described in the Appendix A.

This bridge directly measures the reflection coefficient R = rRiej~ The short circuited wave-guide section containing the semi­

conductor sample formed part of one of the side armsof the bridge and

placed in a Delta Design oven. The arrangement is shown in the fig. 4.'10 ·

The zero balance of the bridge was carried out at each temperature with

and without sample.

For practical convenience· a -slot of desired t and 1 was milled

in the centre of the broad wall of a wave-guide section to assist in

centrally locating the sample. At z = 1, the guide was terminated with

a solid short circuit plate. The samples used were of intrinsic

germanium whose conductivity was varied with temperature which was

varied from about 80°F. to 300°F.

4.4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The experimental verification of equation 4.19was carried out

on three samples of intrinsic germanium with t/a ratios of ·.0133,

.026 and .0515, at 9.25 GHz. The conductivity.of the sample was

varied from about 2 mho/m to over 100 mho/m by the variation of the . t

temperature of the sample.

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Fi gure 4.10 The photograph showing the microwave reflection bridge. The sample is in the Delta Design oven on the right hand side.

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72

The theoretical value of conductivi~at ~he temperature T0 k was . . (45)

calculated from the following relationships

a(T) = n.(T)q {~ (T) + ~ (T)} 1 n p

where q =electronic charge= (1.6 x lo-19 coul} . 3j~l ~

n.(T) =intrinsic carrier density= 1.76 x lo22e-4550/T T 1~ 1

~n(T} =mobility of electrons = .38 (300/T)+l.66 m2tvolt-sec

Pp(T) =mobility of holes= 0.18 (300/T)+2.33 m2/volt-sec

In the computations, it was assumed that over the temperature

range used in these· experiments, the dielectric constant'remained

constant.

The results of the measurements are shown in the figs. 4.11a

and b. The solid curves show the quantity ~omputed from 4.19 with

.N=7 and the dotted ones with N=l. The crosses are experimental points. . . .

~ . ~t may be observed that for a> 10 mho/m (loga = l.O),'the

results agree well with N=7 curve. As the c~nductivity decreases, the

solid curves and dotted curve approach each other and remain close to

each other except in the case of t/a = .0515. In the. latter case, ·the

experimental points are close to the solid curve but lie above it. At

the lower end of the conductivity range, the experimental points do not

lie on these curves and there appears to be a small discrepancy between

the theoretical curves and the experimental points.

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i <r

,.o

~

. s

.6

f.

.4

f-

• 2

f-

02

.-.___.. .. __ , I

I

~-.-----f= 9.25GH2 -t/a. =. 0 I 3 3 ,.. ----- . --l=·8651 CM .,..""

,. ,.. .

/ /

/

• ~" ---1- vv, / , , ,. ,

~' , ,.

/ ,

~ , .... ,

_"/...

'~ ., . /r

~ ' -

v ' ,' . "I '

' I ...

~ , ,

/ /

~ "",. v ' ~ Jy '' .... 'II"'- . . _ ... . . .... __

..

·~

....L f _! I I I I t -4 6 8 1.0 1.2. 1.4 1.6 1-B

L 0 G C a- -y-f""") Ffqure 4.11 a-1 The Practical and Theoretical Values of IRI in R = IRiejQ for tja = ~133

-

I I

2.b

--

---

-..1 V>

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t -·-cc -1.0

.8

.6

.4

f = 9.25 GHZ

tjd :::.026-

. I :; .6688 CM

.1 .,

~ ,'

·/ /·

~ / . '/...

/ ~

~

. I I

'(_

I

, I

~' "' \ , .

J~ I A

1--- .... - -- r- - - - - --i

I , ---/ r-~

//

/

.2 I I ·,t:-_ ~ ::f/ I I - I I I I -

I I I I I ' I I I i I ' I I I I t ~-

.4 .6 .a 1.0 1·2 . 1.4 1.6 J.8 2-0 LOG ( () -v-1~) .

Figure 4.11 a-2 The Practical and Theoretical Values of IRI in R = IRieJ 9 for t/a = .026 I

,

/

~ -.t::-

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I -E"

lO

1-

.e

1-

.6

t-

.4

1-:

.2

1-

-~2

l . I

.f ~ 9. 2 5 G r\7.. I

l.-ja.-::. .0 514 --· t -:.A5920"' --- - _:-------;-__ ,..

~ ~ - :X. ')( _..--- ~ . X ,, , . . v ~ . ,.

;'

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v v

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I . I . .

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\ . // ' ,_-""

• t I I I I. I I I

·4 .6 .a 1.0 1.2 · 1.4 I.G 1.8 LOG ( 6"" -v-f-m) . g

Figure. 4.11 a-3 The Practical and Theoretical Values of IRI in R = IRiej fort/a= .0514

2.0

"'

'

-----··

·-

-

-----·

~ v"\

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.... ot Q,)

. ~ teo

f = 9.25GH2 - Va.=-0133 .

f~-8 651 C M _..-

~...----_.. '

_.. ~ ... ~

140 ' .. ,.

1-/

·/ ~ . /

,' 100

, 1- . / ,

I

Go I I v

:

I !-

/' ..

~ 1-)I '( )(

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2:J

. 0

- ,--- - ...----I I I I I I I --20

.. 2. .4 .6 . a 1.0 1. 2. 1.4- 1.6

LOG co 'V"/n\) 4{,.

Figure 4.11 b-1 The Practical and Theoretical Values of Q in R~=·IRiejQ for t;a = .0133

-

-----

-- ,.........,.--------

.. ----

v X ')(

.

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1.8 2.0

...l

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I

f =925GHZ -t/o=-02 6

I

()t Q)

ISO I. :::.-B8G6 CM

- ---·---\'\~ -- __.

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0

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·140

100

60

20

---- . -I I I ' I I ~ I

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LOG < 6-.r/..,..,..)

~igure 4.11 b-2 The Practical and Theoretical Values of Q in~= IRiejQ for t;a =

I

- - ~-

i i

.

.

I

I.S

.026

_ . .._ . ....,

i

_ _I

---

• ____ J( ____

)( .

..

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2.0 I

-1 ...._}

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ot Q)

200

f-

160 -

~

120

1-

so

40

1-

~2

./

f ... 9.2 5 GHZ t;a .... o s r 4

I ____ j t~.4592CM

. . . --------------- --.-., ~ _.. ----~-----

..1 .' --,.,. 1.,. y

v-;-- I l! / )1.

/ /

/""" / / v· I

// "' . . .

/ v .

I I . I

I .

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Figure 4.11 b-3 The Practical and Theoretical Values of Q in R = IRiejQ fort/a= .0514

·-~

I

X

-----·---

'

I

'

'

c ... 'lo..,.

~ 0<::)

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79

This discrepancy may be attributed to the effect of the slot

in the broad walls of the guide. In the' computations the effect of the

slot was not taken into account. The slot may have two-fold effect,

i} The assumed boundary condition at y = 0 and ,b is not satisfied for

d-~ x =.; ·d + t,and ii} Radiation may take place through the small

unavoidable air.gaps present between' the sample and the wave-guide wall.·

It \'las shovm that this discrepancy \'las due to the slot by applying silver

. paint ·to the top and the bottom of the sample and air gap was also .

filled with silver paint. The .resulting points are shown by ~ircles

on the fig. 4.1la and lie nearer the th~oretical curve.

Fig. 4.12 gives the computations of f. • l/a from these measure­

ments, together with the theoretical curve and the measurements made

with t/a = 1.0 (i.e. completely filled guide). For a partially fill~d

guide, cr was computed by using the approximate relationship 4.2 and

assuming N=l. I~ may be observed that the results are different

from either the theoretical values or the practical measurements for

the completely filled guide. At.higher end ofT and hence a, the

discrepancy is due to two reasons, i) use of approximate expression

for Y for the deduction of a and ii) neglect of higher order modes.

At lower end of a, the disagreement may also be due to the slot for

yeasons similar to those discussed above.·

' .

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60

50

40

~ u

I

~30 0.....

20

10

-

-

-

,...

1-

1-

eo

'\

-t c

../

\ d.C.R E F <4&\ . MICROWAVE (THIS WORK)

-t ~/a = t'-0

" t/a ::0 -0514 s ..,

:::::< .026 E) , =- ·0 133

'

~

~

0

0 ~ a . ... .

"" • (I

G

-4 0 ~

. .

0

-1- m

' ... . ., .,..

t-~ l( .

v , v )(

~ Cl IS

Q a 0 •

ti. tQ 0 0

t t t ' t 1 I i I . -100 140 1.80 2 20 260 -300

_To F F\qure 4,12 The Practical and Theoretical Values of P = 1/a

I

Q!) 0

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CHAPTER V

· THE CONDUCTIVITY AND DIELECTRIC CONSTANT OF GERMANIUf1 AT

MICR9WAVE FREQUENCIES

5.1 INTRODUCTIOrl

A general treatment of the frequency dependence of the high

frequency transport properties of cubic crystals has been reported by __ .· _______ (46) --- -------. . ------ . --

Champlin and the high frequency dielectric constant of germanium

is given in the references· l, 2 and 7. However, some gross simplifica­

tions have been made in these investigations. For example, -in the

references (l) and (2) relaxatio~ time of charge carriers has been

assumed constant and in the reference (7) only scattering by acoustic · . -- .. -· - - ·---- - ---· --~----- ··-··---- - ----· ---- -

mode has been considered. Th~se assumptions are not justified. The

·--·relax·ation time of carriers varies· with. their energy. ··Also· the . . . . . consideration of only .acoystical phonon scattering leads to the-~ c;

mobility. of ~arriers varying. with temperature as T-312 . (47) •. Tnis is

in contradiction with the experimen~ally observed variations of T-1· 66 ---- - ..

for electrons and T-2.33 for holes ·;n.germanium(48 >.

A number of theoretical models have been suggested to

-interpret this observation. These include intra-valley-optical phonon

scattering (26 ,48 )_, intervalley scattering b~ acoustical and optical

modes .(~!L~n.d_the __ v~riation_Q..Lthe. ef_fectiVELmass _wi_th _temperature ( 46 ).

In this chapter, calculations have beery made of the micro\'lave

·mobility and dielectric constant of 1·ightly doped n-type germanium

using the following scattering.mechani~ms.

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For electrons

1 - Ionized impurity

2 - Intra-valley ac~oustical and optical phonons

3 - Inter-valley

For holes

1 - Ionized impurity

2- AC.oustical and optical phonons·

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'

The computations have been made for 100° , T ' 500°K, 1019 ~ Nd ~ lo25/m3

and 109.: f ~ 1ol2 Hz. The effective masses.have been assumed constant

and scattering by neutral impurities has· been neglected. \

5.2 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS

5.2.1 Microwave Mobility and Dielectric Constant

The expression for microwave mobility is the same as that

for d.c. mobility~ except that<~> in the latter is replaced by <. ~ 'l+jw~

for the applied electr~c field varying as. exp(jwt). Thus·

~ I * ~ac = q < > m l+jw~ . C

(5.1)

where me~= conductivity"effective mass. The conductivity a is then a·

function of frequency

a(w) = q2 n < T l+j...,~

/ m * > c

n • charge carrier density

and the relaxation time average <~> is give~ by (~O)

(5.2) .

(19) >

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(5.3)

To evaluate <t>, one needs to know the variation of t with energy and that

depends on the scattering mechanism.' These aspects are considered later.

' If in a system both electrons and holes are present, a(w)

assumes the following form

a(w) = q2 {n < t~ > /m* + p < t~ > /m* } l+jwt en l+jwtn · cp . n '

(5.4)

where n and p are respectively electron and hole concentrations

Tn and tp ~re their respective ~elaxation times

m~n and m~p are their respective conductivity e:fective masses

Now the current density with alternating fields is given by

- a£ + J • £ · £ - + aE o r at .

+

= (jw £ 0 £r + a)t

+

= jw £0 £r E

where £r = £r - j~ ~

£r = £ 1/£0

lattice contribution to the dielectric constant·

Substituting a from 5.4, gives

cont'd

..

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- j -;/- [m n * ( ;n 2 ) o en 1+1.1) ~n

+ _P_

* mcp

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{5.5)

(5.6)

Once t~e.form of T(r.) is known, the equations 5.5 and 5.6 are readily

evaluated.

The relaxation time T(r.) may be calculated from the scattering

or transition probability for a given scattering mechanism. Thus. if •

H' is the perturbing potential and causes a charge carrier to make a

transition from state k to k', then the scattering probabi·lity per

unit time S(k,k') is proportional to the transition matrix element

M(k,k') given by{5l)

M(k,k') ·= J~k~ H' ljlk d-:; .

ljlk, and ljlk are the wave functions of the charge ca.rriers in

~he state k' and k respectively. Then

2· S(k,k') = £l! IM(k,k') I N(r.)

