Title :
Comments on determination of bandgap narrowing from activation plots
Author :
Park, Jong-Sik ; Neugroschel, Arnost ; Lindholm, Fredrik A.
Author_Institution :
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
fDate :
7/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We study the temperature dependence of the emitter saturation current for bipolar devices by varying the surface recombination velocity at the emitter surface. From this dependence we derive a value for the bandgap narrowing that is in better agreement with other determinations than were previous results obtained from the temperature dependence measured on devices with ohmic contacts.
Journal_Title :
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/T-ED.1986.22617