Title : 
Influence of Collector Design on the SiGe HBT´s Quasi-Saturation Characteristics
         
        
            Author : 
Cai, Wenlong ; Jie Zheng ; Edward Preisler ; Paul Hurwitz ; Racanelli, M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Jazz Semicond., Newport Beach, CA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper we examine the SiGe HBT´s current-voltage characteristics where Jc is several times the Kirk current density JHC = qNepi vsat. We analyze the QS characteristics by comparing the NPN´s with different intrinsic collector doping profiles fabricated on the same wafer. Data from NPN´s made from various thicknesses and concentrations of the epi-layer are also presented
         
        
            Keywords : 
Ge-Si alloys; current density; doping profiles; heterojunction bipolar transistors; Kirk current density; SiGe; collector design; collector doping profiles; current-voltage characteristics; heterojunction bipolar transistor; quasisaturation characteristics; Current density; Current-voltage characteristics; Doping profiles; Germanium silicon alloys; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Implants; Kirk field collapse effect; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Silicon germanium;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
SiGe Technology and Device Meeting, 2006. ISTDM 2006. Third International
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Princeton, NJ
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-4244-0461-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ISTDM.2006.246507