• DocumentCode
    3299583
  • Title

    Impact-ionization induced instabilities in high-speed bipolar transistors and their influence on the maximum usable output voltage

  • Author

    Rickelt, M. ; Rein, H.M.

  • Author_Institution
    AG Halbleiterbauelemente, Ruhr-Univ., Bochum, Germany
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    54
  • Lastpage
    57
  • Abstract
    Analytical relations for the onset of impact-ionization induced instabilities in bipolar transistors are derived and verified by both 3D simulations and measurements. They allow the designer to calculate the maximum usable DC output voltage for different driving conditions
  • Keywords
    impact ionisation; power bipolar transistors; semiconductor device breakdown; semiconductor device models; stability; 3D simulations; DC output voltage; driving conditions; high-speed bipolar transistors; impact-ionization induced instabilities; maximum usable output voltage; Analytical models; Bipolar transistors; Doped fiber amplifiers; High power amplifiers; Impact ionization; Impedance; Low voltage; Optical fiber amplifiers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Silicon carbide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
  • Conference_Location
    Minneapolis, MN
  • ISSN
    1088-5714-0
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5712-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BIPOL.1999.803524
  • Filename
    803524