Collector Ideality Factor and Emitter-Base Tunneling Energy at InP/InGaAs Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 341-348
Author(s):  
Danut Sachelarie ◽  
Gabriel M. Predusca
1991 ◽  
Vol 30 (Part 2, No. 2B) ◽  
pp. L266-L268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuhiro Mochizuki ◽  
Hiroshi Masuda ◽  
Masahiko Kawata ◽  
Katsuhiko Mitani ◽  
Chuushiro Kusano

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (04) ◽  
pp. 1250043
Author(s):  
SHIH-WEI TAN ◽  
SHIH-WEN LAI

Characterization and modeling analysis on both ideality factor of the collector current (η C ) and the base current (η B ) have higher than the excepted values of 1.0 and 2.0, respectively, for npn Al GaN/GaN heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) have been reported. We employ the rapid thermal process annealing (RTP-annealing) to modify the base parasitical Schottky diode (called A-HBTs) after the as-deposited Ni/Au bilayers on the base layer for electrode with no annealing (called N-HBTs) to compare with each other. For a HBT operated in Gummel-plot configuration, experimental and modeling results indicate that the base parasitical Schottky diode (BPSD) causes the base current (I B ) and collector current (I C ) with high ideality factor and raise the base-emitter voltage (V BE ) to higher operation point, and therefore lead to more power consumption. Furthermore, the extended Ebers–Moll equivalent-circuit model together with the extracted device parameters provided simulated results that were in a good agreement with experimental ones.


Author(s):  
N. David Theodore ◽  
Mamoru Tomozane ◽  
Ming Liaw

There is extensive interest in SiGe for use in heterojunction bipolar transistors. SiGe/Si superlattices are also of interest because of their potential for use in infrared detectors and field-effect transistors. The processing required for these materials is quite compatible with existing silicon technology. However, before SiGe can be used extensively for devices, there is a need to understand and then control the origin and behavior of defects in the materials. The present study was aimed at investigating the structural quality of, and the behavior of defects in, graded SiGe layers grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD).The structures investigated in this study consisted of Si1-xGex[x=0.16]/Si1-xGex[x= 0.14, 0.13, 0.12, 0.10, 0.09, 0.07, 0.05, 0.04, 0.005, 0]/epi-Si/substrate heterolayers grown by CVD. The Si1-xGex layers were isochronally grown [t = 0.4 minutes per layer], with gas-flow rates being adjusted to control composition. Cross-section TEM specimens were prepared in the 110 geometry. These were then analyzed using two-beam bright-field, dark-field and weak-beam images. A JEOL JEM 200CX transmission electron microscope was used, operating at 200 kV.


Author(s):  
N. David Theodore ◽  
Donald Y.C Lie ◽  
J. H. Song ◽  
Peter Crozier

SiGe is being extensively investigated for use in heterojunction bipolar-transistors (HBT) and high-speed integrated circuits. The material offers adjustable bandgaps, improved carrier mobilities over Si homostructures, and compatibility with Si-based integrated-circuit manufacturing. SiGe HBT performance can be improved by increasing the base-doping or by widening the base link-region by ion implantation. A problem that arises however is that implantation can enhance strain-relaxation of SiGe/Si.Furthermore, once misfit or threading dislocations result, the defects can give rise to recombination-generation in depletion regions of semiconductor devices. It is of relevance therefore to study the damage and anneal behavior of implanted SiGe layers. The present study investigates the microstructural behavior of phosphorus implanted pseudomorphic metastable Si0.88Ge0.12 films on silicon, exposed to various anneals.Metastable pseudomorphic Si0.88Ge0.12 films were grown ~265 nm thick on a silicon wafer by molecular-beam epitaxy. Pieces of this wafer were then implanted at room temperature with 100 keV phosphorus ions to a dose of 1.5×1015 cm-2.


1983 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 367 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.L. Miller ◽  
P.M. Asbeck ◽  
R.J. Anderson ◽  
F.H. Eisen

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