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The degradation phenomena in SiGe hetero-junction bipolar transistors induced by bias stress  

Lee, Seung-Yun (Basic Research Laboratory, Electronics & Telecommunication Research institute)
Yu, Byoung-Gon (Basic Research Laboratory, Electronics & Telecommunication Research institute)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.14, no.4, 2005 , pp. 229-237 More about this Journal
Abstract
The degradation phenomena in SiGe hetero-junction bipolar transistors(SiGe HBTs) induced by bias stress are investigated in this review. If SiGe HBTs are stressed over a specific time interval, the device parameters deviate from their nominal values due to the internal changes in the devices. Reverse-bias stress on emitter-base(EB) junctions causes base current increase and current gain decrease because carriers accelerated by the electrical field generate recombination centers. When forward-bias current stress is conducted at an ambient temperature above $140^{\circ}C$ , hot carriers produced by Auger recombination or avalanche multiplication induce current gain fluctuation. Mixed-mode stressing, where high emitter current and high collector-base voltage are simultaneously applied to the device, provokes base current rise as EB reverse-bias stressing does.
Keywords
SiGe; transistor; reliability; stress;
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