Invited Paper Advances In The Technology For The Permeable Base Transistor

M, A. Hollis; K. B. Nichols; R. A. Murphy; C. O. Bozler

doi:10.1117/12.941060

22 April 1987 Invited Paper Advances In The Technology For The Permeable Base Transistor

M, A. Hollis, K. B. Nichols, R. A. Murphy, C. O. Bozler

Proceedings Volume 0797, Advanced Processing of Semiconductor Devices; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941060
Event: Advances in Semiconductors and Semiconductor Structures, 1987, Bay Point, FL, United States

Abstract

The GaAs permeable base transistor (PBT) is fabricated by using overgrowth to embed a polycrystalline, submicrometer-period tungsten (W) grating completely within a single crystal of n-type GaAs. Recent PBTs have experimentally demonstrated an extrapolated maximum frequency of oscillation (f max)of 223 GHz and an extrapolated unity current gain frequency (fT) of 50 GHz. By using a subpicosecond laser sampling technique, the turn-on risetime for a PBT has been measured to be 5 picoseconds at room temperature. Initial PBT performance results were modest, prompting a comprehensive study of the special problems involved in fabrication. Extensive secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) experiments have shown that Cr, Fe, Cu, Te, and Au impurities in the W grating lines diffuse into the GaAs during overgrowth. Similar experiments have shown that Cl preferentially incorporates from the gas phase around W gratings overgrown by AsCl, vapor phase epitaxy (VPE). Se shows this same behavior in organometallic chemical vapor deposition (OMCVD) overgrowth when H2Se is used as the dopant gas. Studies have also shown that any pre-overgrowth process-related surface contamination on the GaAs or the grating that is not removed by the pre-overgrowth surface cleaning will probably be incorporated into the overgrown GaAs. Many of these impurities are acceptors or deep levels in GaAs, and their presence in the device channels can have a strong negative effect on PBT performance. All of these fabrication-related problems have been rigorously addressed, and as a result both the device performance and the wafer-to-wafer reproducibility have improved substantially. The technology required to fabricate PBTs is not particularly difficult, provided that the proper combination of materials and processes is selected. Overgrowth-based technologies offer a whole new degree of freedom to high-speed device designers and those wishing to integrate disparate materials on a single wafer.

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M, A. Hollis, K. B. Nichols, R. A. Murphy, and C. O. Bozler "Invited Paper Advances In The Technology For The Permeable Base Transistor", Proc. SPIE 0797, Advanced Processing of Semiconductor Devices, (22 April 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941060

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