Low-Frequency Noise Properties of N-p-n AlGaAs/GaAs Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 2383-2394

  Harris, James S ^b  

^a TEXAS INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WHITE NOISE;

BURST NOISE BUMP; HBT NOISE MEASUREMENT; LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE; SURFACE NOISE;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0026938337     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.158813     Document Type: Article

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