• DocumentCode
    3301233
  • Title

    Inclusion of topside metal heat spreading in the determination of HBT temperatures by electrical and geometrical methods [GaAs devices]

  • Author

    Yeats, B.

  • Author_Institution
    Hewlett-Packard Co., Santa Rosa, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    17-20 Oct. 1999
  • Firstpage
    59
  • Lastpage
    62
  • Abstract
    Topside metal helps spread the heat dissipated by HBTs and reduces both the thermal resistance at a given temperature, and its temperature dependence. In this paper we describe new methods for including topside metal cooling effects in both an electrical method of extracting HBT temperature and a geometry-based method for calculating HBT temperatures.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; cooling; gallium arsenide; heterojunction bipolar transistors; semiconductor device models; thermal resistance; GaAs; HBT temperatures; III-V semiconductors; cooling effects; electrical methods; geometrical methods; temperature dependence; thermal resistance; topside metal heat spreading; Cooling; Curve fitting; Electric resistance; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; Resistance heating; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors; Thermal conductivity; Thermal resistance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    GaAs IC Symposium, 1999. 21st Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA, USA
  • ISSN
    1064-7775
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5585-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GAAS.1999.803727
  • Filename
    803727