CW Measurement of HBT Thermal Resistance

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 2235-2239

  Dawson, Dale E ^a   Gupta, Aditya K ^a   Salib, Mike L ^a  

^a WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; HETEROJUNCTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

BASE-WIDTH MODULATION; BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR SELF-HEATING; HBT THERMAL RESISTANCE; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0026941833     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.158793     Document Type: Article

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