1\ '

·where N(r.) =density of final states

~ £1/2

I

(5.7)

{5.8)

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If e is the angle between k and k', then. T(k) can be written, using

·Maxwellian statistics, as

T(k)-1 = J(l-cose) S(k,k')dk'

Now if it is assumed that the scattering proces$es conserve

energy, or nearly so, then the above equation'can be reduced to simpler . . fonm. Thus if k' lies on the same energy surface as k and e is the

angle between k and k', then

T(k)-1 ~ J(l-cose) S(k,{) ~..n..·

cUL= 2i\ sinede

For isotropic scattering S(k,k') is independent of e.

(5.9)

Thus the evaluation of T(k) (= T(lkl) = T(&)) red~ce~ to the

,• evaluation of M(k,k'). The expressionsfor this will be given for

various scattering processes in the following sections.

5.2.2 Ionized !~purity Scattering <52 ,53 )

When a semi-conductor is doped, the doping atoms become ionized

either by giving up an electron or taking an electron.. These charged

particles produce coulomb fields and a perturbing potential •

. V = ze/4')(. exp( -q,r) £o£r r .

where · ze = effective charge of the impurity atom

£r = dielectric constant

r· • distance from the centre of the atom , y~ = screening length

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'l 2.. = L Nd (2~) (mks units) V E.,~.kT_ Nd

Nd = ionized donors and acceptors al~s~

This leads from (5.7)

S(k,k') 2.7\ =-.r;

and to imp~rity relaxation time 'I

. 2b = Sm*E-

q_~2

or

c1 and c2 being constants, independent of energy

5.2.3 Lattice Scattering(4l,S2)

Due. to thermal .energy, the atoms in a solid vibrate about

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(5.10)

their mean position and produce a l~cal variation of potential. This

periodic potential causes the electrons (and holes) to make transitions

from one state to another state. In the process the electrons either

gain or lose energy and momentum to the crystal lattice. If the

electrons lose energy, a phonon of equival~nt energy is emitted and if

it gains energy• a phonon is absorbed. Thus if k and k' are initial and

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final wave vectors of an electron and Q is the wave vector of the

phonon involved, then the following relations hold. ~ ~ ~ ~

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K - K' = ±Q + G ( 5. }1)

where + on the R.H.S. o·+ both equa~ions is for phonon emission and.

-ve for phonon. absorption. A1w is the energy of the phonon and G is ~

any reciprocal lattice vector. If G = 0, the scattering process is

normal and if no~-zero, then the process is an Umklapp one.

·From equation 5.11, it ~ppears tha·t the energy of the

carriers is no longer conserved in the scattering process. However,

if the fields are small, (which is ~he case treated here), it may be

shown that

.flw « e:

and thus e:(k') = e:(k)

The phonon involved in the scattering process may be of

different types. For example, it may be of low energy and low

momentum - (<1t.·oustical scattering) or it may be of low momentum and

high energy (optical scattering). Further, if the semi-conductor has

different equivalent conduction band minima (as germanium has), the

electrons may be scattering from one valley to the other (intervalley

scattering). Again the. phonons involved may be acoustical or.optical,

but momentum and energy now depend on the value of Q involved which in

turn depends on the position of the energy minima. ·These processes will '

now be considered in a little more detail.

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5.2.4 Intra-valley Acoustical Scattering I

This has been best treated by Bardeen and Shockley using the

concept of deformation potential. The elastic displacements ~f-r) of

the atoms would produce changes in the position of.energy band minima

and maxima. If E. = energy of minimum or maximum with lJ.W) and m . • .

£ . is the equilibrium value, then it is shown that (S2) mo

o£ = 1:, - £ = E1 l11J (Y) m mo m

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(E1 is being a constant)may be treated effectively as the perturbing

potential of the charge carriers near the minimum or maximum. By

expanding v.;(y) in a Fourier Series, it is shown then that the matrix •

element M(k,k') is given by(SJ)

2 ~(2N +1) IM(k,k')l = Q

. 2 f E,~ = !€:'(1\/!:. ; ll = llV

.. v J = density of material·

V = .volume of the crystal

. ~ ~. ]-1 NQ = exp -1 kT .

if hwQ<<kT, then (2N +1)~2kT Q hwQ

Then assuming isotropic scattering, equation 5.9 gives

tL = lattice scatt~ring time constant -!.: = constant X£

2/T

T = temperatu're in °k

(5.12)

. (5.13)

The constant is independent of temperature and energy of the carrier . '

~ssuming constant effective masses).

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5.2.5 Intervalley Scattering . It is now known that germanium has a conduction band minimum in

(111) direction of k-space. Thus there are eight equivalent minima.

These different minima are called valleys and an electron in ith valley .....

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with wave vector ki may make a transition to another valley j with final .....

wa.ve vector kj. In the process the electron either absorbs· or emits a

phonon. The probability'of this process is given bY the matrix element

M(k,k') which is as· follows(25)

~~(k,k')i2= NQ X C,k,k') ·6 . NQ +1. WQ ~ '

t · ~ absorbed· (k) - &(k') ±. hwo

emitted

where C(k,k')~independent of Q and & or T~NQ is given by equ~tion 5.12

and .±. hwQ is the energy of the phonon absorbed (+sign) or the phonon

emitted (-ve sign). Then the relaxation time due to such scattering

is obtained from 5.9 as

-1 \ ·[(& + hw;)l/2 (Tiv> = t. c. +

i 1 1+ exp hw; kT

(&- hwi)l/2

1 - exp - hwi Kr

or zero J . '

where i varies over different phonons possible

hw; = energy of ith phonon

(5~14)

Ci = "coupling constar;ts'' of ith phonon expressing the scattering

strength

The second tenn on the R.H.·s. is zero if c < hw1 because in that case

no phonon can be ernitt.ed. ..

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5.2.6 Intravalley Optical Mode Scattering.

The electrons or holes may be sca·ttered by optical phonons

(electrons remaining in the same valley after scattering). For

germanium, which is a nonpolar crystal, the matrix 'element is essentially

the same as for intervalley scattering as k~k' (25) and hence ~opt' is of

the same form as 5.14.

5.2.7 Energy Bands and Lattice Vibrations in Germanium

Before one can proceed to compute the mobility, a knowledge of

the conduction and valence bands and 'the lattice vibrational spectrum

is necessary for two reasons.

(i) The form of the energy bands gives information

about the effective masses and enables the computations

of carrier concentrations and the evaluation of the

relaxation time integrals.

(ii) The location of the energy bands and the lattice

vibrational spectrum give the information on the

phonons involved in the scattering and their energies.·

It is known t.hat gennanium has two valence bands degenerate . ~ ' +

at k=O. The form of these energy bands may be approximated near k • 0

as f o 11 ows (53) •

{ - - 1/2} (; • - ~2 A k2 .:!:. [s2k4 + c2 (kx2 ky2 + ky2 kz2 + kz2 kx2) J

2m0

. _

. A•13.1, B•8.3andC•l2.5 (5.1.5")

m0 • free e 1 ectron mass ·

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The holes with+ sign in 5.15 are referred to as light~ holes and

with - sign as heavy mass holes. These masses are given respectively

by the following equations

__ ....;l ____ = .044

m;h/m0

= __ ___...;1~--- .. 0.30

A_ {B2+C2/G)l/2

The conduction band in germanium has 8 equivalent minima· in

the direction (111) located at the zone boundary. Near the minimum the

. £-k relationship has the.form <54)

{. 2 2} ·= ~2 k12 . k2 ~3

£ - -+-+-2 m~ mt . mt

m1 = 1.64m0

..

mt = 0.819m0

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The phonons involved in the intervalley scattering are given in

the table 5.1. It may be observed that all the non-zero phonons involved

are in (100) plane and have maximum values in the (100) direction~

· The energies of the phonons are given by the lattice vibrational

spectrum. This has been determined by Brockhouse (55) from neutron

diffraction.experiments. In the lattice spectrum, there are six·

branches. three. ;~7·oustical and three· optical. Energies of. the various

phonons relative to the present work.are given in the table 5.2 • .

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TABLE 5.1

VARIOUS. PHONONS INVOLVED IN THE INTERVALLEY SCATTERING

IN N-TYPE GERMANIUM

(lli)

{lTl)

. ('ill)

(lH}

(ili)

(ill}

(iii)

+ + + .. Q = K. - K·- G .

1 J

+ 2-K. = ~

1 a

+. + K. - K • . 1 J

27'-/a x

(002)

(020)

(020)

(022) .

(202)

(220)

(222)

(1,1,1)

+ .Q

(002).

(020)

(200)

(200)

(020)

(002)

(000)

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TABLE 5.2

DIFFERENT PHONON$ AND THEIR ENERGIES FOR GERMANIUM AT ZONE EOG&

Phonon

Transverse Optical

Longi tudi na 1 .

TO[lOO]

L[lOO]

Transverse Ac·oustic TA[lOO],

Optical ',· [Q=O]

* Table II of reference (55)

Frequency • (~/h) x 1o-12Hz*

8.25 :!:. 0.3

6.9 :!:. 0.4

2.45:!:. 0.15

9.0 :!:.. 0.30

,

I I I

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Although the intervalley scattering could involve phonons

corresponding to all the branches of the lattice vibrational spectrum,

it is shown by Herrig and Vogt(54) that the contribution due to two

lowest branches (Transverse acoustic) is very small and can be

neglected. This leaves five phonons (1 longitudinal 'I acoustical, 3

optical at Q ~ [001] and 1 at Q = 0. that is. the intravalley optical)

which can take part in the scattering of electrons.,

For holes there is no· intervalley scatter1ng and the only

phonons involved, are optical and longitudinal acoustical ones. -

However, for holes, interband transition can'take place but these

transitions have not been observed in Haynes-Shockley experiments and

are assumed to be very rapid.

5.2.8 Variation of t1

The latti.~e contribution £1/.t0 to the dielectric constant.

has been observed to vary with temperature by Cardona et al (56_l and

have given the following formula.

l dn - 6 7 1 o·Sj9 n dT - • X c

where

n • /£~

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the total relaxation time constant T as follows,

_1_:.:...1 __ + , + _....;1;...._

T · (t) ph

where t h = relaxation time due to phonon scattering other than low . p

energy acoustical scattering.

[

1/2 . 1/2 ].} x (dhwi·+l) +. (e:/hwi -1) or zero hw· ·

l+exp --l l-exp -hw; kT ~

(5.15q,)

The first term on the right hand side of the above equation

represents tne contribution due to ionized impurity scattering and is

given by 5.10. The first term in the curly bracket represents intra­

valley ~coustical scattering relaxation time obtained from 5.13. The

terms in the summation are contributions due to intravalley optical

and intervalley scattering .by phonon of energy ~Wi• The constaQtS ci

measure the strengths of coupling relative to acoustic phonons. T0

is the reference temperature which will be taken as 300°K. The constant

C fixes the absolute value of mobility at 300°k.

The values of ci•s are not know~but these can be left in as

adjustable parameters. These can be varied ~o that the relaxation time

obeys the same variation with temperature as has been. observed in the

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experiments, ie. T-1•66 for electrons and. T-2•33 for holes. These

two cases will be treated separately in the following sections.

5.3. 1 Electrons Mobility in Germanium

It has been mentioned in art. 5.2.7 that there are five phonons

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which can take part in the scattering and hence five adjustable constants

ci. It is qaite laborious to handle this situation. However, if it '

is observed that the three phonons (2 optical at Q • 100 and 1 optical

at Q = 0) have nearly equal energies· .and- the other two have same energy,

then these phonons could be grouped together in two groups without

making.any serious error. This leaves two constants c1 and c2 to be

adjusted which is ~omparatively an easy task. The values of c1 and.c2 were

varied and T was computed as a function of temperature (between 1oo• to 300°k)~ Each time c was adjusted to give

llJOO = • 3800 = Q<T>/m~ . The resu 1 ts of co~puta'ti on are p 1 otted in fig. 5.1 • The abscissa in

the figure represents c1 and the ordinate -n, the exponent ofT. c2 was taken as a parameter.

It may be obse~ved that there are different sets of c1 and c2 which can give the correct value of n = 1.66. No unique combination is

possible using only the d.c. mobility data.

Because of this it is convenient to neglect all the scattering

by all the intervalley phonons and assume that the scatteri.ng is only

by optical mode scattering of frequency 9 x 1012 Hz. (or that all . phonons.are grouped together having one energy). If this is done and c1

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- ...

t - I

~

1.9~- c, = 0· 3

1·8 ~- I I 7.,c I 7/ I 7'-c . I ,.. . 0 I I I C 1f"' i'=~·~l ~z.

• :z.. .fov Y: 8· t:l::!> }-lz.

