• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 1998년도 하계종합학술대회논문집
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• pp.405-408
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• 1998

Due to the large conduction band discontinuity between emitter base, OmGaAs HBT has an advantge to enable the hot electrons to inject into the base. In this paper, InAlGaAs/InGaAs HBT with the various emitter junction gradings and the modified collectors are simulated and analyzed by HMC(hybrid monte carlo) simulator in order to find a optimal structure for the shortest transit time. A minium base transit time (.tau.$_{b}$ ) of 0.21 ps was obtained for HBT with the grading layer, which is parabolically graded from x=1.0 to x=0.5. The minimum collector transit time (.tau.$_{c}$ ) of 0.31ps was found when the collector was modified by inserting p$^{[-10]}$ and p$^{+}$ layers. Thus HBT in combination with the emitter grading and the modified collector layer showed the cut-off frequency (f$_{T}$) of 183GHz.z.z.

• E2M - 전기 전자와 첨단 소재
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• 제10권9호
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• pp.922-929
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• 1997

As the size of semiconductor devices shrinks in the horizontal as well as vertical dimension it is difficult to estimate the transport-velocity of electron because they drift in non-equilibrium with a few scattering. In this paper HYbrid Monte Carlo simulator which employs the drift-diffusion model for hole-transport and Monte Carlo model for electron-transport in order to reduce the simulation time and increase the accuracy as well has been developed and applied to analyze the electron-transport in InAlAs/InGaAs HBT which is attractive for an ultra high speed active device in high speed optical fiber transmission systems in terms of the velocity and energy distribution as well as cutoff frequency.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제36D권3호
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• pp.66-74
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• 1999

HMC(Hybrid Monte Carlo)시뮬레이션을 이용하여 InAlGaAs/InGaAs HBT의 비평형 고속전송을 해석하였고, 전송시간 및 차단주파수를 향상시키기 위하여 에미터-베이터 이종접합과 콜렉터 구조를 최적 설계 하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과, 에미터 조성경사영역에서 Al 몰비를 xf=1.0에서 xf=0.5로 변화시킬 경우 베이스 전송시간이τb=0.21ps로 가장 짧았다. 콜렉터 전송시간을 단축시킬 목적으로 콜렉터와 베이스 사이에 n\sup +\형 (콜렉터-Ⅰ), I형(콜렉터-Ⅱ), p형(콜렉터-Ⅲ), 콜렉터를 삽입하여 베이스-콜렉터 공간전하영역의 전계분포를 전자의 비평형고속전송을 유지하도록 설계하였다. 콜렉터-Ⅲ 구조에서는 전자의 음이온화된 억셉터가 콜렉터의 전계를 감소시킴으로써 전자가 Γ 밸리에서 먼 거리까지 전송을 가능하게 하여 가장 짧은 콜렉터 전송시간을 나타내었다. 결론적으로 가장 짧은 전송시간 τec는 Al 몰비가 xf=0.5인 에미터 구조와 콜렉터-Ⅲ에서 0.87psec이었고, 차단주파수 ft=183GHz를 나타내었다.

• 한국진공학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.218-227
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• 2003

AlGaAs/GaAs HBT 에미터 오믹 접촉을 위해 n형 InGaAs에 대한 Pd/Si/Ti/Pt 및 Pd/Si/Pd/Ti/Au 오믹 접촉 특성을 조사하였다. Pd/Si/Ti/Pt 오믹 접촉의 경우, 증착 상태에서는 접촉 비저항을 측정할 수 없을 정도의 비오믹 특성을 보였으며, $375^{\circ}C$에서 10초 동안 열처리한 경우 $5\times10^{-3}\Omega\textrm{cm}^2$의 높은 접촉 비저항을 나타내었다. 그러나 열처리 조건을 $425^{\circ}C$, 10초로 변화시킬 경우 $2\times10^{-6}\Omega\textrm{cm}^2$의 낮은 접촉 비저항을 나타내었다. Pd/Si/Pd/Ti/Au 오믹 접촉의 경우, $450^{\circ}C$까지의 열처리 동안에 전반적으로 우수한 오믹 특성을 나타내어 $400^{\circ}C$, 20초의 급속 열처리 조건에서 최저 $3.9\times10^{-7}\Omega\textrm{cm}^2$의 접촉 비저항을 나타내었다. 두 오믹 접촉 모두 오믹 재료와 InGaAs의 평활한 계면을 유지하면서 우수한 오믹 특성을 나타내어, 화합물 반도체 소자의 오믹 접촉으로 충분히 응용 가능하였다. Pd/Si/Ti/Pt 및 Pd/Si/Pd/Ti/Au를 AlGaAs/GaAs HBT의 에미터 오믹 접촉으로 사용하여 제작된 HBT 소자의 고주파 특성을 측정한 결과, 차단 주파수가 각각 63.9 ㎓ 및 74.4 ㎓로, 또한 최대공진 주파수가 각각 50.1 ㎓ 및 52.5 ㎓로 우수한 작동특성을 보였다.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2002년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.366-370
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• 2002

