A GaN/4H-SiC heterojunction bipolar transistor with operation up to 300°C
Open Access
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in MRS Internet Journal of Nitride Semiconductor Research
- Vol. 4 (1)
- https://doi.org/10.1557/s1092578300000594
Abstract
We report on the fabrication and characterization of GaN/4H-SiC n-p-n heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs). The device structure consists of an n-SiC collector, p-SiC base, and selectively grown n-GaN emitter. The HBTs were grown using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition on SiC substrates. Selective GaN growth through a SiO2 mask was used to avoid damage that would be caused by reactive ion etching. In this report, we demonstrate common base transistor operation with a modest dc current gain of 15 at room temperature and 3 at 300°C.Keywords
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