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The DCS method
version | Input data | Accepted approximations | Basic
expression(s) | Main evaluated parameter |
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Classical DCS method (ClDCS)
(a) McGrath et al. [28]
(b) McColgin et al.
[29–32]
(c) Webster et al. [35] | Histogram:
number of pixels versus dark current [28] | Deep-depletion mode:
Equal cross-sections: | | The average cross-section
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| Temperature dependence of the dark current [31] | Deep-depletion mode:
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| Traps concentration () and carrier velocity () from other methods [30] | Deep-depletion mode:
Equal cross-sections: | | The generation (emission) rate,
, |
Temperature
dependence of the generation (emission) rate [33] | Validity of the Arrhenius equation | | The activation energy, |
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Computational DCS approach (CA-DCS)
(a) Widenhorn et al.
[36, 37, 47–56]
(b) Widenhorn et al.
[51–56]
(c) Widenhorn et al.
[52–56] | Temperature dependence of the dark current [36, 37] | ,
Very deep-level traps: | | The preexponential factors
; |
| Idem and Arrhenius preexponential factor dependence on the activation energy [36, 37, 47–51] | The validity of the Arrhenius and
Meyer-Neldel relations | | The Meyer-Neldel energy and the preexponential factor |
| The temperature dependence of the energy gap [36, 82] | Negligible effect on dark current of , relative to those of and even of
= arg tan
and | | ,
(effective parameter),
, and
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Results concerning
,
(effective parameter),
, and [52–54] | Idem | Single or double linear
corelations between some effective parameters | Correlations coefficients,
high:
,
,
medium values:
,
low values:
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