Silicon heterojunction bipolar transistor with an amorphous silicon emitter and a crystalline silicon emitter region

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1973-1983

  Garner, David M ^a   Amaratunga, Gehan A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON; CARRIER MOBILITY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FREQUENCIES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

AMORPHOUS SILICON EMITTER; CRYSTALLINE SILICON EMITTER; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; HETEROEMITTER; HOMOJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 0033225713     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1101(99)00173-2     Document Type: Article

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