Barrier effects in SiGe HBT: Modeling of high-injection base current increase

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作者
Fregonese, S [1 ]
Zimmer, T [1 ]
Maneux, C [1 ]
Sulima, PY [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Bordeaux 1, IXL, CNRS, UMR 5818,ENSEIRB, F-33405 Talence, France
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PROCEEDING OF THE 2004 BIPOLAR/BICMOS CIRCUITS AND TECHNOLOGY MEETING | 2004年
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10.1109/BIPOL.2004.1365756
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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 HBT's parasitic energy band barrier formation located at the hetero-interface was investigated. Physical simulations show that additional base current increase in the high-injection regime is associated with the parasitic barrier formation. The charge calculation related to parasitic barrier allows us to derive a model for the base current increase which is implemented into an electrical scalable compact model and applied on measurements.
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