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Triple heterojunction bipolar transistor
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1994-06-08
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Granted: 1995-06-20
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Expires: 2014-06-08
Abstract
Abstract A vertical Triple Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (THBT) and method of fabrication therefor. The THBT collector has a substrate layer of N + silicon, an N - silicon layer grown on the substrate and a Si/SiGe superlattice grown on the N - silicon layer. The THBT base is layer of P + SiGe grown on the superlattice. The THBT Emitter is a second Si/SiGe Superlattice grown on the base layer. An N - silicon layer is grown on the emitter superlattice. A layer of N + GaP grown on that N - Si layer. The base is formed, first, by etching a rectangular groove through the emitter, ion implanting dopant into the base layer to form an extrinsic base, etching a V shaped groove into the extrinsic base and, then, filling the grooved base with doped polysilicon.
Inventors
- 👤 S. Noor Mohammad
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D10/00; H10D10/80; H10D10/821; H10D10/891; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S438/00; Y10S438/933
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
92 words
A Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) comprised of: a first superlattice in a collector region; a second superlattice in an emitter region; a base layer between said emitter and said collector region; and said first and said second superlattice comprising: alternating layers of a first and a second semiconductor material, said first semiconductor material is silicon and said second semiconductor material is SiGe, and the mole fraction of Ge in said SiGe material being monotonically decreasing in the direction away from the base layer in said collector region and in said emitter region.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
92 words
A Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (HBT) comprised of: a first superlattice in a collector region; a second superlattice in an emitter region; a base layer between said emitter and said collector region; and said first and said second superlattice comprising: alternating layers of a first and a second semiconductor material, said first semiconductor material is silicon and said second semiconductor material is SiGe, and the mole fraction of Ge in said SiGe material being monotonically decreasing in the direction away from the base layer in said collector region and in said emitter region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
The HBT of claim 1 wherein said base layer is adjacent said superlattice layers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The HBT of claim 1 wherein said base layer is of said second semiconductor material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The HBT of claim 3 wherein said emitter region includes a layer of GaP.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The HBT of claim 1 wherein said emitter and collector regions are N type and said base layer is P type.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
The HBT of claim 4 wherein said emitter and collector regions are N type and said base layer is P type.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
The HBT of claim 1 wherein said emitter and collector regions are P type and said base layer is N type.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
The HBT of claim 4 wherein said emitter and collector regions are P type and said base layer is N type.
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