Yee, M., Ng, W.K., David, J.P.R., Houston, P.A., Tan, C.H. and Krysa, A. (2003) Temperature dependence of breakdown and avalanche multiplication in In0.53Ga0.47As diodes and heterojunction bipolar transistors. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 50 (10). pp. 2021-2026. ISSN 0018-9383
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Abstract
The avalanche multiplication and impact ionization coefficients in In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As p-i-n and n-i-p diodes over a range of temperature from 20-400 K were measured and shown to have negative temperature dependence. This is contrary to the positive temperature dependence of the breakdown voltage measured on InP/In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) in this and previous works. It is shown that the collector-base dark current and current gain can be the overriding influence on the temperature dependence of breakdown in InP/In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As HBTs and could explain previous anomalous interpretations from the latter.
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| Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) |
| ID Code: | 896 |
| Deposited By: | Sherpa Assistant |
| Deposited On: | 19 Dec 2005 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Aug 2007 19:02 |
| Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TED.2003.816553 |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Identification Number: | doi:10.1109/TED.2003.816553 |
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