I 1·71 / I 7/ I 7/ I 7/ I I I I . .(_

J.41 I ! I I I I I l I I I I I _1 J , 0 •I ·2 ·3· ·4 ·5 ·

, . c2 Figure· 5.1 Variation of the Index n in T-n for n type Germanium as a function of· c1 and c2

~ -l

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is varied over values from zero to 1, it may be seen from ~he figures

5.2a and b that the value of c1 = 0.2735jto give n = -1.66. This means

that 27.4% of the lattice scattering is due to optical and or inter­

valley scattering.

The linearity of the log P ~ log T relationship in the ranges

of c1 and c2 considered, was checked and is shown i.n the fig. 5.3.

With these values of c1 and w, one is able to compute <t> and

* <t/l+jwt> and hence a(w). In the actual computations, the use of me was

avoided by using

• QPno(T) n < tn > l<tn> l+jwt n

where Pn0

(T) = d.c. mobility of electrons

= 0.3800 (T/300)·1•66 m2/volt sec.

n • electron concentration 1 m3

(5.16)

For temperatures greater than ~ut l00°k, almost all donors ~ .

are ionized·. Then for T>100°k, the carrier concentrations were obtained

as follows.

The charge neutrality condition gives

n - p = Nd

also np • n12

whence n • ~ [1+. }+4n12tNi ] (5.17)

·'

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I I I ' I I I ' . I ! I I ··! ' .

1 l I

~~l----1----~---~----~---~----r---1

l j

I I 1" '~I I

1 I : 1.6J I

~ I i~ I' l:

./ v

/

v L~--~--~--~~/~--~--~---1

t6o!l I . //

. 1.5 64-;· ---1--~ .. '/-.-/-. -+----t----r------t---,

1.s.:l·----4---~/~-t----t----r----r---1---/

1.46• / .

'i;/.· I f

ill

nr I

t ·---~--~----+----r--~----~--1 \.44 ;

1.4 °~·---LJ---: .. 0~' 5:----LI--."":'1~0--_i.J...-.~~ ~s--_LJ....-. z~o~-"-'-. z~s----'-:."t3oo--__l--:-. ~3 s

Figure 5.2a Variation of the index n in r-n as a function of c1

c,~

q4

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loO

Figure 5.2b n "-Cl on enlarged scale

'McMASTER UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

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.I

~ ... II)

I

to-~

~

" 0 .... ~

~ ..._....,

<..9 o-·1 _j

-·3·~------+-------~-------+------~~------+-------~

. --4~------~~-------+---------+--------~----~~~--------~

Figure 5.3 in Germanium with Temperature

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Nd [ I 2 2 ] .• p = ~ . -1 + 1+·4ni /Nd (5.18)

For germanium ni2 = 3.1 x lo44r:xp(-9100/T)/m~. · The val u.e of Nd can be computed from the known conductivity and mobilities

of. carriers at a particular temperature. Thus if a sample has 00 d.c.

conductivity at 300°k, then

ao = q (n ~n-+ p ~p)

~n = .38 m2/volt-sec.

~P = .18m2/volt-sec.

Substituting n and p from 5.17 and 5.18 into the above equation yields

a quadratic equation in Nd which is easily solved. Once Nd is known,

values of n and p as a function of temperature could be evaluated. In

the limiting'cases, 5.17 and 5.18 reduce to

( i) when ni <<· Nd

.. n = ~; P • ni2/Nd

(ii) when n; >> Nd

n = ni = p

The condition (i) ~s valid at low temperatures and (ii) at high temperatures.

5.3.2 Hole Mobility in Germanium

·In the case of holes, there is no intervalley scattering so that

there is only one phonon (i.e. optical one) which can take part in the

scattering and hence only one adjustable parameter. The computati~n~,

were carried out in the same manner as for electrons. The values ~~ 'YI ~ ••

exponent t.. ~- plotted in the fig. 5.4 for various values of c1• It 1s

found that for. n • - 2·.33 c1 • 1.89. This means that relatively large

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I I

I . 2.4

1,9

~ v v .. I /

v ~

/ I v ... .. -""' .... .

/ . .

. . ..

" ~

I

v . ~-: .. :

,/ .

2.3

2.2

\ 2. s::.

' 2.0

I f - . - . " - . ~ '~s· . 7 l.O 1.2 1.4 1.6 c,

Figure.5.4 Variation of n in r-n for p type Germanium as a Function of c1

- .. ~l ~ l

~ l _/"

--

. -

-t.S . -2..0

I

.

-

-. ---------·----·-.

.•

- --

. ---

.. - t ! • ') ) c..·-

0 v-

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amount of scattering is due to optical mode scattering. This has

.also b'een the conclusion of Conwe11(26). With values of c1•1.89

12 . and .~/2."".= 9 x 10 Hz, one can again compu~e

ap(w) = q )A (T) ·p < Tp_ )' /cT > (5.20) po l'j(l)t P

p -2.33

~po = .18 (T/200)

p :: hale concentration /m 3 ,

p can be calculated from the equation 5.18

5.3.3 Microwave Conductivity and Permittivity of Germanium

The computations of a((l))/a(o) and trm for n type germanium

were carried out with the help of.a 7040 IBM computer using equations

5.16 and 5.20 as a function of frequency, doping and temperature.

104'

The results of the computations are plotted in figures 5.5 through 5.7.

The fig. 5.5.gives a((l))/a(o) as a function of temperature and

f. and doping as p~rame_ter. The temperature _was varied between 100°k to

500°k and the frequency from 109 Hz to 1012 Hz. The computations were

made with two values of donor densities Nd so as to· give the room

temperature conductivities of 10 and 100 mhos/m

It may be seen that for all values of T and Nd c_onsidered, the

microwave conductivity is essentially equal to d.c. conductivity for

frequencies less than about 10 GHz •. The effect of increasin~ frequency

becomes evident above about 10 GHz and the.effect increases at lower ' temperatures because of the increase. in t and hence (l)t. As the

frequency goes higher. a((l))/a(o) decreases even at room temperature.

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0 00 0 0 0 !(') tl)

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The effect of the doping is seen to be more significant at lower temperatures.

The effect of frequency on the dielectric constant of germanium

is shown in ·fig. 5.6, in which the abscissa represents the log f, the

ordinate the erm' with T as ~ parameter. The doping was kept low so

that the doping effect on erm is negligible. It may be observed that

again· the effect of the frequency becomes significant for f ~1o10 Hz for

T ~ 200°k. For high temperatures, the dielectric constant begins to

change at higher frequencies than 1010 Hz. This is to be expected

because both Tn and TP decrease with temperature. It may be further

observed that at higher frequencies, the values of £~ for all values

ofT~ 200°k approach a limiting value.

This condition applies when ~T >> 1 so that

T 2 1

The changes in £r with temperature are due to two,reasons

(i) The value of <T> and hence <T/l+~~T 2) changes with

temperature

(ii) At high temperature, the carrier concentration also changes.

The effect of doping ~n £r is shown in the fig. 5.7. The

frequency in these computations was taken to be 9.25 GHz so as to minimize

the frequency effect. The effect·of doping is seen to be more pro­

nounced at lower temperatures.

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10

0

T- 300 K

IS 0

41)0 . - --. -- -.- - - --- ---- .... --12 5

5 oo . . ------ ---- --·- --:- -------roo

"' .,-"' _ _,

I I

I

I I

I

I I

I

Figure 5.6 Variation of Dielectric Constant of n type Germanium as a Function of f and T

I I

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f=9.25GH:z

I '-

0

T -= 300 K j f;::;.~=====~=~~----1 200

4JO _ --------- ---....... ...... .........

Figure 5.7 Var1ation of £ of n type Germanium with Doping. . r"""

', ' ' ' ',

\ \

\ \

5

\

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5.4 THE MEASUREMENT OF o(w) and erm

The measurement of the microwave conductivity and dielectric

constant was carried out on samples -of n type Ge of resistivities of

22n-cm and 10 ncm at 9.25 and 34.5 GHz. The wave-guide configuration

used for these measurements is shown in fig. 1.1. This configuration

has the advantage that the material properties can be expressed

explicitly in terms of propagation constants and no transcendental

equation has to be solved after the propagation constant has been

computed.

If y is the propagation constant in the section of the wave­

guide filled with semi-conductor in fig. l.land r is the propagation

constant in the empty guide, then ~r is given by

__ y2-r2 ~ - 1 -~ k 2

0

2 2 . = x -r 2

w lloto •. 2 2 2

108

so that er.· 1 = S -80 -a (5.21a) 2

w lloto

a = (5.2lb)

a+ja = y

jB0

= r

·For a given system y was computed from the measured value of the

reflection coefficient at the interface of an empty quide and the semi- . .. conductor loaded guide at z • o with a short at z • , ,(fig. 5.8).

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y

I

Ideal Arrangement

y

Actual arrangement (SHoWIJ'.IG AI~ GA-P)

Figure 5.8 Completely Filled Wave-Guide Configuration used in the Experiments on n type Germanium

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The propagation constant y in terms of reflection coefficient R at z=o

is given by the solution of the follm·ling equation

tanhy.t -- = z I js .t = - 1-

n o ·a t J 0 yR.

li-R

1- R

From this equation y can be computed numerically or graphically

using the graphs of Von Hippel (El). In the present work, ho\'rever,

numerical solution \·las preferred to obtain a higher accuracy.

The reflection coefficient R \'/as measured by means of the . .

reflection bridge described in the appendix A. For optimum accuracy,

the sample length R. was chosen to be a quarter wave length approximately.

The measurement of the reflection coefficient at different

temperatures \•Jas carried out by placing the. section of the \'lave-guide

containing the semi-conductor saMple in a "Delta Design· Chamber" (fig. 4.10) '

in which the temperature could be caried from -300°F to +600°F by the . .

application of liquid nitrogen or electric heaters. The measurements

were carried out bet\-1een the tempe·ratures of about lOQOkto 500°k

and the temperature was measured with a copper constantan thenno-cou.pl e ~ ~ .

and an H.P. meter, type 425A, giving an accuracy of about +2°K~

5.5 EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS ~NO DISCUSSION

The results of measurement of mi.crO\'Jave. conductivity and

dielectric constant at 9.25 and 34.5 GHz are presented in the figures

5.9 through 5.12. The solid lines represent the theoretical curves of

a and £nn as computed from equations given 'in previous sections!' The

crosses or the circle.~ represent the experimental points. The probable

* ~he behaviour of a \'tith temperature_ as shown in figures 5.9 and 5.10

may f>e explained as followed. As the temperature is decreased from the/co NTD

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'! -~ ~ i

! )

l ...,L .::. j

L I

',•

f=9.2 5 G HZ

2.6

Figure 5.9 The Theoretical (Solid Curves) and Practical (Circles .and Crosses)

Values .of o(w) as a Function of Temperature

?..7

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.f =- 3 4.5 G H Z

I()~ .. "'

Figure 5.10 The Theoretical (Solid Curves) and Practical {Circles and Crosses)

Values of a(w) as a F~nctton'of Temperature

J J

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\ll

·- - -- --·- - ~~--- ~ .. ~,.--· .

·------ ------------------------------ -·---------------·· - --- ------ ---· - -------------- - ----

- i~ 9.2 5 G HZ

·)(

12

I 6

~ ·----t--- -.;~ -

6' (5o o0~ ~ ;;r=--- ~ -r ---------

1- e:' 4". 6 s ~ _.,..,..,...... ~ . .

~,----··-- /

fl .

0""(30c'l0 J<)

- v = 9 -v-;..,"'1'\ . .r-

f/ ------a

1-.,_; ;:

.. .

- ' . f.";

4 --·-····

... . "

. 1-.

, .

'~ .

. ' I I . -%'5 160 .120 --200

I 240

T°K

I ..... - -280

I I :: I t -- - -_.,, __ ..J.

360 320 400 4-h) 45(

Figure 5.11 The Theoretical (Solid Curves) and Practical (Circles and Crosses) Values of Eras a Function of Temperature

·-· ....... / \J'J

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------- __________ l_ _____________ ----- ------- -----

t- +: 3 4.5 6HZ

!.,-

~ (' -~

~ 6":?-Do ~---f.65 .

~~ _/ - <>(3oo°K)=9 -v-; ........ LI· v

1 6

r2 ~ 1- 1

6

1/ . ·---.; f

:'-

4-

. 1-

' . • ' () 100 140 ISO .220

-

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~

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.

.

'

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~

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26<!> 300 340 380 420

TCIK Figure 5.12 The Theoretical (Solid Curves) and Practical (Circles and Crosses} Values of

er as a Function of Temperature

,/

----.

~ -

-- ------

'

--

_t __ t __

460 5J~

4:"

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errors were computed from the estimated errors in the reflection coefficient

and the uncertainty in the b djmeris ion of the samp 1 e.

To interpret the data, the gap effect was taken into account.

