Microstructural analysis of a Au/Pt/Pd/Zn ohmic contact to an AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistor

Journal of Electronic Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1478-1486

  Jian, P ^a   Ivey, D G ^a   Eicher, S ^b   Lester, T P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

AlGaAs GaAs; Au Pt Pd Zn ohmic contacts; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342467042     PISSN: 03615235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02655387     Document Type: Article

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