High-Frequency Characteristics of InGaP/GaAs Double Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Epitaxially Grown on 200 mm Ge/Si Wafers

Autor: Loke Wan Khai, Wang Yue, Lee Kwang Hong, Liu Zhihong, Xie Hanlin, Chiah Siau Ben, Kenneth Lee Eng Kian, Zhou Xing, Chuan Seng Tan, Ng Geok Ing, Eugene A. Fitzgerald, Yoon Soon Fatt
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, Vol 8, Pp 122-125 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2168-6734
DOI: 10.1109/JEDS.2020.2967406
Popis: N-p-n InGaP/GaAs double heterojunction bipolar transistor has been successfully grown on a 200 mm Ge/Si wafer using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition with low defect density of 107 cm-2. Non-gold metals of Ni/Ge/Al and Ti/Al are used to form the ohmic contact for small pieces device fabrication. Both direct-current (dc) and high-frequency characteristics of the device were measured. The device with emitter area of 6 × 8 μm2 shows a dc gain of 55 at a collector current of Ic = 4 mA, with high collector-emitter breakdown voltage of ~17 V. The high-frequency response with cutoff frequency (fT) of 23 GHz and maximum available frequency (fmax) of 10 GHz can be achieved. These results demonstrate that InGaP/GaAs double heterojunction bipolar transistor grown on low defect density Ge/Si wafer has the potential for realizing III-V CMOS integrated platform for high-frequency applications.
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