Title : 
High current gain in monolithic hot-electron transistors
         
        
            Author : 
Shannon, John M. ; Gill, Akshay
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Philips Research Laboratories, Redhill, UK
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Monolithic hot-beam transistors have been made in silicon with a current gain of 20 and a MAG>20 dB. Hot electrons are injected at approximately 1.7 eV, cross a ~250 Ã
 wide degenerate base and surmount a 0.4 eV collector barrier.
         
        
            Keywords : 
bipolar transistors; hot carriers; ion implantation; Si; bipolar transistors; current gain; elemental semiconductors; monolithic hot-electron transistors;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Electronics Letters
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1049/el:19810435