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Shuji ITO Toshiyuki NAKAMURA Hiroshi HOGA Satoshi NISHIKAWA Hirokazu FUJIMAKI Yumiko HIJIKATA Yoshihisa OKITA
SiGe HBTs with doping level inversion, that is, a higher dopant concentration in the base than in the emitter, are realized based on the double-polysilicon self-aligned transistor scheme by means of selective epitaxy performed in a production CVD reactor. The effects of the Ge profile in the base on the transistor performance are explored. The fabricated HBT with a 12-27% graded Ge profile demonstrates a maximum cutoff frequency of 88 GHz, a maximum oscillation frequency of 65 GHz, and an ECL gate delay time of 13.8 ps.