Amorphous-Si emitter heterojunction UHF power transistors for handy transmitter
- 1 May 1990
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Electron Device Letters
- Vol. 11 (5) , 187-190
- https://doi.org/10.1109/55.55245
Abstract
A UHF silicon heterojunction bipolar power transistor with a heavily doped amorphous-silicon emitter is reported. The fabrication process utilized an improved glow discharge technique. The deposition rate of amorphous silicon is 0.3-0.4 AA/s, which is slower than that of conventional a-Si:H. The average carrier density in the amorphous-silicon film is estimated to be about 1.5*10/sup 19/ cm/sup -3/. The present device can deliver 4.0-W output power with 72% collector efficiency and 8.2-dB gain at 470 MHz for 9.0-V low supply voltage. These preliminary results make the use of n/sup +/ a-Si:H as a wide-bandgap emitter material for high-frequency and high-power heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) very attractive.< >Keywords
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