Foreword |
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Biographies |
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1 | (2) |
Preface |
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3 | (20) |
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23 | (14) |
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30 | (7) |
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Chapter 2 Device Modeling Overview |
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37 | (40) |
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2.1 A brief history on bipolar transistor technology |
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39 | (10) |
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2.2 Semiconductor equations |
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49 | (6) |
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55 | (4) |
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2.4 Charge definitions in bipolar transistors |
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59 | (18) |
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2.4.1 Regional analysis of bipolar transistors |
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61 | (10) |
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2.4.2 Relation between charge storage components and measurement |
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71 | (2) |
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73 | (4) |
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Chapter 3 Theory of Homojunction Bipolar Transistors |
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77 | (102) |
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78 | (9) |
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3.1.1 "High" collector voltage |
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79 | (4) |
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3.1.2 "Low" collector voltage |
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83 | (3) |
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86 | (1) |
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3.2 Electric field calculations |
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87 | (8) |
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3.2.1 Fully depleted collector region - high voltage case |
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88 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Partially depleted collector: low voltage case |
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89 | (6) |
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3.3 Static operation and characteristics |
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95 | (28) |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (6) |
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103 | (3) |
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106 | (2) |
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3.3.2 Back injection related current components |
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108 | (6) |
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3.3.3 Currents related to space-charge region recombination |
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114 | (3) |
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3.3.4 Avalanche current from base-collector breakdown |
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117 | (6) |
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3.4 Depletion (junction) charges and capacitances |
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123 | (8) |
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123 | (4) |
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3.4.2 High forward bias operation |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (2) |
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3.5 Mobile charge and storage times |
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131 | (48) |
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132 | (1) |
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3.5.1.1 Neutral base region |
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133 | (5) |
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3.5.1.2 Base-collector region |
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138 | (6) |
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144 | (4) |
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3.5.1.4 Base-emitter space charge region |
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148 | (4) |
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3.5.1.5 Summary of the results for low current densities |
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152 | (1) |
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3.5.2 Medium current densities |
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152 | (1) |
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3.5.2.1 Neutral base region |
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153 | (1) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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156 | (1) |
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3.5.2.3 BC space-charge region |
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157 | (1) |
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3.5.2.4 Neutral emitter region |
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158 | (3) |
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3.5.2.5 BE space-charge region |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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3.5.3 High current densities |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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162 | (1) |
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163 | (2) |
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C Charge and storage time |
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165 | (4) |
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3.5.3.2 Neutral base region |
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169 | (2) |
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3.5.3.3 BC space-charge region |
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171 | (2) |
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3.5.3.4 Neutral emitter region |
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173 | (1) |
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3.5.3.5 BE space-charge region |
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173 | (1) |
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174 | (1) |
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174 | (5) |
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Chapter 4 Advanced Theory |
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179 | (122) |
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4.1 HBT operation principle |
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180 | (23) |
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4.1.1 The SiGe heterojunction in a neutral region |
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180 | (4) |
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4.1.2 Heterojunction diode |
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184 | (3) |
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187 | (4) |
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4.1.3.1 High-voltage case |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (2) |
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4.1.3.3 The base-collector barrier |
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195 | (8) |
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4.2 Electric field in the collector region |
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203 | (6) |
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4.3 Static operation and characteristics |
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209 | (40) |
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4.3.1 Transfer current from integral charge-control relations |
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210 | (4) |
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4.3.1.1 The Moll-Ross relation |
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214 | (1) |
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4.3.1.2 The integral charge-control relation |
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215 | (6) |
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4.3.1.3 Generalized integral charge-control relation |
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221 | (6) |
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A Hole charge partitioning |
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227 | (1) |
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228 | (4) |
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232 | (2) |
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234 | (3) |
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4.3.2 Base current components related to recombination |
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237 | (3) |
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4.3.3 Non-local base-collector avalanche current |
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240 | (7) |
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247 | (2) |
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249 | (21) |
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249 | (1) |
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4.4.1.1 Influence of the material composition |
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249 | (4) |
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4.4.1.2 Current dependence of base-collector depletion charge |
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253 | (5) |
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258 | (1) |
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4.4.2.1 Neutral base region |
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259 | (3) |
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4.4.2.2 Neutral collector |
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262 | (4) |
