HIGH-PERFORMANCE INP/INGAAS HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR-TRANSISTORS WITH HIGHLY CARBON-DOPED BASE GROWN BY CHEMICAL BEAM EPITAXY

被引:11
作者
SONG, JI
PALMSTROM, CJ
VANDERGAAG, BP
HONG, WP
HAYES, JR
CHOUGH, KB
机构
[1] Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ 07701
关键词
TRANSISTORS; BIPOLAR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MATERIALS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19930446
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
InP/In0.53Ga0.4As heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) using a highly carbon-doped base are reported. High carbon doping has been achieved by chemical beam epitaxy (CBE). The resulting hole concentration in the carbon-doped base is as high as 7 x 10(19)/cm3. To our knowledge, this is the highest doping level reported using carbon. HBTs with a 20 angstrom spacer layer exhibited nearly ideal I-V characteristics with collector and base current ideality factor of 1.018 and 1.037, respectively. Current gain and breakdown voltage BV(CEO) were 7 and 6 V, respectively.
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