• DocumentCode
    1514299
  • Title

    Interpretation of the common-emitter offset voltage in heterojunction bipolar transistors

  • Author

    McAlister, S.P. ; McKinnon, W.R. ; Driad, Rachid

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Microstructural Sci., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    8/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1745
  • Lastpage
    1747
  • Abstract
    The offset voltage in heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) can be read graphically from a plot combining the forward Gummel and reverse Gummel plots. We use a Gummel-Poon model to show when this graphical construction works, and illustrate the method with measurements for InP/InGaAs double HBTs
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; graphs; heterojunction bipolar transistors; indium compounds; semiconductor device measurement; semiconductor device models; Gummel-Poon model; InP-InGaAs; common-emitter offset voltage; double HBTs; figure of merit; forward Gummel plot; graphical construction; heterojunction bipolar transistors; parameter estimation; reverse Gummel plot; Bipolar transistors; Circuits; Energy consumption; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Indium gallium arsenide; Indium phosphide; Parameter estimation; Roentgenium; Semiconductor device measurement; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/16.936699
  • Filename
    936699