A new type of transistor: CBT

A transistor called the channel-base transistor (CBT), which is constructed by making channels through the base of the conventional bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), is proposed. In principle, a CBT can be treated as a combination of a BJT and a normally-off junction-type field-effect transistor (E-JFET). Silicon planer CBTs have been fabricated with BJTs on the same wafer for comparison. The electrical characteristics of CBTs are similar to those of a conventional BJTs, but the variations of current gain with temperature and emitter current in CBTs are much less than those in the BJTs. In addition, the magnitude of current gain of CBTs is higher than that of comparable BJTs. Transistor-transistor-logic (TTL) NAND-gate ICs implemented with CBTs have been fabricated. The temperature variations of parameters in CBT ICs are less than those in BJT ICs. Experiments have shown that silicon CBT discrete devices and ICs can be used over a wide range of temperatures from -60°C to 200°C. Experimental and theoretical analysis results for CBTs are presented