• DocumentCode
    761099
  • Title

    1/f noise reduction in self-aligned AlGaAs/GaAs HBT with AlGaAs surface passivation layer

  • Author

    Hayama, Nobuyuki ; Honjo, Kazuhiko

  • Author_Institution
    NEC Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    9/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2180
  • Lastpage
    2182
  • Abstract
    It is demonstrated that drastic improvement is achieved in base current noise for AlGaAs-passivated full self-aligned AlGaAs/GaAs HBTs, due to extrinsic base recombination current reduction. The base current 1/f noise was over 17 dB lower than that for an non-AlGaAs-passivated HBT, and comparable to that for an AlInAs/InGaAs HBT under a low collector density
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; electron device noise; gallium arsenide; heterojunction bipolar transistors; passivation; solid-state microwave devices; 1/f noise reduction; AlGaAs surface passivation layer; AlGaAs-GaAs; base current noise; extrinsic base recombination current reduction; low noise transistors; semiconductors; Circuit noise; Gallium arsenide; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Indium gallium arsenide; Low-frequency noise; Noise reduction; Passivation; Phase noise; Radiative recombination; Semiconductor device noise;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9383
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/16.155895
  • Filename
    155895