This was necessary because the sample dimensions were not exactly

equal to the waveguide dimensions. The gap bebteen the sa1nple and the

broad \'Ja 1l s has been found to have a considerab-1 e effect on the measure-.

ment of e: . r (16, 17} In the present \-Jork; the following two equations.

were considered,

£r~~) =. (€r-1) b'/b (5.22)

€ (m) = € /[ .. 1+(€ -1) b-b'] r r r · b ' (5.23)

where £r is the actual permittivity, €r(m) the measured value of . permittivity and b' is the actual narrow dimension of the sample •

.. ~Jhile applying the correction for the gap effect,it was found

that for low values of conductivities, equation (5.22) gives adequate

results. Tbe equation (5.23) hm·tever, was found to be valid only at

higher conductivities, say greater than about 25 mhos/m. At lower

values of conductivities, (5.23) \'tas found to over~orrect the measured . .

values. For example, at room temperat~re, and for bbb' = l/160 and

measured values of e:r = 15.7 and f = 10.4 ohms-em, the equat·ion (5~22)

, and (5.23) gave the values of e:r = 15~8, f= 10.3 and e:r = 14.4 . .

~= 8.6 Qhm-cm respectively. The former values are closer to' the

theoretiGal values.

room temperature, the mobility of tne carriers increases while the number of carriers in a doped.material remains practically constant - about 100°K. Thus the conductivity increases with the decrease in temperature. The rise ·

' . . in the conductivity above room temperature is due to the rapid increase in the numbers of intrinsic carriers.

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It may be seen from figures 5.9 through 5.12 that the aqreement

between the measured values and theoretical values of a is quite good.

There seems to be some discrepancy between the measured values' of a and

the theoretical curve at 9.25 GHz at higher end of the temperatures.

This is possibly due to the gap effect. The equation 5.23 which is

obtained from the first order perturbation theory {l.6) probably fails

at high values of w~ that occur at higher-temperatures. 0

There is seen to be a fair agreement of £r between theory and

experiment. The discrepancy at loNer end of temperature is. again

attributed to the gap effect. At higher end of. temperature, it is

found that it is not possible to get accurate values of £r even

after applying the correction due to the gap effect. The reason for

this is that as T and hence a ?oes high, the contribution of £r to

the propagation constant becomes negligible; &r+ -j _Q_ and a+B. W£0

When this happens, it may be seen from the equation (5.2la) that even

a small measuring error of a or B would cause a large error in the

measurement of £r· A very high accuracy, indeed, wouid be required

to measure £r in this situation. .

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CHAPTER VI

CONCLUSIONS .

6.1 GENERAL

A variety of microwave measuring techniques are required to measure

the complex permittivity(£= £o£r- j:) of semi-conductors because o~.

large possible variation in the conductivity. The accuracy of measurement

depends on the choice of a particular technique for a given .conductivity

vaiue. A number of methods of measurement have been investigated to

determine the range of conductivities to which they are best suited.

Particular attention has been given to systems which involve the

measurement of the reflection coefficient.A+·ully filled wave-guide

configuration has been used to investigate the dependence of the complex

permittivity of n type germanium on temperature, frequency and doping.

An investigation of the exact and the approximate expressions used for

computations of the dominant mode propagation constant in a partially filled . wave-guide configuration has been carried out together with the effects of .

the higher order modes which a~e excited at,the junction of such a guide and

an empty one. During the investigations a new method of measurement

involving the replacement of one narrow wall of a rectangular wave-guide

was peveloped. This· method has been· termed the "lossy wall measuring

technique".

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6.2 LOSSY WALL MEASURING TECHNIQUE

The theory of the wave propagation in such a system and the exact

and the approximate expressions for the propa~ation constants of Hno

modes are developed in the Chapter III. Numerical computations of • the·dominant mode propagation constant are presented for 1 ~ a~

1000 mhos/m and 0 ~ £r ~ 16. The calculations were done for three

frequencies 9.25, 34.5 and 70.5 GHz. Experiments to confirm the theory

were performed at 9.25 GHz with germanium samples of conductivity in

the range 2 .; a .; 400 mhos/m and the measurements were made with a·

microwave transmission bridge.

The computations show that the approximate expressions for the

propagation constant give adequate results at th~ higher end of the

range of £r considered and over the whole range of conductivity

considered. The computations further show that this method of measure­

ment is most useful when a~ w£o£r and becomes . more accurate with the

increasing frequency. " .

The experimental results a~ 9.25 GHz give accurate results fo~

both £rand a in the conductivity range 4 ~a ~-20,mhos/m. However,

for lo_wer values of a, the conductivity measurement is not accurat~

but the dielectric constant term is in good agreement with the expected

value. This disagreement is attributed to errors in the measurement of

the small phase change produced in such a system and the inadequacy of

the theor~tical model which assumes only the TE10 mode propagating in

the system. Also, the experimental r~sults show that for a ~ 20

mhos/m the measurement of & is not accurate. This is attributed to r

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the fact that in this range of a, small errors in the measurement of the

transmission coefficient .can cause large errors in the calculated values

of e: . ·r

6.~ PARTIALLY FILLED WAVE-GUIDE .

6.3.1 Exact and Approximate Solution of the Dominant Mode ·Propagation

Constant

A wave-guide configuration commonly used in the measurement of

various electrical properties of semi-conductors is the one shown in

the fig. 1.3. In·the measurements.previously reported in literature,

the propagation constant has been computed from approximate expressions,

the accuracy ·o_f which has been doubtful. Computations of the dOfllinant

mode propagation constant for 0.1 $a~ 10 mhos/m, .001 ~ t/a ~ 0.25

and e:r = 16, 12 have been carried out at three different frequencies

10, 34.5 and 70.5 .. GHz using the exact and approximate expressions. The

computations show that for'all values of a and t/a considered at 34.5 . at lO Gliz.

and 70.5 GHz and t/a < .05 and a ~ 10 mhos/rnA the attenuation constant , varies linearly with a so·that a= constqnt x a· The variations of y

with e:r are found to be significant only.at higher end of the ranges of

t/a and a.

The comparison of the exact and the approximate values of the

propagation constant shows that unless t/a is very small (<.0025), the

approximate expressions do not give adequate : · i· · re$ults for the

ranges of t/a, a and e:r considered. ...

These calculations, which have not been previously reported, show

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that approximate methods of solution for the propagation constant of a .

wave-guide partially fil1ed with a semi-conductor should be used with

due caution.

6.3.2 Higher Order Modes Effect

In a practical experimental arrangement, this partially filled

structure fo~s a junction with an empty guide. At such a junction

higher order modes are excited •. The effect of Hno higher order modes has

been studied and the expression for'the input impedance at the junction

(z=o) is obtained for such a structure terminated with a short circuit.

calculationsof the reflection coefficient at the junction z = o are

obtained for 1 ~ a ~ 10 mhos/m, 0.01 ~ t/a ~ 0.25 and £r = 16, at 9.25 GHz.

The mode number n was varied from 1 to 7 (1, 3, 5, 7). The calculations ~ ~ show that unless t/a <DB and a < 2.5 mhos/m, the effect of the higher .

order modes becomes significant.

Experiments were also performed to measure the reflection

coefficient at such a junction at 9.25 GHz for t/a values of .0133~ .026

and .0515 and 2 ~ a ~ 100 mhos/m. The measurement results were found

to confirm the above observations about the higher order modes. The

best fit between theory and experiment is obtained with N=7 (the order

the higher mode) for higher values. of a and t/a.

This wave-guide system with semi-conductor has possible application

to microwave modulating devices and this study was undertaken to determine

characteristics of such a structure which have not been previously reported.

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6.4 EFFECT OF FREQUENCY, DOPING AND TEMPERATURE ON THE COMPLEX

PERMITTIVITY OF N-TYPE GERMANIUM

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Theoretical computations have been made of microwave dielectric

constant and conductivity of n type germanium as a function of temperature

(100° ~ T ~ 500°~), frequency (109 ~ f ~1012 Hz) and doping (1019 ~.Nd ~ lo22;m3). The theoretical model used to evaluate the average relaxation

time constant includes the scattering by ionized impurities, acoustical

and optical mode scattering of charge carriers. . . These calculations show that the effect of the frequency for,

f ~ 1010 Hz on both a and Er is negligible. At. higher frequencies

·the conductivity decreases and the dielectric constant increases from its

low frequency vaJue •. The effect is more pronounced at lower temperatures I .

due to the increase in <T> and hence <w2

T2>., The effect of the doping is

also found·to be significant at high impurity contentratio~ and lo~

temperature.

The effect of temperature is such that at a given frequency, the

dielectric constant decreases and conductivity increases with a decrease

in temperature •. This is due to the increase in the value of <T>.· Above

room temperature and with light doping, the thermally excited carriers

have a considerable effect on the dielectric co~stant.

The associated experiments for measuring.the dielectric constant

and the conductivity of n type germanium samples of a ~ 9 and 4.7 mhos/~

at 9.25 and 34.5 GHz were carried out with the microwave reflection bridge.

The completely filled wave-guide configuration was used and the temperature

range was 100° ~ T ~ 500°K. Such measurements for n type germanium

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have not been reported previously.

It was found necessary to apply a correction factor for the

effect of the unavoidable air gap between the sample and the wave-guide

walls. The investigations showed that the first order perturbation

theory was valid for a/w£0 ~ 4. With such corrections good agreement

between theory and experiment was found between 100° ~ T ~ 400°Kat

9.25 GHz and 100° ~ T ~ 450°~at 34.5 GHz and the vaHdi:ty of the

theoretical model was confirmed.

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APPENDIX A

MICROWAVE REFLECTION BRIDGE

Al BRIDGE DESCRIPTION

The schematic diagram of the reflection bridge used for the . experiments described in the chapters 4 and 5 is given in the fig. Al.

The microwave power. source feeds the H-arm of a magic tee. Arm I of

the tee has coupled to it a reflection coefficient reference which

consists of a precision type variable calibrated ·attenuator followed·

by a precision type variable short circuit. The second arm is coupled

to the network under test and a matcned detector is connected to

the E-arm.

The measurement of the reflection coefficient under test is

carried out in two steps, as follows.

(a) First a fixed short is coupled to the arm II of the tee and the

.attenuator and the short in arm·I are varied to obtain

minimum power output in the detector in the E~arm. Let Ao(nep)

and lo(meters) be the readings of the attenuator and the short

respectively~- for this condition.

(b) Now the test assembly with a reflection coefficient R is placed

in arm II, at the same plane as the short in the st·ep· I.

Again the attenuator. and short in the ann I are varied to

obtain minimum output in the E-ann. Let these readings be ..

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1 - Power System

2 - Tuned Tee

3 - Test Arm

4 - Reference Arm

----I --

Reference Planes

Tuners ..

./

" ';: :; -tr'

4

figure Al

.

I

I I

I I I

I I 2 . :;

I I I I I

I

' .

~ .... , E-Arm

Armli_L Arm I

.. - -H-Arm

Details of 2

Schematic Di_agra.m of the Microwave Reflection Bridge Used in the Experiments.

I-' -C

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A1 neps and r.1 meters resp.ectively. Then·, as shown later, Ris given by

R = - exp - 2(A+j$) (Al)

where A = A1-A0 nepers

$ = s0 (t1-l0

) radians

so = phase constant in the variable short

A2 SCATTERING MATRIX OF TEE

Equation A1 may be proved by considering the scattering matrix

of a hybrid tee. This is· as follows for the tee shown in th~ fig. A2.

sn 512 513 514

S= 521 522 523 524

(A2) 531 532 533 534 5 ,41 542 543 544

If the system is lossless and isotropic, then the reciprocity theorem

gives

5· · = 5· · ilj lJ J 1 . Now if it is assumed that the tee has been tuned·-:. so that

533 = 0 = 544

534 = 0 = 543

then the scattering matrix reduces to

511 512 513 ~14 512 522 523 524

S• 513 523 o· 0 (A3)

514 524 0 0

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E-ARM. ( 3")'

ill . nr · · (

Figure A2 Three Dimensional View of a Hybrid Tee

S JOE ARM 4t-

(~)

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The scattering matrix is a unitary· one{3l)and the following theorem

applies. . "The sum of the squares of the absolute magnit~des of elements

in any row ·(or column) is unity". This theorem gives from equation (A3)

l511 12

+ l512l2

+ IS13l2

+ 151412

a 1 2 2 2 2

IS121 + IS221 + IS231 + 15241 • 1 2 2

IS131 + IS231 = 1 2 2

IS141 + 15241 = 1

Adding (A4a) and (A4b) and using (A4c) a_nd (A4d) gives

1Sl11 2 + 1522 12 + 215121 2 • 0 .,

.: 511 = 522 = 512 = 0

Thus (A3) reduces to

-0 0 513 514

S= 0 0 523 524 .. 513 5

23 ° 0

514 s24 o 0

(A4a)

. (A4b)

(A4c)

(A4d)

(~5)

Now if ai is the incident waves at the port i and b1 is the reflected

wave at that port, . then

bl = .a3 S13 + a4 S14

b2 = a3 S23 + a4 S24

b3 = a1 S13 ~ a2 523

b4 • a1 514 + -a2 524 :..

