Large Signal Modeling of HBT's Including Self-Heating and Transit Time Effects

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 449-464

  Grossman, P Chris ^a   Choma, John ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

bipolar; capacitance; charge; circuit; electroluminescence; HBT; Heterojunction; junction; model; recombination; SPICE; thermal; time; transistor; transit

Indexed keywords

TRANSISTORS, BIPOLAR--MODELING;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS (HBTS); SPICE;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES;

EID: 0026836812     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.121720     Document Type: Article

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