Title : 
Dose rate and total dose 1/f noise performance of GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors
         
        
            Author : 
Hiemstra, David M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
SPAR Environ. Syst., Brampton, Ont., Canada
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
12/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistor 1/f noise performance is demonstrated to be unaffected by dose rate and total dose. This is believed to be due to shielding provided by the N+ collector from the GaAs substrate
         
        
            Keywords : 
1/f noise; III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; gamma-ray effects; heterojunction bipolar transistors; semiconductor device noise; 1/f noise; GaAs; dose rate; heterojunction bipolar transistor; total dose; FETs; Fusion reactors; Gallium arsenide; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Inductors; Inspection; Neutrons; Silicon carbide; Testing; Working environment noise;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on