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128

Assuming that the detector, which is coupled to arm 3 is matched

so that a~ = 0, the above equations ~ive

bl 514 . -=

If~ 1 and R2 are the reflection·. coefficients at the arms· I and

II respectively so that

·a1· = R1 b

1 and a2 = R 2 b2 ,

then b3 c R 1 513 b1 + ~ 2 523 b2

Now if

II Rl sl3 514 b2 + ~2 S.23 b2 524

• b R' sl3 514 + s R 2 1

524 23 · 2

(A6)

(a) R2 = -1 (short circuit plate), and R1 •. ~lO so that b3

• 0, ..

(balanced condition), then

513 514 • +'s 10 23

524

and (b) R 2 = R (under test) and R1

• R11 so that again

b3 = 0, then

The above two equations give .. R II !u

R1o r-

(A7)

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129

A3 REFLECTION COEFFICIENT OF THE REFERENCE ARM

The reference arm consists of a precision variable oJX&-~ . . and· a precision variable short connected in ·cascade as shown in fig. A3.

The scattering matrix of the attenuator is for an isotropic system

. s • 1511 512

~12 $22

and the incident and reflected waves at the ports are given by . .

where

. . .

• . .

or

or

[::} rsll ~12

When a calibrated sliding sh~rt is connected at the port 2. then

a2 = - [exp ( -2j8ac )]b2

~ =phase constant:in the sliding short system ro . . . x = distance of the short from the reference plane

[

S 2 e -2j s0x J $11 - __ 1_2 __ _

l+S -2jsox 22

If s1l and s22 are smal_l as compared to unifiy, the above equation' .

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I I I I I I I

~l. ->­PRECISION

-:::.I~ 1-\ -~ .\ ~· ..,- ': '' l' •\ T· Q '"\ ... ':" l I '-·· :' ~ 0

I

i I I

:~REFERENCE I

l PLANES~

I 2

I . •'wo

I l

·ATTENUATOR ' VAR IA13LE -,_ SHORT I

I

2

Figure A3 The Details of the Reference Arm

•e

.

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reduces to 131

• ..

Now if the wave suffers an attenuation of y nepers while travelling in

the attenuator, then

. . . sl2 = e-Y

~ E - e-2(y+j Box)

al D 0

• ~10 = _ e -2(Al-Ao)-2jBo{l·r-R.o) • • R 11 . .

= -e{l\+j~)

A4 TUNING OF A HYBRID TEE

(AS)

In the above analysis it is assumed that 533 = 544

• 534 = 0

and in a commercial grade tee it is sel.dom so. In order to meet this

condition.it is necessary to place lossless ·tuners in theE and H

arms and make the VSWR looking into these arms unity with arms I and II .

tenni nated with matched 1 oads. In practice it is very difficult to get a

VSWR less than 1.02 to 1.03. After this adjustment 534 is checked by Q

measuring the output in the E-arm while feeding the H-arm with te~inations

placed on arms I and II. If 534 is not zero, it can be reduced to a

mi.nimum by placing a tuner in one of the side arms. This adjustment will

usually disturb the tuning of E- and H-arms so these must again be

tuned and the process repeated till the effe~t the side arm tuner on

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E and H arms tuning becomes negligible. If the ~ee is of good quality

s34 will normally be very small and 'need only very small amount of

tuning to make ~34 negligible.

l

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. . . . . .. . .

APPE~DIX B

C~1PUTER PROGRAMMES

133

..

. .

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FLoW C HAfZ 1'

FoR

Lossy WALl Gu\l>E.

C::.'TAR T

COMPUTE ,... .:y ~oL

"t ~\w()o')(~~

CALL

l\At>A~

BADA~ To

C:oMPUT£

i€.~.

ENP

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SI8JOS S I 2FTC ','if.~,LLOS

C LOSSY ~ALL ~AVE GUIDE .:: .S2:...V:rc~>l OF DO>iH:ANT r·~ODE PROPAGATION CONSTANT AS A FUNCTION OF .:':: v c-""'"'l-:;-

-:::.:;:<;;L::x-c,-cp-,--co--~y, Dfy, u, AKCt DY, GAMEt GAMA C. I ; : ::: i' ~ S 1 0 ~~ V ;:: R ( 3 l , V S I 0 ( 3 l

~EAD C5dl f.\,F 1 F J:\>'1.:\ T ( 2 F 1 0 • 5 l

'\ E A) ( 5 ~ 2 l ( '/ E R ( I l ' I = 1 ' 3 l ' ( V S I 0 C I ) t I = 1 ' 3·) ·---2--F:}·i=:\'/~T-13-r ~ :__..-;-sJ

C:~ = \IE::\Cl) S I = VS I 0 ( 1 l \/ = 2.993C:l0 PI = 3el41593 .A:<U = 4.·H·PP·l.E-9

------~~PSv----t.~~~~h~,----------------------------------------------------------

F = F~q. • E9 A = A-:~-2.54 OHEGA = 2.·::-PI*F OMEGS = O~EGA*OMEGA BETAO = SQRT<OMEGS/V/V - PI*PI/A/A)

--------~x~~e6s~·~----------------------------------------------~---------------

3 CONTINUE· ':JRITi: (6,8) ER

8 FO~MAT (4H ER=,Fl0.2/) 16 CO!·:T I 0!UE

CP = CMPLXCER ·, -SI/OMEGA/EPSO) --------cD· · :::--~w.<-1\* .

C = CSQ~TC-1./CD) .G/1; ·.,\ == CSQ::ZJ ( P P}P I I C A 'I:- A* C 1. ~2 = AIMAG(GAMA) - BETAO

+ Cl*Cl.+ C})-XXl

·.·:::.I TE ( 6, 4 l (:/..,~•1.4, QB ..,. rO:~/.\T (30X, 3El5 • .5l

C~LL BADAR( A,XXt GAMA, BETAOt CP) CJ = hiMAG(GAMA> - B~TAO ~RI1~C6t51 sr, ROt GAMA, DB

5 Fc::,:o:AT (IX, 2El2e3t ·5X,3El5e5l lZ = ALOGlO(Sil

. '

-----z z--=--z-z.-+--vs-!·ftf~,-------------------------,--------------------------------s : - 1 0 • oH~ Z.Z IF(SI .LE.VSI0(3)) GO TO 16 .SI = VSIO(l) ;:;::::; = ER- VEFH2) IFCC:R.GE.VER(3)) GO TO 3.

------·---·.·:f:11t..

1'? GO TO

21 STO?

·------ ---- -·-· ~~; __ :[ ~~CCTTt~-t:U7\-DAR (A,

::o:<PLEX Gfl.t</'., GAtv'E' . "' " = \_,

2 CC;'-!T I ~~~UE

xx,-c;AMAt 8ETAOt AKit AKJt FK' DFKt CPt Yt yy, DK

IF (t!.GT. lC) GO TO 3

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G;\i<~:: = GA:<;\ 1-\K I = cso:-n ( GMiE·:<GM1E + XX l Y =-A~I*AKI - XX*ICP- lel /1KJ = CSQRT ( Y l y = ;-\:<I 1:-A

---·yy ;, ·c:s-fH ('(l7C"(osTYT-- -------------·---------------

FK = AKI + AKJ*YY OFK = 1• + AKJ*A*(l.+YY*YY) D:< = -Ff-:./DFK <\:(I= ,t.\KI+ Df( G .V: ,'\ = C S C ;.; T ( M~ I -o~ i'\ K I -X X )

i" AKI*YY/AKJ

--- ---- --- P = ;\ 3 S ( R E/\ L ( G .. \i-1 E -- Gf'\iv1A) r ----· -----------------------------

.122

0 = ~SSIAI~AGIGA~E- GAMAl) IF IP.LT.1.E-6.AND.O.LT.l·E-6l GO to 1 N = N + 1

GO TO 2 3 ~v R I T E ( 6 ' 4 l 4 FOR:<.-'\ I ( 26H i'-.;0 CC)NVE-R-GI:NCE IN .THE SUB) 1 D3 = AIMAGIGAMAl - BETAO

RETURN END

--16--~- ----,;-.---~n-:--.-----------------------------

.01

.122 ..., ::; . .01 3IBSYS

• 2 70.5 1. .2

1 • 10.2

·----· -------------·---------------------------------------

____________________________________________ .___ _______________ _

------------------------------------------------

..... .. -----------. ------·---------------------------------

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S.r.AR T.

(Glob.'\

(~h)

FLoW CHARI FoR

PA~'"fiALL'( fiLLEO

WAVE G-VlbE

~-~=L~ (..,JG-)

WRITE

C AL.L

G E ')( AC:.i

C()fir'\f>\)TES '(,, Y~ .. "ls, "'(''7

(a.~$')(~~ v~)

C.Ot-'\PtJTE S. 'Y 1 , Y~, ..-~, '"(7

(w~v~)

C.ON T f:!/

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CALL

G ::;o RT

~~------------

Pt)TS '(.., Y~, '(~, 'h trJ PR,.oPE~ ORDE.R

G-O TO

YEs

c;..oTO CoMP'-'TE

z • .;.. """"~ R ..- w~ 1Rt,&

')(, = ea ,. ("')-+1,

'It,, lo"'

" cs-,: \o

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$IBFTC, C SOLUTION FOR CENTRALLY LOADED WAVEGUIDE

CO~PLEX T, cp, TI, TJ, GAS, GA ' GAP' GAMt AKit AKJ COMPLEX FK' DFK, u, VtTAA' COt RF

0// oss OTT

---- CO\iPLcx--_n,A<·6-I-,-----yY19-r-------- ----- ________ __;_____:.__ -- o uu- ---D!f!:ENSION AKII9h AKJ(9l 'GAC9) ,T(9,9) DI~E~SION VFI5), VXC5l, VER(5lt VSI(5) DI~E~SION AKIA319l, AKJAB(9), AKIAR(9), AKJAR(9)

10 RE;\)I·Sdl [R, ERl' A, CODE' AL 1 FOR~AT 15Fl0.51

--------1.-.'F: I T E · -<·o--;, 2 )-·E R 'E ;:<1,-A-,-A-t 2 FCR~AT 14~ ER=,2Fl0.3,Fl0•2' F12.5/)

ovv 0 t-!1:1 oxx OYY ozz 0/t··---

::\EAD <·5,621 IV~IIIt I=l,3),CVX((), I=lt3h CVSICI)t I=lt3) 055 62 FORMAT 13F20.101 044

F = VFCl> 044 SI = VSI(l) 055

----x---=-y)\rrr---------:~--------------------o71 ___ _

65 A = A·::-2.54 077 PI = 3.1415928 088 S = F?l/A 099

68 WRITE (6,200) F OSS XX = .043929*F*F 055

-~---------------------------~-zz--

cP = CHPLX( ER, -1800.*51/F) 066 205 ',/RITE (6,206) X 4077

69 Y = P H<-X T S = A~<-X 0 = lA- TSJ/2.

055 066 077

·---;;ET o--~-s-oKfi-x·x-=--~-:S--t-----'----------------------A~---Do 3 N=l'7'2 JO 3 i•~=1,7t2 A~~= FLOAT(N) IF IN.NE.Ml GO TO 4 T(i-.;,r.~l= Af~·::·Af~·*S*S- XX*ERl- XX*CCP-ERl)*CX+SIN·CAN*Y)/(AN*PI))

099 OTT 044 066 033

------GO- To-s--------------------------------.f)-c'.t-4----+ L = I N + ~-~ l I 2 0 7 7

< = IN - ~l/2 066 ALL= FLOATIL) 077 AK = FLOATIKl 0== TI1•;,NJ= XX~HCP -ERll/PI*CSINCY*ALLl/ALL*«-l•l**L> + 0==

------1--- S-IN<-Y*A-K--+-1-Ai<.-*f--h) ** ( K+3)) OU\J---3 CONTINUE 044

A A ( 5 l = 0~ P L X ( 1 • ' 0 • 0 l · 0 7 7 AA(4l = -Til,l)- Tl3t3)- T(5,5l- TC7t7l 044 AA<3l = Tll,ll*ITC3,3l + T(5,5l + TC7t7ll + TC3t3l*( 044

1 T(5,5l +'T(7,7ll + TC5,5l*TC7t7l- TC3tlHE-T(l,3l- TClt5l*TC5tll 077 - -----~----T+t·-,---7+*-1-<--?-, 1 l -- T C;, ' 5 l x T C 5 ' 3 ) - T ( 3 ' 7 ) lET C 7 '3 ) -T ( 5 '7 ) l< T ( 7' 5) Q--71--'77-----

AA 12) = -TC1,l)·Y..(TC3,3l{~(T(5,5) "+ TC7t7) l + TC5t5)-¥-·TC7t7)) 077 1 -T(3,3l*TC5t5l*T(7,7) Qt t

