Effects of ex situ annealing on electrical characteristics of p-n-p AlGaAs/InGaAsN/GaAs double heterojunction bipolar transistors

Pei-Wen Li; N. Y. Li; H. Q. Hou

doi:10.1016/S0038-1101(00)00051-4

Effects of ex situ annealing on electrical characteristics of p-n-p AlGaAs/InGaAsN/GaAs double heterojunction bipolar transistors

Pei-Wen Li^*, N. Y. Li, H. Q. Hou

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Institute of Electronics

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We report the effects of postgrowth annealing on the DC characteristics of p-n-p Al_0.3Ga_0.7As/In_0.03Ga_0.97As_0.99N_0.01/GaAs (AlGaAs/InGaAsN/GaAs) double heterojunction bipolar transistors (DHBTs). The DC electrical characteristics of p-n-p AlGaAs/InGaAsN/GaAs DHBTs with postgrowth anneal are inferior to those of DHBTs without anneal. We found that the current gain decreases by a factor of two and the offset voltage and saturation voltage increase slightly, which indicate that the electrical properties of AlGaAs/InGaAsN/GaAs DHBTs could not be improved by postgrowth anneal treatment. We believe that the compensation effect on the crystalline quality of ex situ thermally annealed n-type InGaAsN base layer is the main factor for degraded DC characteristics of AlGaAs/InGaAsN/GaAs DHBTs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1169-1172
Number of pages	4
Journal	Solid-State Electronics
Volume	44
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0038-1101(00)00051-4
State	Published - 1 Jul 2000

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Effects of ex situ annealing on electrical characteristics of p-n-p AlGaAs/InGaAsN/GaAs double heterojunction bipolar transistors

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