Title :
An extended two-port method for the determination of the base and emitter resistance
Author :
Huszka, Z. ; Seebacher, E. ; Pflanzl, W.
Author_Institution :
Austriamicrosystems AG, Unterpremstatten, Germany
Abstract :
An approach exploiting the joint information in h11 and h21 is suggested for extracting the base and emitter resistance of bipolar transistors. Based on the complete small signal equivalent, robust formulae are presented capturing all error terms that may have influence on the result.
Keywords :
electric resistance measurement; equivalent circuits; heterojunction bipolar transistors; semiconductor device measurement; base resistance; bipolar transistors; emitter resistance; extended two-port method; Analytical models; Bipolar transistors; Capacitance; Data mining; Equivalent circuits; Frequency; Hydrogen; Impedance; Noise robustness; Performance evaluation;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 2005. Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9309-0
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.2005.1555229