2 + T ( 1 ' 1 l :< ( T ( 3 ' 5 l .J: T ( 5 ' 3 ) + T C 3 ' 7 l * T ( 7 , 3 ) + T ( 5 t 7 i * T ( 7 , 5 ) ) 0 ' ' 3 + T C 3 ' 3 l -:~ ( T I 1., 5 l ~:- T C 5 ' 1 l + T ( 1 '7 l * T ( 7 ' 1 ) · + T C 5 '7 l * T ( 7 '5 l ) ·0 VV 4 + T(S,5l*(TC3t7l*TC7t3) + TClt3)*TC3tl) + TClt7l*T(7,lll· 055

---;,- ----t-Tf=t--y-?--}*~-i-+i-Y-5--r*-i"-< 5' 1) I T ( 3' 5 l * T ( 5 t 3 l -+ T ( 1 t 3) ~H ( 3 t 1) ) --{)5-5-----6-TClt3l*T(3,5l*T(5,1) - TClt3l*TC3t7l*TC7tll-TClt5l*TC5t3l*TC3tll 077 7-Til,5l*TIS,7l*T(7,ll-TC1t7l*TC7,5)*TC5,1l-TC1t7l*TC7t3l*T(3•1) 077 2-T(3,7l*TC7,5l*TI5,3l - TC5t7l*TC7,3l*TC3t5l 055

AA<ll = TCltll*CTC3,3l*TC5t5)*TC7t7) + T(3,5l*TC5,7l*T(7t3) + 077

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1 T (·3, 7 l -1:- T (7, 5 l -:~ T ( 5, 3) ) + 2 T(3,3l*(i(l,5l*T(5,7l*T(7,1l + TC1t7l*TC7t5l*T<5•ll l 3 + Tl5,5l*(T(l,3l*T(3,7)*T(7•1l + T<1•7>*TC7t3l*T<3•1 l I

4 + T I 7 '7 l -::-IT ( 1' 3 l .;:. T ( 3' 5 l -:c· I ( 5' 1 l +. T ( 1 '5 L* T C 5 '3 l * T C 3 '1 l l +

137

077 0 I I

0 I I

0'.•":! S Tll,5l*T(5,1l*T(7,3l*T(3,7l + TC1,7l*TC7tll*TC3t5)*TC5t3l 077

·~-----61Tn-,1T>rtT\·'3·-,-Tl1Fil5-,rn~ T < 7' 5 l + T ( 5 '5 l"* T ( 7 '3T*IG,-I·~...-+----- 0·6 ~- .. 7 i I 7, 7 H:- T ( :·h 5 I -r, T I 5 f3 l J + 0 66 S T ( 3' 3 H· ( T C S '5 )-l:- T I 7 d I* T I 1 '7 J + T C 7 '7 H~ T C 1' 5 l * T ( 5' 1) r 0 77 9+ Tl5•5l*T<l•3l*T<3,ll*TC7,7l+TC1t3l*TC3t5l*TC5t7l*T(7,1l l 077

AAill = AA(l) - CTC1,3l*TC3,7l*TC7,5l*TC5tll + TC1t5l•T·C5,7l* 077 1 T!7,3)*T(3,ll + T(1,7l*T(7,5l*TC5t3l*TC3t1l + TC3t5l*TC5tll* 066 2 -r-q ~ Tl-::,-T ( 7, 3 l -+ T-( 3mf/'h:-T·{·7·,-l-t"-!(·T C 1 '5-T-*-r-t-5 t 3 ) ) 07?---3 + T(l,3l*TIJ,ll*T(5,7l*T17,5l 0==

T I = T' ( l , 1 l ~~- T ( 3 , 3 l - T ( 3 , 1 l ·:: T I 1 ' 3 ) 0 = = TJ = (i{l,1l +T(3,3l)/2. OXX YYill = TJ - CSORTCTJ*TJ -Til 077 YYI3l = TJ + CSQRT(TJ*TJ -Til 077 CA [ L- "SPUT_l'-41-.rrA-,-y 7 7 COi·'~PLEX zo, z, Gt p, TNt NF' cs, cc 077 DI~ENSION Z0(9), ZC9lt G(9,9lt P(9,9)t DELC9~9ltTN(9) 077 DO 5 N=1,7•2 '077 Al~IL\!l= CSORTIYYINl*YYCNl + XX*ERl) 877 AKJ(Nl = CSQRTCYY<Nl*YYCNl + XX*CP ) ''

o--s r< = 1 , f., _ o·-t-t---IF CN.NE.Ml GO TO 8 ·OYY DEL(N,Nl= 1. 088 GG TO 5 099

8 DELINtMI= 0.0 0== 5 CCi\:T H,lUE . OH-

-----c o;..::;·..;oi,~+! E-1-A*i-r-A* J.r~· -----t:rD-r, -t-T~s~,_,x,.;r.,x,..,,~c;fpl;,~G~AIIr---9-• -Et::-RR-l-1-----...,...------{0}-t-• L' --

CALL EXACTG 0== CALL GSORT<GAI IFICODE.GT.O.Ol GO TO 202 0'' DO 207M = 1t7t2 . 088 AKIAB(Ml = CABSCAKICMll 099

-----<';-K~f.\S+M+-=--€-A£-S--AK-di'--t-~.., f+----------------------41Zl;F---AKIAR<Ml = ATAN2(AIMAGCAKICMllt REAL(AKICM)ll*57e296 099 A i<.J A::.; Ul: > . = AT AN 2 ( A HM G ( A K J C M l l ' REAL C A K J ( M ) ) l *57 • 2 9 6 0 9 9

207 ~·.'::\ITE (6,208 l AKIABCM>, AKIARC~n, AKJAB(M), AKJAR(t-1), GA(M) 0== GC TO 201 O••

202 UC = 4.*PI*l·E-9 0' 1

·----{};'v'!{j--·.:·2-e~I "' " ~ 0-,,..;:-r----T! = CMPLXCO.Ot1.0l*OMG*UO Ott DO 9 ~=1,7,2 099

-.. ~N = FLOAT ·(Nl 099 Z(~)= TI/GA(N) . 100 TJ = CSQRTICtv:PLX(AN1:-AN*S*S- XX, O.Ol) '1// Z:"c;(-;-~y::-T-r-; 1-Sc«S;----IF<AL.GT.O.Ol GO TO 11 lTT AL = PI/2./AIMAG(GA(lll *CODE lUU

11 U = .GA ( ~n -::·AL lUU V = L~XP(UJ lVV T,':<i<l= CV- 1./VJ/CV + le/Vl 1Wh'

-----r-;-.j l ~: r=-Trrt-:--:-y:-:.z· t7n ____________ _.._ _____________ txx-------

~0 14 >!==lt7,·2 ,~<I( ... :) = CSQRT(Gt\(:w,~)·X.GACt-1) + XX*ERl) ~~J(~J = CS~RT<GA(Ml*GACMl + XX*CP)

'" "'" "'" .. ·····---

1YY lZZ 111 111

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!38 ----------------------------------------------

U = AKICM>*D V = AKJ(IJ.l*TS CO = CCOSCV) TAA = CSINCU) CS = CSINCVl ---cc--=-cccrsrUl'-_ ------------ ------------- -----·-·· · NF= 1e/CSQRTCD- TAA*CC/AKICMl + TAA*TAA/CCS*CSl*(1.-COl*

1 CTS + CS/AKJ( Mll) GAP = AKJ(Ml*AKJ(M) GAM= AKICMl*AKICMl DO 14 N=1t7,2 AN = FLOAT< N) ANT = AN*TS*S/2• PCNtM)= SQRTC2.1Al*NF*2e*SIN(AN*PI/2.l*(AN*S*SIN(ANTl*TAA

1 - AKI(Ml*CC*COSCANT ll*

155

l t~/~

177 177 lE3 1S"9 !. ss 1 r:: ~ ,;.....,./_./

l 66 ~·

177 177 :!.55

2 (GAP - GAM)/CGAP - AN*AN*S*Sl/(GAM - AN*AN*S*S) 14 CONTINUE

DO 15 I-I,7t2 DO 15 J=1t7t2

l66 177

-------- 199

GCitJl= CMPLXCOeOtOeOl DO 16 lv1=1t7t2

16 GCitJl= GCltJl + ZO(Ml*DELCMtll*DEL(M,Jl + TNCM)*P(I,Ml*P(J,~l G(I,Jl = G(l,J) - ZOCll *DELCitll*DEL(J,1l

--l"t-5~C""'0'"T1Ni

COMPLEX ZNt REC, DET, DETT, DET37 DIMENSION ZNC9lt RECCgl, RECAB(g), RECAR(9) ZNC1) = TNC1l/Z0(1) ZN ( 2 l = G ( 1 '1 l I ZO C 1 l . ZNC3l= CGClt1l*GC3t3) - GClt3l*GC3tlll/GC3t3l/ZOC1)

----TC~Att DET3 (G, DETl ZNC4) = DETIZOC1)/CGC3t3l*G<5•5l - G(3,5l *G(5,3ll CALL DET7CGt DETTt DET37l ZNC5l = DETT/ZOC1l/DET37 DO 17 N= lt5 RECCNl=. CZNCNl - 1el/CZNCNl + 1.1

---~R~E~S~H(R~E~C~(H~~~)~)~-----------------------~-

17 RECAR(Nl= ATAN2CAIMAGCREC(N)lt REALCRECCNl)l*57e296 WRiTE (6,18) <RECABCilt I= lt5), CRECAR(J), J= 1,5)

201 IFCVXC2l.LE.O.OlGO TO 71 ZZ = ALOG10CXl ZZ = ZZ + VX(2)

------x~-----+l~~z~~.---------------------------IF CX.CE.VXC3)) GO TO 205 X = VXC1l

71 IFC VSIC2l·LE.~.Ol GO To 72 ZS = ALOGlOCSil ZS = ZS + VSIC2l

199 l TT

166 , ~ ')

.!.. ---

. - -··l f.~~ 177 1 SG 177 1 ----1-­... --~ : , ~ I ....,.• ... v

l 77 1'"-'~ 477 177 l 77 1 I I

1 I I ... :vv 155 1~5

--l 77 177

177 ~- 77 l I t

---~I - 10·"**·-T-5~-------------------~-------------· ______ ,.I---IF CSI.LE.VSI<3ll GO TO 203 SI =VSICll

72 IFCVFC2l.LE.O.O) GO TO 74 F = F + VF(Z) IFCF.LE.VFC3)) GO TO 68

-~7n4~C~T~~~--------~--~---------------------------·,.; -;_ : T E ( 6 ' 51.1

;1 FC~···AT (:l.H~·)

?.00 r:c;;;:,\ T < 1>:, Fl 0. 3 l

2.77 l6S lE-6

~ ==

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' --------------------·----------· . _____ " _____ ------~ ------·-·-:._·':.!.: ·~OR~~,\ T 2 C 0 F C '~' ~ ~' T 2CS FJ.~:~,\T 2 C 9 != 8 :< '-', ,~. T 21C ;=c~.·<,~T

( ll x., E 1 0 • 4 l 1 = = (21Xt E10.4l lXX (3lX, 6El2.4l -177 (FlO$~' Fl6.2l 177 <F10.3l 177

----zrr?:JF; :Ar-rE .L o-.-:;---,----------------------------- rrr- ------212 r=-c·~:·,'\r <3El5.5l 177

GO io 10 177 13 STOP

c: ·'~ c $I GFTC EX!,CTG

177 1 t t

-- ·SU8~J0TI"NE~XACTG · ------~-------------- tvv--cc:·<PLEX AKI' AKJ, CP, GAt u, Vt COt TAA• FKt DFKt RFt GAS Jl>l:::,,:S·IOI-i Gt\(9), AKI(9), AKJ(9) co::.':01\J /?.i"!E/ AKI, AKJ, D• TS, XX, CPt GA , ERl DO SO ~1=1'7'2

60 GA(~)= CSQRTCAKI<Ml*AKICMl - XX*ERl)

188 199 1==

1 t I

~-6~~~~~-----------------------~~~--·r==-----

~! - " " - v

GO TO 31 32 AKJ(~l= CSORT<AKI<Ml*AKI(M) + XX*CCP -ERl)) 31 U = AKI <rviJoi-D

V = AkJ(Ml*TS/2.