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4.4.2.3 Base-collector depletion region |
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266 | (1) |
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266 | (3) |
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4.4.2.5 Base-emitter depletion region |
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269 | (1) |
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4.5 Vertical non-quasi-static effects |
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270 | (31) |
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270 | (2) |
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4.5.2 Time-domain description |
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272 | (11) |
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4.5.3 Frequency domain solution |
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283 | (7) |
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4.5.4 Discussion and relation to compact modeling |
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290 | (6) |
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296 | (5) |
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Chapter 5 Geometry (Layout) Scaling |
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301 | (130) |
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302 | (3) |
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5.2 Internal base resistance |
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305 | (27) |
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306 | (1) |
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5.2.1.1 Current crowding effect |
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306 | (6) |
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5.2.1.2 Conductivity modulation |
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312 | (5) |
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5.2.2 Small-signal operation |
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317 | (7) |
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5.2.3 Large-signal transient operation |
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324 | (8) |
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5.3 Emitter junction perimeter effects |
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332 | (31) |
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5.3.1 Standard scaling of currents and charges |
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333 | (2) |
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335 | (19) |
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5.3.3 Base current components |
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354 | (3) |
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357 | (1) |
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5.3.4.1 Depletion charges |
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358 | (1) |
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359 | (2) |
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5.3.4.3 Base resistance under the BE spacer |
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361 | (2) |
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5.4 Three-dimensional and parasitic effects |
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363 | (56) |
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5.4.1 Standard-scaling for a 3D structure |
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364 | (1) |
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365 | (7) |
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372 | (5) |
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5.4.3.1 Internal base resistance for the 3D case |
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377 | (1) |
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377 | (3) |
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B Small-signal frequency dependent operation |
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380 | (2) |
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C Large-signal transient operation |
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382 | (1) |
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5.4.3.2 Total base resistance for the 3D case |
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382 | (1) |
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A Double base contact in parallel to the emitter |
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383 | (5) |
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B Single base contact in parallel to the emitter |
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388 | (6) |
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C Base contacts perpendicular to the emitter |
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394 | (3) |
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397 | (1) |
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5.4.4 Avalanche pinch-in effect |
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398 | (4) |
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5.4.5 Base-collector region related capacitances |
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402 | (2) |
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5.4.6 Base-emitter isolation capacitance |
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404 | (1) |
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5.4.7 External collector resistance |
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405 | (4) |
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409 | (2) |
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5.4.9 Collector-substrate capacitance |
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411 | (2) |
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5.4.10 Parasitic substrate transistor |
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413 | (3) |
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5.4.11 Intra-device substrate coupling |
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416 | (3) |
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419 | (12) |
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424 | (7) |
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Chapter 6 Temperature Effects |
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431 | (40) |
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432 | (1) |
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432 | (6) |
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6.3 Temperature dependence of transistor characteristics |
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438 | (16) |
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438 | (1) |
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438 | (4) |
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6.3.1.2 Mobile and minority charge |
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442 | (2) |
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6.3.1.3 Zero-bias hole charge |
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444 | (3) |
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447 | (1) |
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447 | (2) |
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6.3.2.2 Back injection related base current components |
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449 | (1) |
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6.3.2.3 Recombination currents |
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450 | (1) |
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6.3.2.4 Base-collector avalanche current |
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451 | (1) |
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6.3.2.5 Temperature dependence of current gain |
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451 | (2) |
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6.3.2.6 Tunneling current |
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453 | (1) |
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453 | (1) |
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454 | (1) |
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454 | (17) |
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6.4.1 Intra-device electro-thermal coupling |
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456 | (5) |
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6.4.2 Inter-device electro-thermal coupling |
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461 | (4) |
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465 | (6) |
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Chapter 7 Compact Noise Modeling |
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471 | (32) |
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7.1 Basic noise mechanisms |
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472 | (13) |
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472 | (5) |
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477 | (3) |
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480 | (1) |
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7.1.4 Recombination and generation noise |
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481 | (2) |
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483 | (2) |
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485 | (10) |
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7.2.1 Neutral base region |
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485 | (8) |
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7.2.2 Base-collector space-charge region |
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493 | (1) |
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494 | (1) |
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7.2.4 Impact ionization noise |
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494 | (1) |
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7.3 Multi-dimensional effects |
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495 | (8) |
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7.3.1 Internal transistor |
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495 | (1) |
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7.3.2 External (access) regions |
