• DocumentCode
    1644689
  • Title

    Base resistance distribution in bipolar transistors: Relevance to compact noise modeling and extraction from admittance parameters

  • Author

    Vitale, Francesco ; Pijper, Ralf ; Van der Toorn, Ramses

  • Author_Institution
    Delft Inst. of Microsyst. & Nanoelectron. (Dimes), Delft Univ. of Technol., Delft, Netherlands
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    161
  • Lastpage
    164
  • Abstract
    We discuss the relevance of the distribution of the base resistance of planar bipolar transistors with respect to noise-and small-signal characteristics. We present analytical results for admittance parameters in terms of elements of the small-signal equivalent circuit of the Mextram compact model and discuss extraction of base resistance distribution parameters from measured admittance parameters for selected cases.
  • Keywords
    bipolar transistors; equivalent circuits; semiconductor device models; Mextram compact model; admittance parameters; base resistance distribution parameters extraction; bipolar transistors; compact noise modeling; small-signal equivalent circuit; Admittance; Current measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Frequency measurement; Integrated circuit modeling; Noise; Resistance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting (BCTM), 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Austin, TX
  • ISSN
    1088-9299
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8578-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/BIPOL.2010.5667931
  • Filename
    5667931