1== 1 t t

' 188 199 lZZ

----rA~~!N~~-e~o~Sn(+U~l-------------------------~~---

co = CCOS<Vl/CSINCVl FK = AKJ(~l*TAA- AKICMl*CO DFK = AKI(M)/AKJ(Ml*<TAA+ AKI(Ml*TS/2•*<1• + CO*CO)l +

1 AKJCMI*D*(l. + TAA*TAAl - CO ?\F = -FIUDFK

----A.K-I-{-ivi-)-=-A-1'-2-I-<+i \---~----cR-F-----------------------------GAS = CSQRT < AK I ( f~ l -~AK I ( M j - XX*ERll PP = ABS<REAL(GAS-GACM) )) Q = ABSCAIMAG<GAS-GA(Mlll IF (~.GT.15lGO TO 33 IF<PP.LT.l.E-6.AND.Q.LT.l.E-6l ~0 TO 54

----------,.~

'' 'l •

GAC,il = CSQRT<AKI (fv.)i:·AKI CMl - XX*ERl) GO TO 32

54 GAIMI= CSQRTCAKICMl*AKICMl - XX*ERl) AKJ(Ml= CSORTCAKICMl*AKICMl + XX*CCP -ERll)

· GO TO 36 ~t!Ri-T t.'-----tQ-,~r+---------------------------------

34 rCI~>~AT ( 15H NO CONVERGENCE) 36 CCNTINU[

f~ ETU~\N

SI3FTC DCT3 ------sv"J;;vJT1llr2lJ1:4'-?J--t-f';~-f"li:~r--------------------------­

cc:·iPLEX G, DC:T D I.". : ;.: .S I 0 r~ G < 9 , 9 l DET = G(l,ll*{G(3,3l*GC5t5l - GC3t5l*GC5t3l)

1 -Gil,3l*IG{3,ll*G(5,5l- G(3,5)*G(5,lll. 2 + Gll,5l*(G{3,1l*G(5,3l - G(3,3l*GC5tlll

------------~cru~: .. ~--------------------------------[f.: r)

~ Sl:.:FTC SPC~Y4

S:.JSROUT I ~!E SPOL Y 4 ( AA 'YY l (C~PLEX AA,YY, FF' OFF, RF, YX, BSt YYUt YYUN, CCtOYtTC9t9l

------.. ----·---------------------------------------------

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---------- ----·-------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------

C' D 1 1\l = 1 ' 3 ' 2

5 IFINN.GT.15l GO TO 2 YYU = CSQRTIYY(Nl l

-------·-r-::-- = --n'.PIX ro·-;--,-o-;·1 DFF = CMPLXCO.,O.l JO 3 1-'l=lt5 :·. ~ ;~-'; = {v; - 1 L L =

FF + AA(Ml*YYIN l**MM ' ~ =

-------;.,:>~- = FDJ1\T( 1'~7-~r------- ----------------------DFF ~ JFF + A~*AA(~l*YYCN l**LL

RF ...:: -FF/::FF YYINl = YYCN) + ~F YYU~= CSQ~TIYYCNll

-----D1~-~~,------------------------------------

PP = A3SIREALCDYI l QQ:: ASSCAir-iAGIDYll IF IPP. LT·1·E-6.AND.QQ.LT.1.E-6l GO TO 1 NN = ~\N + 1

GO TO 5 ---~·m1TE\oT0.---------------------------------------

6 FORi<AT I 25H NO CONVERGENCE IN SPOL Y.4) 1 CONT Ii'·lUE

CCC2l = AAC4l + YY(l) + YYC3l . CCill = /\t\13)- YYC1H~YY(3) + CYY(l) + YY(3ll*CC(2) YYI51 = -CCI21/2•- CSQRTICCC2l*CCC2l/4•- CCClll

---t'.' nr-= - CC.\7T I 2 • + C S Q R T\-t'("T("-1(~2,_..)n*r:-tC"""~C""-~-( 27---t-) ,~· 4-r.-=-• ----;;;;;----("-(-f"(-t-(--t-1--t)--t)--------------D C t, :·i = 5 , 7 , 2 y;:c··.i = CSQRTIYYU-"ll

4 YX;-;(i~l = REF.LIYYI1·1l l IF CYXRI5l·LT.YXRI7ll YYC5) IF IYXRC5).LT.YXR(7)) YYC7l

= YXC5) = YXC7)

YXC7) --------IF- { -Y-X;'{-t-;--t-.--Grl'T--=.4'f~X~-ERH(c-=:7'-')t-')1--''.Pt''rf r<( 5;;..-r) -=-¥*+~---'-------------------I,:.· (YXRI5l;GT.YXRC7ll YYC7l :::c S N= 1,3,2

9 YY\:~1= CSQRTCYYCNll

Ei:::

= YX(5)

---:s I :JFTC -:>=:T?-------------------------------------SUoROUTHlE DC:T71Gt DETT, DET37l CO~PLEX G(9,9l, DETT, DET37 DETT = G(l,ll*(G(3,3l*(G(5,5l*G(7,7l- GC5t7l*G(7,5)l-

l Gl3,5l*IG(5,3l*G(7,7l - Gl7t3l*G(5,7ll+G(3,7l*CGC5t3l*G<7•5l-2 G{5,5l*G(7,3lll -GC1,3l*CGC3,ll*CGC5,5l*GC7t7l-GC5t7l*GC7t5ll-

----:;--G { 3 ,~5~""G+-5 'l Ht·G ( 7 '7) -G ( :n;) ~G ( 7 '1) ) +G ( 3' 7) ~H G { 5 t 1 H}G { 7 '5 l -4 G(5,5l*G(7,llll + G(l,5l*CG(3,1l*(G(5t3l*GC7t7l-GC5t7l*GC7t3ll-5 G:3,3l~(G(5tll*GC7t71-G(S,7l*GC7,lll + GC3t7l*CGC5tll*GC7t3l-6 GIS,3l* Gl7,11 ll-G(l,7l*(G(3,ll*CGC5t3l*G(7,5l-G(5,5l*G(7t3)l-7 013~3l*IGI5,ll*G(7,5l-G(5,5l*GC7tlll+ GC3t5l*(GC5tll*GC7t3l-8 (: ( ::J ' 3 I -:: G ( 7 , 1 l l )

--------- ;;::_T ::n---=---G·{-n""3+-\('+6-<--s-' 5 > :~6 C 7'? l -G ( 5 '7 H~G f7 '5 l ) -G ( 3 '5 H( f G ( 5' 5) ll 1 G(J,7l-G(5,7l*G(7,3ll+ G(3•7l*CGC5t3l*GC7t5l-GC5t5l*GC7t3)l -·f.- \1 I

\...:., I ·_) '\, l

:..--I8F"T( CSC?T ..

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------~ -· ~ -- ---~---------~--------~--~~ ·- ---~-------------~ -~--- - ----- ~--~ J4-'

su::~OUT I f\!E GSORT (GAl ~I~E~SION QA (9}, GAR(9), GAI(9l CC:.i?L:. EX G!, ( 9 l , G.L\X ( 9 l DC 1 :':=1'7'2 G;~,x < rvi l = G/\ < r~ l

---~u~n~T~= 1\[ALIGA'~l.~l ~---------------------------------------------------

1 G A I ( r< l = .fl. Ht,\ G ( G A (iv\ l ) G/\i/X =J\1·1..-'\Xl(Gt'\I(l), G/\!(3), GAIC5lt GA!(7))

2~ D.~ t;.; J = GA::x - G/\I U·1 J IF(DA(3l.EQ.O.OJ GO TO 3

----rrts .. :-li-s~e:::c-•r.(;)-Go-r'r'r~---------------------'-------------r=l:~<7l.Eoeo.ol. GO To 5 G~(l) ·= G.!.\X(l) GA:::: = ;:,:~It'!l <GAR(3l, Gr\R(5), GAR(7l)

6 DA(~l=· GA~M - GAR(MJ --------rr~~\liiee~'-.fCMJ-f.G~Or4T~0~7~--------------------~--------------

IF(DA(5J.EQ.O.Ol GO TO 8 G.i'd 3 l = GAX ( 3 l IF (GAR(5l.LT.GAR(7ll GA(5J = GAXC5) IF (GA.~ ( 5 l • L T • GAR ( 7 l l GA ( 7) = GAX ( 7 l IF (GAR(5l.GT.GAR(7l) GA(5) = GAXC7)

---~rp-\GAR(5l.GT.GAR<7>l G~7~l~-~G~,AHX~(H5~;-------------------------------

GO TO 9 8 G~, ( 3 I = GAX ( 5 l

IF CGAR(3leLT.GAR(7ll GAC5l = GAX(3) IF (GAR(3l .• LT.GAR(7J) GA(7J = GAX(7) IF (GAR(3l.GT.GAR(7ll GA(5J = GAX(7)

-----r-F--t Gtrttt-:3 l • Gi'.-GAAT7--H-Gf.\i/'1')--:----nG-trA*X+C "'!t3+) ------------------GO TO 9

7 Gf--.(Jl = GM~(7) IF (GAR(3l.LT.GAR(5Jl IF (GAR(3l.LT.GAR(5)J I r (GAR ( 3 l • G T. GAR ( 5 l l

----rF-TGAR ( 3). G1. GAR ( 5 l) GO TO 9

3 Cf.\(11 = G/..,:\(3) G2~~ = AMINl(GARClJ, DO lG ~··:= 1,7,2

10 DA(~l. = GR~~ -GAR(Ml

G1\ ( 5 l = GAX(3) GAC7) = GAX(5) GA(5l = GAXC5l GA ( 7) = GAX(3)

GARC5), GAR ( 7) )

r--F+C-ft+7 l • ~ e--:;;--1. vf'r.:-. r::r-t---F-cl'T--'f-fi-~T-----------------------'-----------

IF ( C;;l( 5 ) • [Q • 0. 0) GO TO 12 c; ( 3) = GA:<Cll ~ ,.... i. r (GAR(5l.LT.GARC7ll GA(5) = GAX!5) IF (GAR(5l.LT.GAR(7l) GA (7) = GAX(7l I F IGAR(5l.GT.GAR(7ll GAC5l = GAX(7l • I CGAi"{ ( 5 l .l.J T. GAR ( 7l ) GA ( I) - uAX(5) (j() TO 9

ll G;; ( 3 l = GAX(7) rr· (GARill.LT.GARI5l) GA(5l = GAXC 1"> IF IGA~(ll.LT.GAR(Sll GAI7l = GAXCS) IF IGARill.GT.GAR(Sl) GA(5l = GAX(Sl r:=-TGfi."RTJT;-GT~-G7"R ( 5 l l GA(7J = GAX ~ ~ TO 9 ~-...~~ . .., ::; . \ ( :. ) = G;\X (::;) .l.C..

l i= IGAR(ll.~T.GAR(7l l GA(5l = GAX(ll T ;: . ' ( G.;R I 1 l • LT. GAR ( 7 l l GAC7l = GAXC7l

----· ----· ----·~--

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142-·------------,----~"- -·

IF ( Gi\R ( ll. G T. GAR ( 7 l l G.'\ ( S l = GAX ( 7 l IF IGARI1l.CT.GAR(7l) GA(7) = GAX(l) GO TO 9

~ G~(ll = GAXI5l G:~:.:;.; = A:\1 I f'.j1 (GAR ( 1 l ' GAR ( 3 l t GAR ( 7) )

--------D·o-rT:v·.=-1-,,;-2·--- ------------------------l3 OAL<l ::: G!-(fvi:': - GAR(,~·il

I~(8A(3l.CQ.O.Ol GO TO 14 :FIDAI7l.[J.O.Ol GO TO 15 G r-'- ( 3 l = G ;\ X ( l l I~ {G~RI3l.LT.GAR(7l l GA(5) = GAXC3)

--- 1 r \ ~"f'I~ITl~T;G·,t,;:<tTl""IGA-('7')--;;;;=;-r:G~A~X'-f(1/>;)---------------­I~ IGAR(jJ.GT.GARI71l GAI5l = GAXI7) IF IGAR(3J.GT.G/I.RI7ll GAI7) = GAX(5l GO TO 9

14 GAI3l = GAX(3l l F I GAR I 1 l • LT. GAR ( 7 l l G.'\ ( 5 l = GAX ( 1) I;- (GAR< 1 J. [T;-t;11."K( 7 I l GA { /J = GAX { 7) IF IGAR(lloGT.GAR(?ll GA(5) = GAX(?)

