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A novel bipolar transistor structure, namely, a SiC emitter lateral NPM Schottky collector bipolar transistor (SCBT) with a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate is explored using two-dimensional (2-D) simulation. A comprehensive comparison…
A distinctive approach for forming a lateral Bipolar Charge Plasma Transistor (BCPT) is explored using 2-D simulations. Different metal work-function electrodes are used to induce n- and p-type charge plasma layers on undoped SOI to form…
We propose and investigate the intrinsically thinnest transistor concept: a monolayer ballistic heterojunction bipolar transistor based on a lateral heterostructure of transition metal dichalcogenides. The device is intrinsically thinner…
Basic SiC bipolar transistors have been studied in the past for their applications where high power or high temperature operation is required. However since the current gain in SiC bipolar transistors is very low and therefore, a large base…
Nano-electronic integrated circuit technology is exclusively based on MOSFET transistor due to its scalability down to the nanometer range. On the other hand, Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT), which provides unmatched analog…
In this work we study the self-heating (1) effect (SHE) in nanoscale Silicon on Insulator Junctionless (SOI JL) FinFET transistor with fi cross section in rectangular, trapeze and triangle form. The lattice temperature dependence on the…
To take fully advantage of Junctionless transistor (JLT) low-cost and low-temperature features we investigate a 475 degC process to create onto a wafer a thin poly-Si layer on insulator. We fabricated a 13nm doped (Phosphorous, 1E19 at/cm3)…
Recent development in fabrication technology of planar two-dimensional (2D) materials has brought up possibilities of numerous novel applications. Our recent analysis has revealed that by definition of p-n junctions through appropriate…
A light-emitting-diodes (LEDs)-integrated silicon carbide (SiC) insulated gate bipolar transistors (LI-IGBT) is proposed in this paper. The novelty of the LI-IGBT depends on the photogeneration effect of III-nitride LEDs embedded in the…
The deviations of cryogenic collector current-voltage characteristics of SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) from ideal drift-diffusion theory have been a topic of investigation for many years. Recent work indicates that direct…
This paper describes a new and simple approach to accurately characterize the transient self-heating effect in Si-Ge Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (HBTs), based on pulse measurements and verified through transient electro-thermal…
Integrated circuits (ICs) that can operate at high temperature have a wide variety of applications in the fields of automotive, aerospace, space exploration, and deep-well drilling. Conventional silicon-based complementary…
This communication deals with a theoretical study of the hot spot onset (HSO) in cellular bipolar power transistors. This well-known phenomenon consists of a current crowding within few cells occurring for high power conditions, which…
We design a resistive heater optimized for efficient and low-loss optical phase modulation in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide and characterize the fabricated devices. Modulation is achieved by flowing current perpendicular to a new…
Bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) have been at the core of linear electronics from its beginnings. Although their properties can be well represented transport model equations, design and analysis approaches have, to a good extent, been…
We use simulations to examine current saturation in sub-micron graphene transistors on SiO2/Si. We find self-heating is partly responsible for current saturation (lower output conductance), but degrades current densities >1 mA/um by up to…
We report on a temperature-induced transition from a conventional semiconductor to a two-dimensional topological insulator investigated by means of magnetotransport experiments on HgTe/CdTe quantum well structures. At low temperatures, we…
A strain sensor inspired by a Widlar self-biased current source topology called $\beta$-multiplier is developed to obtain a strain-dependent reference current with high supply rejection. The sensor relies on the piezoresistive effect in the…
We will describe the thermal performance of power semiconductor module, which consists of hetero-junction bipolar transistors (HBTs), for mobile communication systems. We calculate the thermal resistance between the HBT fingers and the…
Practical device architectures are proposed here for the implementation of three-terminal heterojunction bipolar transistor solar cells (3T-HBTSCs). These photovoltaic devices, which have a potential efficiency similar to that of…