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Published May 12, 1988 | public
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GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction Pnp bipolar transistors grown on (100) Si by molecular beam epitaxy

Abstract

GaAs/AlGaAs Pnp heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) were fabricated and tested on (100) Si substrates for the first time. A common-emitter current gain of β=8 was measured for the typical devices with an emitter area of 50×50 μm^2 at a collector current density of 1×10^(4) A/cm^2 with no output negative differential resistance up to 280 mA, highest current used. A very high base-collector breakdown voltage of 10 V was obtained. Comparing the similar structures grown on GaAs substrates, the measured characteristics clearly demonstrate that device grade hole injection can be obtained in GaAs on Si epitaxial layers despite the presence of dislocations.

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© 1988 IEE. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the IEE. This work was funded by the United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research. The CALTECH portion of the research was funded by grants from ONR, AFOSR, ARO and NSF. H. Morkoć was partially funded by SDIO-IST through the Jet Propulsion Laboratory while he was a distinguished visiting scientist.

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