GaAs has become a very popular material for the fabrication of high frequency, low noise and microwave power devices. GaAs devices are also well suited for high temperature operation because of the large band gap of this material. The standard GaAs technology and device structures have to be modified for stable operation at high temperature. In this paper, AlGaAs/GaAs HBT considering stable ohmic contact at high temperature as well as thermal effect such as self-heating effect are introduced. All the data obtained study will be used as input data for the simulator and the result will be compared with an analytical model available in this study,

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제35D권7호
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• pp.88-93
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• 1998

For the self-aligned AlGaAs/GaAs HBTs, the surface states at the interface between the extrinsic base surface and the passivation nitride is a major cause of degradation of dc characteristics. In this paper the degradation mechanisms of self-aligned AlGaAs/GaAs HBT were analyzed, and GaAs HBTs, which employed an InGaP ledge emitter structure formed by the nonself-aligned process to cover the surface of the extrinsic base and reduce the surface states, produced high reliability. Accoridng to the acceleration lifetime test, the nonself-aligned InGaP/GaAs HBTs produced very reliable dc characteristics comparing with the self-aligned AlGaAs/GaAs HBTs. The activation energy was 1.97eV and MTTF $4.8{\times}10^{8}$ hrs at $140^{\circ}C$ which satisfied the MIL standard.

• 전자공학회논문지D
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• 제35D권5호
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• pp.40-47
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• 1998

This paper report sthe design, fabrication and characterization of an AlGaAs/GaAs HBT (heterojunction bipolar transistor) with an air-bridge isolation structure which is made to improve high frequency characteristics for the application to the mobile communication system in the next genration. We found that the size, shape and structure of HBT have an effect on the high frequency operation. The measured dc and ac characteristics of the four type HBTs were compared and analyzed. An E-type HBT with an air-bridge structure by undercut etching exhibited .beta.=56, $V_{off-set}$ = 0.3 V, B $V_{CEO}$=7.0V with $f_{T}$=40 GHz and $f_{max}$=45GHz at a collector current density of 7.1*10$^{4}$ A/c $m^{2}$.>.

• 전자공학회논문지A
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• 제32A권2호
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• pp.57-65
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• 1995

The effects of device geometry and layout on high speed performance such as current gain outoff frequency(f$_{T}$) and maximum oscillation frequency(f$_{max}$) are of very improtant for the scaling-down of geterojunction bipolar transistors(HBT$_{s}$). In this paper AlGaAs/GaAs HBTs are fabricated by MBE epitaxial growth and conventional mesa process, and the experimental data of emitter-base geometru dependency of HBT performance are presented in order to provide the quantitative information for optimum device structure design. It is shown that f$_{T}$ and f$_{max}$ are inversely proportional to the emiter stripe width, while the low emitter perimeter/area ratio is better to f$_{T}$ and worse ot f$_{max}$. It is also demonstrated the f$_{T}$ and f$_{max}$ are highly improved by the emitter-base spacing reduction resulting in less parsitic effects. As the result f$_{T}$ of 42GHz and f$_{max}$ of 23GHz are obtained for fabricated HBT with emitter area of 3${\times}20^{\mu}m^{2}$ and E-B spacing of 0.2$\mu$m.m.m.

• 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전기전자재료학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.840-843
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• 2001

In this study, temperature dependency of current gain for AlGaAs/GaAs/GaAs HBT is analytically proposed over the temperature range between 300K and 600K. Energy bandgap, effective mass, intrinsic carrier concentration are considered as temperature dependent parameters. Collector current which is numerically calculated is then analytically expressed to enhance the speed of calculation for current gain. From the results, current gain decreases as the temperature increases. These results will be used to expect the unity current gain frequency f$_{T}$ in conjunction with emitter-base and collector- base capacitances.s.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제27권3C호
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• pp.234-240
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• 2002

AlGaAs/InGaAs/GaAs HBT를 이용하여 준밀리미터파 광대역 무선망(BWLL) 시스템의 가입자용 장치에 사용 가능한 전력증폭기를 개발하였다. 베이스 접지 HBT 소자의 비선형 등가 회로를 추출하여 선형 및 비선형 회로 시뮬레이션을 통하여 출력 전력 정합 회로를 갖는 증폭기를 설계하였으며, 이를 기초로 하여 세라믹 기판 위의 스텁을 이용하여 하이브리드 형태로 증폭기를 구현하였다. 제작된 전력증폭기는 24.4 GHz에서 최대 포화 출력 25.5 dBm, 35%의 전력 부가 효율을 얻었으며, 24.8 GHz에서는 7.5 dB의 최대 선형 이득을 얻었다. 또한, 24.25 GHz∼24.75 GHz의 주파수 대역에서 22 dBm 이상의 포화 출력 전력과 25% 이상의 전력 부가 효율을 얻었다.