• DocumentCode
    1620943
  • Title

    Effect of current and voltage stress on the DC characteristics of SiGe-base heterojunction bipolar transistors

  • Author

    Liao, Kenneth ; Reif, Rafael ; Kamins, Theodore I.

  • Author_Institution
    Microsystems Technol. Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    1994
  • Firstpage
    209
  • Lastpage
    212
  • Abstract
    Degradation of SiGe-base HBTs under high-forward-current and reverse-bias stresses are investigated. The observations are explained using existing homojunction theories. Inclusion of Ge into the base may potentially improve the junction reliability of bipolar transistors
  • Keywords
    heterojunction bipolar transistors; DC characteristics; SiGe; current stress; heterojunction bipolar transistors; high-forward-current stresses; homojunction theories; junction reliability; reverse-bias stresses; voltage stress; Bipolar transistors; Degradation; Doping; Germanium silicon alloys; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Implants; Laboratories; Silicon germanium; Stress; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting,1994., Proceedings of the 1994
  • Conference_Location
    Minneapolis, MN
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1316-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BIPOL.1994.587896
  • Filename
    587896