Title :
A high-injection transit-time model for heterojunction barrier effects in SiGe HBTs
Author :
Liang, Qingqing ; Cressler, John D. ; Guofu Niu ; Malladi, Ramana M. ; Newton, Kim ; Harame, David L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Tech., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
A physics-based fT model considering high-injection heterojunction barrier effects in SiGe HBTs is derived. It accurately captures fT behavior at high JC, and offers better insight into the Kirk and barrier effect In SiGe HBTs.
Keywords :
Ge-Si alloys; heterojunction bipolar transistors; high field effects; semiconductor device models; Kirk effect; SiGe; SiGe HBTs; heterojunction barrier effects; high-injection transit-time model; Electronic mail; Germanium silicon alloys; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; III-V semiconductor materials; Kirk field collapse effect; Microelectronics; Microwave frequencies; Physics computing; Radio frequency; Silicon germanium;
Conference_Titel :
Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7561-0
DOI :
10.1109/BIPOL.2002.1042926