A Comprehensive Analytical and Numerical Model of Polysilicon Emitter Contacts in Bipolar Transistors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1984, Pages 773-784

  Yu, Zhiping ^a   Dutton, Robert W ^a   Ricco, Bruno ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON - APPLICATIONS;

NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYSILICON EMITTER CONTACTS;

TRANSISTORS, BIPOLAR;

EID: 0021437091     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/T-ED.1984.21606     Document Type: Article

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