DocumentCode
1090872
Title
New method for determining emitter resistance
Author
Wijburg, R.C.M. ; Klootwijk, J.H.
Author_Institution
MESA Res. Inst., Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands
Volume
28
Issue
8
fYear
1992
fDate
4/9/1992 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
733
Lastpage
734
Abstract
A new method is described to determine the emitter resistance of bipolar transistors. With this method the emitter resistance can directly be extracted from the Gummel plot. It is based on the fact that the base current is zero at a certain collector-base voltage due to impact ionisation.
Keywords
bipolar transistors; electric resistance; impact ionisation; semiconductor device models; Gummel plot; base current; bipolar transistors; collector-base voltage; emitter resistance; impact ionisation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19920464
Filename
133103
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