THE EFFECT OF STRAIN ON THE BASE RESISTANCE AND TRANSIT-TIME OF UNGRADED AND COMPOSITIONAL-GRADED SIGE HBTS

被引:15
作者
ROSENFELD, D [1 ]
ALTEROVITZ, SA [1 ]
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[1] TECHNION ISRAEL INST TECHNOL,FAC ELECT ENGN,IL-32000 HAIFA,ISRAEL
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10.1016/0038-1101(94)90115-5
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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
A theoretical study of the effects of the strain on the base properties of ungraded and compositional-graded n-p-n SiGe Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors is presented. The dependencies of the transverse hole mobility and longitudinal electron mobility upon strain, composition and doping, are formulated using published Monte-Carlo data and, consequently, the base resistance and transit time are modeled and calculated. The results are compared to results obtained using common formulas that ignore these dependencies. The differences between the two sets of results are shown. The paper's conclusion is that for the design, analysis and optimization of high frequency SiGe HBTs the strain effects on the base properties cannot be ignored.
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