Generalized Analytical Transport Modeling of the DC Characteristics of Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1993, Pages 1390-1397

  Lee, Tae Woo ^a   Houston, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HETEROJUNCTIONS;

ANALYTICAL TRANSPORT MODELING; COLLECTOR EMITTER EFFECT VOLTAGES; CONDUCTION BAND DISCONTINUITY; CURRENT TRANSPORT MECHANISM; DC CHARACTERISTICS;

BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0027648592     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.223697     Document Type: Article

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