PICOSECOND OPTOELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT OF S-PARAMETERS AND OPTICAL-RESPONSE OF AN ALGAAS/GAAS HBT

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作者
MATLOUBIAN, M
FETTERMAN, H
KIM, M
OKI, A
CAMOU, J
MOSS, S
SMITH, D
机构
[1] TRW CO INC,ELECTR SYST GRP,REDONDO BEACH,CA 90278
[2] AEROSPACE CORP,CHEM & PHYS LAB,LOS ANGELES,CA 90009
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10.1109/22.54944
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The S parameters of an AIGaAs/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) were measured using a picosecond optoelectronic system. The measured S parameters show qualitatively good agreement with those obtained using a conventional vector network analyzer. The optical response of the HBT was also measured using this system by directly illuminating the base-collector region. Used as a phototransistor, the HBT showed pulse widths with FWHM as short as 15 ps. © 1990 IEEE
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