• DocumentCode
    2732936
  • Title

    RF 4H-SiC bipolar junction transistors

  • Author

    Perez-Wurfl, Ivan ; Konstantinov, Andrey ; Torvik, John ; Van Zeghbroeck, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    6-8 Aug. 2002
  • Firstpage
    193
  • Lastpage
    200
  • Abstract
    We report on the progress towards a silicon carbide (SiC) bipolar transistor aimed at operation at RF frequencies up to 3 GHz. Devices with a 5 μm emitter stripe width were fabricated and tested on-chip with cascade probes and an HP8510C network analyzer. These devices have an ft/fmax of 0.6/0.2GHz. To best of our knowledge the devices represent a first demonstration of an RF 4H-SiC BJT.
  • Keywords
    S-parameters; UHF bipolar transistors; power bipolar transistors; semiconductor device measurement; silicon compounds; sputter etching; wide band gap semiconductors; 200 MHz; 3 GHz; 600 MHz; DC characteristics; L-band; RF 4H-SiC BJT; RF characteristics; S-band; SiC; SiC:N-SiC:Al-SiC:N; double mesa BJT structure; fabrication procedure; n-type 4H-SiC substrate; power RF devices; Aluminum; Breakdown voltage; Etching; Fabrication; Gallium arsenide; Nitrogen; Radio frequency; Silicon carbide; Testing; Thermal conductivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    High Performance Devices, 2002. Proceedings. IEEE Lester Eastman Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7478-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LECHPD.2002.1146750
  • Filename
    1146750