• DocumentCode
    1620478
  • Title

    Thermally induced current constriction in III-V heterojunction bipolar transistors

  • Author

    Koenig, Eric ; Schneider, Jürgen ; Seiler, Ulrich ; Erben, Uwe

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Center, Daimler-Benz AG, Ulm, Germany
  • fYear
    1994
  • Firstpage
    127
  • Lastpage
    130
  • Abstract
    The current through HBTs with different emitter lengths is shown to be constricted to practically identical areas as a result of the lateral temperature distribution and negative temperature coefficient of the base-emitter voltage
  • Keywords
    temperature distribution; III-V HBT; base-emitter voltage; emitter lengths; heterojunction bipolar transistors; lateral temperature distribution; negative temperature coefficient; thermally induced current constriction; Circuits; Current distribution; Fingers; Gallium arsenide; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; III-V semiconductor materials; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Thermal resistance; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting,1994., Proceedings of the 1994
  • Conference_Location
    Minneapolis, MN
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1316-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BIPOL.1994.587878
  • Filename
    587878