Demonstration of a p-channel BICFET in the Ge/sub x/Si/sub 1-x//Si system

R.C. Taft, J.D. Plummer, Subramanian S. Iyer

IEEE Electron Device Letters · 1989 · 30 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

Operational bipolar inversion-channel field-effect transistors (BICFETs) based on the Ge/sub x/Si/sub 1-x//Si system are discussed. The 300 K current gain of beta =365 at a current density of J/sub c/=2.5*10/sup 4/ A/cm/sup 2/ is the highest value reported for any BICFET to date. The use of a double-heterojunction inversion channel eliminates the collector offset voltage. The present devices are limited by the channel resistance, so that performance improvements are expected for laterally-scaled-down devices.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>

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