Study of Cutoff Frequency of High Collector Current Density in SiGe Single-Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor
- 1 Center for Applied Research in Electronics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Hauz-Khas, New-Delhi-110016, India
Abstract
The cutoff frequency performance of an NPN Si/SiGe/SiGe Single-heterojunction bipolar transistor (SiGe SHBT) at high collector current densities has been analyzed using a 2-dimensional MEDICI device simulator. A conventional NPN Si/SiGe/Si Double-heterojunction bipolar transistor (SiGe DHBT) having uniform 14%Ge in the base region has been investigated for comparison. The analysis shows the formation of a retarding potential barrier for minority carrier electrons at the basecollector heterojunction of the DHBT structure. Whereas, the base-collector homojunction of the SiGe SHBT structure, having a uniform 14%Ge profile in its base and collector, inhibits the formation of such a retarding potential barrier. The SHBT structure with a base-collector homojunction shows an Improved cutoff frequency at a high collector current density in comparison with conventional SiGe DHBT, which makes it more promising for high speed, scaled down, field-specific applications.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2004.236.239
Copyright: © 2004 G. M. Khanduri and B. S. Panwar. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
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