·IF (GAR(ll.GT.GAR(?l l GA(7) = GAX(ll GO TO 9

15 GAI3l = GAX(7) IF IGARI1l.LT.GAR13ll GA(5) = GAX(ll

GAXC3l ----n:--IG"fiR\TJ.l_-r-;-G"t\JTITI,----c;-:rAI( '7'} ----:::-r::~--t-":1:-r------------------IF (GAR(lloGT.GAR(31 l GA(5) IF IGAR(1l.GT.GAR(3l l GA(?l GO TO 9

5 G!'.l1l:: GAXI71 GR~~ = AMIN~(GARI1), GAR(3),

-------oo-16 1'1= 1--,-1; · 16 D.4. { ij l = Gr~;,1f.1• - GAR ( t-1 l

IFIDAI3l.EQ.O.O) GO TO 17 IFIDAI5l.EQ.O.Ol GO TO 18 G,C,, ( 3 l = GAX ( 1)

= GAX(3) = GAX(ll

GAR(5))

IF IGAR(3l.LT.GARI5l) GA<5l = GAX(3l ---- I·f--1-G-A-R-f-3 l • LT. GA~P~, P( 5T+-l t--l --iGSi;.~\ t-'( 71+) _,_,....._,G~A~Xx-, t-():;-~ -1-) --------------,--------

1 F ( U1R ( 3 l • G T. GAf~ ( 5 l l GA ( 5 l = GAX ( 5) lF {GAR(3l.GT.GAR(5l) GA(7l = GAX(3) G:J TO 9

17 GAI3l = GAXI3l IF IGAR(ll.LT.GARI5ll GA(5l = GAX(l) IF-tu·A-R(l).tT.GAR(5ll G/d7l- GAX(5) IF (GAR(ll.GT.G,\R(5) l GA(5) = GAX(5) IF IGAR(ll.GT.GAR(S}l GA(7l = GAX(l) GO TO 9

13 G/,(3) = G;\X(5) I r ( G:\R I 1 l • LT. G.~R ( 3 l l GAX ( 1 l GA ( 5 l =

----~--n~~R(llotT.G~~(~3~)~)-f.~~~~6~AMXH(~3H)~------------------------------------GA(7) IF IGAR(1l.GT.GAR(5l) GAX(3) GA(Sl = IF IGAR(ll.GT.GAR(3l) GAX(ll GA(7l =

'i CC.'!T I ;\iUE

-- ;:-;-;T;:~y-------------------------------------------------------· , .1. • .9

.1 lel

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Flotv CHJ\R.'T t:o~ MIC.PoWAVE.

COtJb\J~"TIVl,.Y C)f G-EfU,IAtJ\~~

Co MPVTE

C.o N5r AN,.S

')-'L (£.)

tT(t)

")" ( t-) _,

= ['it. (c)~ i'rf£ ]

co.....rrb /

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CoNTb/

<::oM PU TE

/ '"""( > ~lfY ""'· p . <.. .l +t.~~...,.\..

ND: "'~_.~ Nb

NJ> ~ lo

ENt>

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\, I., ' I

i l I ~ I I •

C , ii Ci :cY.I;\V[ ·~·Ji :tAJC. T l V ITY or:- GUd·~/\i\11 Ui~ REAL ~L' ~T, MC' ~D' MCH• MDH• Ml• M2• MISt MISHt ND DI.'<ENSION VNDI3h VTC3lt VCI(3)t VCJC3hVROC3lt VF(3l

FE(~ = 9.108E-31 :;T = .0819 ~',L = 1.64 EPSO = 8.S5L,E-12 3:< = l• 3802SE-23

----~~ _- 6-~-6-2'J7~1 t.- 34.---, -----------------------------

\..! = - H I 2 • I ? I :::vc'< =· SKIQ ;'"lj_ = • 35 :<2 = .044 ~C = 3.*FEM/C2.1~T + 1.1Mll

· , -~;:>--.::~i*lTT1:1B~ t'"ll ) ~Hi" ( l • T:r.J ~CH = 1~1**1.5 + M2**le5)/CM1**•5 + M2**e5)*FEM ''DH = CH1->H1.5 + t~2**1.5l**(2.13.)*FEt~ f·i!S = 3.111./SQRTIMLl + 2.1CSQRTCMT)))

1 -::-sc;;.;H <FE!'~ l >q S!-l== U-':1 *-;~. 5 + ~12**. 5 l *SORT ( FEM l

---------'.-Jr.::. TTlTb'Zl l MC' MD' MISt MCH t ~~DR' M ISH VI = 9.El2 CI = .2735 CIH = leS9 /,; : 0 S ( T l = • 3 8 5 -:< C 3 0 0 • I T ) ·lH~ 1 • 6 6 A~O~~CTTl = .18*(300./TTl**2•33

--- --,.c_-~;r I TTl = (I. 7 6El6 l -:;-( TT** 1. 5*EXP ( -2275 .ITT l ) /EXP ( 2275 e/TT) ·.·: = .2123El3 '. ~~ ·= .8Lt30El2 :;·s = 16.->:-EPSO

13 CG~<TI:'iUE ~~AD C5t6l NCODE

-----~;-~ l:'. r\ D-rs , 2"'.-l ---.( "V.,...F_,.t...,.I'>-,~I..-:==--1.---, .,..3') _______ .....:;_ ________________ _

F = VF(l) REA) C5,15l CVND(Ilt I= 1,3) ?EA~ (5,2) (VROCIJ, I= 1,3) IF (VND(ll.GT.O.Ol GO TO 1 ~0 = VRO(l)

---l-9- '•i~-r T c:-r-6-,"'3/.___,.r,~--------------------------------

SIO = 1./R.O t.-._':J':-J.f·. = 6 • 8LrE6 .~ :: T = 2 0 0 0 • ~~ S I 0 I Q

GA:-~:~ = 5.6~<5.6E6~~ANI (300. H~ANI (300.) - (S!O/Q)**2 X = 8ET 12.1ALPHA

----~~-[)-- ~--S::STITir-;-;.:-_,*"'2.-------.G"""A .. M,.iA....-r/-.-A-=-L""P-.-R,.,.A_,)-----,x~----------------------

:: ) = t'!D -li·l • E 6 SC TO 5

l CC~. i I I·!UE ~~D = W:D ( 1 l

S C).\ T HlUE ----- -- :'\ E'.l :::;·--r,' 2 l (VI ( I l' I= 1 '3)

T =- Vi(ll.

··.:::rrc C6,3l rm , • CC:':T!:iUE

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TL = ~.L:JG:;.0:T)

CD:= NDI2•*( 1. + SQRT(1• + XXll CDh = ND/2.*(-1. + SQRT(1, + XXll

----£';1 ~ :...: M~l ( T l -;:-r. c.o Ii= Ci•iCODE.i::Q.ll CDH = 0, 1;= CNCODE.EQ.2J CDE = O. IF CRQ.GC:.SO .. l CDE ~ llr'HI IF CG.·O.GE.SC.l CDH = i\r"<I!

':. ;:; :: I::: C 6 , 7 l ;\ :1 I I , CD E: , · CD 11 , T , T L

~- ::: T /-. I = l • I t3 C: T ·"'· DN = ~.*SO~TCPili4.*8ETA**2a5 XI = VI-:<H/SKIT DII = EXPCXIl- 1. DIJ = 1. - EXPC-XI>

AA = CTI3CO.liSQRT(300,*EVBKJ CS = CXI/300.IEV3Kl**1•5 TAL1(EJ = AA*SORT(El + CI*BS*SQRTCE/XI + le>IDII TALZ{EJ = TALl(El + CI*BB*SQRTCE/XI -l.J/DIJ T~LHliEl = AA*SCRTCEJ + CIH*BB*SORTCE/XI + 1,>/DII

----.:-;- ,;-LJ-:2 ( E l =-'ff·tH1.-<--E-r-+--e-I-H*frB*S-"OR-=tT,C-TE;.,,M' )(1{-f{----1•.....--Tl••-l)-i/LfDrti=-:-Jt--------------FFC~l = EXPC-E/8ETAl*<E**1.5l A =CB.*SORTC2.l/ND*EPSIO*EPS/Ql*CMIS/QJ/Q *2e*PI*O**le5 AH=<8.*SORT(2.l/ND*EPSIQ*EPS/Ql*CMISH/Q)/0*2•*PI*O**l•5 S = (B•*MDIHSl*(EPS/HGl*CBK/Q)*(T/CDE/Ql*O

. SH= ( 8 .-:cMD/HC l -~- ( EPS/HB l * C BK/Q) * C T /CDH/Q) *0 ----i;'d-1-El = U\L-o-6+1-.o-1-8 ~~El -B. :.•E/(1• + B ME) l/A /EK1tle5

T:d:-:C~l = {!,LQGC1.+8H·:<-El- OH*E/(1, + BH*E))/AHIE**l•5 T i\ i ( E l = 1. I ( ':! -l:· TAL 1 < E) + T A I C E l ) T . ·, 2 \ C: l = 1 • I C \"! ~- T /\ L 2 C E l + T A I C E l J T /, H 1 C E l = 1 • I C\·' H -:} T A L H 1 C E l + T A I H C E ) ) L',Hz <El = 1.1C\'Ji-i-l~T/\LH2CEl + TAIH(E))

FF2(El = T~2(~l*E**1.5 t:?=i:j_CEJ = TliHl(E)-l:FFCEl ;= ::= :-; -~ < E J = T M-: 2 ( ~ l -l~ E.;~ -x- 1 • 5 T~L = CFINT14<FF1,0.0,XIJ + FLIN14(FF2,XI,BETAI))/DN -;- • I~ I I ::;: ( F H: T 1 4 { F F H 1 ' 0 • 0 ' X I ) + F L I N 14 ( F F H 2 ' X I ' BET A I ) ) I D N C'. ~ c: =--Q*-(·":D-E--!;7\MOB C T) or CDH M-AfvtOBH ( Tl )

:::.:·~;_j,'\ = 2.::+09~~PP}F :.' :~GS = c;·iEGI\*Ol'·~EG,\ T:.:-'l(Zl = 'T.\l(EJ/(1. + m1EGS*TA1(El**2J

... -- 7 .' ... 2 ( t:-r-:-r-:Q-\2) I i 1 • + 01"1 EG s-:;tri'-~~A,...2rl(~E~)Hi~d!!:'~ ..,..2-t-)-------------------;,'::. ;-:~it:l- T;'\H1CEl/Cl. + Oi'v1EGS*TAHl(E)**2l 7;:·;.2U::l = T!.H2(EJI(l• + Oi'v1EGS*TAH2(E)**2) ·: ·. . . ' : i E l = T.U C E l -::· T Mq ( E l -lf F F C E ) -·.·~ ·.~ iEl = TA2tEJ->-:·TAii.2(E){fE**1•5 7 ;. . . , ; l( C: l = T /il-11 ( c l >t· T/\1··1 H 1 C E ) * F F C E ) .,. • .... :· :2 i c i--:.:---TAH2~-:::-l-*"r;'\1\if'l.-,2-t(-1:EM)M~~-1:._~~~--------------------::-:·.•l(:J = Ti,:.il<EP·FFCEl :-";:-··.~:::l .: r·,:.:2CEP·E~H~·1·5

~- .--: · ; ~ ( ~ l = T f\;-: .-! 1 < E l ,'( .. F F C E l ::-~:· ::U:l ;.; T:,:.::-J2(EJ.J:·E~·*1•5

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Tr\;.· = IFii'\T14{FFtv;1,0.0,XIl + FLIN14CFFM2 ,xi,BETAI1l/DN T A; ·. :--1 = ( F I :·: T 14 I F F 1•~ i-11 , 0 • 0 , X I l + F L I N 14 ( F F M H 2 ' X I ' BET A I> l I D N TAl<:.;= (FHlTlLdTAr,i~H•O•O'XIl + FLIN141TM1fv12•XI,BETAill/DN TAi•i:-i:-l = (FINT14(TA,~1HHl•O.O,XIl + FliN14CT,AMMH2,XI,BETAill/DN ,\ C: = T J\1.1/ L\ L .

---------·· \H-=----r-A"RR /TfiTH.

SI = O*ICDE*A~OBITl*RE + CDH*AMOBHCT)*RHl I~.S = SI/SIO DE~ = G*ICDE*AI~OB(Tl*TAMMITAL + CDH*AMOBH(Tl*TAMMH/TALH)/EPSO ~R = 16.*EXP(l.34E-04*1T-300.J) - DER R~ = TAMM/TAL/TAL

·-----,-,-:,.._r·IH-=-r-A'>1i~H1 T At:FrtT"Arf, \'if\IT2: (6,8) RE, RH; SI, RS, ER,RM,.RMH ZF = ALOGlO!Pl ZF = ZF + VF(2J F == lO • .;H~·ZF IFIF.LE.VF(3) l GO TO 4 ---··---- r---=·--vnJ:T T = T + VT!2) IF (T.LE.VT(3J l GO TO 11 T = VTI1) IF IVNDill.GT.O.Ol GO TO 10 RO = RO + VROI2)

---- ----TF { RO~TI: ~V?JJ'( '>3') ') -r::G~"'~O;---rT'7"0.....,.1-r9~--------------------'------

20 = VRO ( 1l GO TO 12

10 ZN = ALOG101ND) Zi·~ = ZN + VND(2l fW = 10.-~H<·ZN

------- IF { NDiit-E-•Vi\tV-~:A--'H'~t--------------------------2 Fo::;··.r_,r <3F10·5> 3 F 0;.; ·: t.. T · ( 1 X ' E 1 2 • 4 ) 6 F 0 ::; '; ;.. T ( I 1 l

15 FCR~AT 13El0.5l 7 F C R ::AT ( 1 X ' 5 E 1 2 • 4 l

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