Theoretical and Experimental DC Characterization of InGaAs-Based Abrupt Emitter HBT's

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1047-1058

  Yang, Kyounghoon ^b   Cowles, John C ^a   East, Jack R ^b   Haddad, George I ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 33747289191     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.387236     Document Type: Article

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