DocumentCode
3554159
Title
The effects of emitter impurity concentration on the high-current gain of silicon NPN power transistors
Author
Martinelli, Ramon U. ; Jetter, E. ; Jetter, Evelyn
Author_Institution
RCA Laboratories, Princeton, New Jersey
Volume
22
fYear
1976
fDate
1976
Firstpage
162
Lastpage
165
Abstract
A reduction of the surface impurity concentration in the emitter from levels beyond 5 × 1020to levels around 5 × 1019cm-3is known to increase the emitter efficiency, and hence, the d.c. gain of bi-polar transistors at low current levels
Keywords
Current density; Cutoff frequency; Fingers; Impurities; Laboratories; Power transistors; Silicon; Solid state circuits; Substrates; Temperature;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electron Devices Meeting, 1976 International
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEDM.1976.189009
Filename
1478721
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