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. 2017 Feb 2;7:41305. doi: 10.1038/srep41305

Table 1. The equations used for modeling the regions of the sensor system.

Si body oxide Sensor liquid interface Liquid
Inline graphicn0  = 1010 cm−3,p0  = 1016 cm−3εSi  = 11.9 ε0 Gate oxide: Inline graphicεSiO2  =  3.9ε0Sensing oxide: Inline graphicεAl2o3  =  9ε0 Inline graphicInline graphicNa = 8 × 1014 cm−2 (Ka, Kb) = (6, 10) Inline graphicInline graphicInline graphic vi = 2a3ciB,ciB = 50 mM, εw = 80ε0

Where εSi, εSiO2, εw, εAl2o3, εware the relative permittivity of silicon, gate oxide, sensing oxide and water respectively, ε0 is the vacuum permittivity. In column 1, P(x) and n(x) are the silicon hole and electron concentrations with the initial value of p0 and n0, qSi is the total charge in bulk silicon, Ndop is the substrate doping. In column 3, σ0 is the sensing oxide surface charge density, aHs is the activity of hydrogen ion at the sensing oxide surface, Ka and Kb are in order the oxide association and dissociation constant and Na is the oxide surface charge density. In column 4, qliq is the solution total charge, ci is the ion i concentration in solution with the bulk concentration of ciB. zi is the ion i charge number, ai is the ion i effective hydrated size and vi is the ion i packing parameter.