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496 | (1) |
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7.3.3 Flicker and 1/f noise |
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497 | (3) |
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500 | (3) |
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503 | (76) |
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8.1 Internal transistor model |
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504 | (29) |
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8.1.1 Depletion charges and capacitances |
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506 | (1) |
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8.1.1.1 Internal base-emitter junction |
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506 | (1) |
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8.1.1.2 Internal base-collector junction |
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507 | (4) |
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8.1.2 Minority charge and transit times |
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511 | (1) |
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8.1.2.1 Forward minority charge component |
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512 | (7) |
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8.1.2.2 Inverse minority charge component |
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519 | (1) |
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8.1.3 Quasi-static transfer current |
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519 | (4) |
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8.1.4 Non-quasi-static effects |
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523 | (2) |
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8.1.5 Quasi-static base current components |
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525 | (2) |
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8.1.6 Collector-base breakdown |
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527 | (1) |
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8.1.7 Emitter-base tunneling |
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528 | (1) |
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8.1.8 Internal base resistance |
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529 | (4) |
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533 | (11) |
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8.2.1 Mobile charge including collector current spreading |
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534 | (4) |
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8.2.2 Emitter perimeter region |
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538 | (2) |
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8.2.3 External base-collector region |
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540 | (1) |
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8.2.4 External series resistances |
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541 | (1) |
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8.2.5 Collector-substrate junction |
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542 | (1) |
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8.2.6 Parasitic substrate transistor |
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542 | (1) |
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543 | (1) |
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8.3 Temperature dependence |
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544 | (10) |
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8.3.1 Temperature dependent bandgap voltage |
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545 | (1) |
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8.3.2 Depletion charges and capacitances |
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545 | (2) |
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547 | (1) |
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8.3.4 Transit time and minority charge |
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548 | (2) |
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8.3.5 Junction current components |
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550 | (3) |
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553 | (1) |
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8.3.7 Parasitic substrate transistor |
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554 | (1) |
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554 | (3) |
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557 | (2) |
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559 | (5) |
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564 | (15) |
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576 | (3) |
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Chapter 9 Parameter Determination for HICUM/L2 |
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579 | (52) |
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580 | (2) |
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582 | (1) |
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9.3 Relevant transistor dimensions |
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583 | (2) |
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585 | (5) |
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9.4.1 IV measurements and data |
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585 | (1) |
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9.4.2 CV measurements and data |
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585 | (1) |
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9.4.3 S-parameter measurements and data |
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586 | (1) |
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9.4.4 Measurement conditions |
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587 | (3) |
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9.4.5 Sequence of measurements |
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590 | (1) |
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590 | (2) |
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9.6 Step-by-step extraction procedure |
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592 | (32) |
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9.6.1 BC depletion and isolation capacitance |
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596 | (2) |
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9.6.2 BE depletion and isolation capacitance |
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598 | (1) |
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9.6.3 CS depletion capacitance |
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599 | (1) |
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9.6.4 Internal base (sheet) resistance |
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600 | (1) |
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9.6.5 Components of external base resistance |
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601 | (1) |
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602 | (1) |
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9.6.7 Components of external collector resistance |
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603 | (1) |
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9.6.8 Collector current at low bias |
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604 | (2) |
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9.6.9 Current across BE junction at low bias |
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606 | (1) |
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9.6.10 Current across the BC junction (at low bias) |
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607 | (1) |
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9.6.11 Thermal resistance |
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608 | (1) |
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9.6.12 Forward transit time |
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609 | (2) |
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9.6.13 Collector current at high injection |
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611 | (2) |
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9.6.14 Base-collector Breakdown |
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613 | (1) |
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9.6.15 High-Frequency effects |
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614 | (1) |
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9.6.15.1 Vertical non-quasi-static effects |
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614 | (1) |
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9.6.15.2 Partitioning of the external BC capacitance |
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615 | (1) |
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9.6.16 Intra-device substrate coupling |
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616 | (1) |
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9.6.17 High-frequency emitter current crowding |
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617 | (1) |
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9.6.18 Parasitic substrate transistor elements |
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618 | (1) |
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9.6.18.1 Transfer current |
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618 | (1) |
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9.6.18.2 Charge storage time |
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619 | (1) |
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9.6.19 Temperature dependence |
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619 | (1) |
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9.6.19.1 Bandgap voltages related parameters |
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620 | (1) |
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9.6.19.2 Series resistances |
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621 | (1) |
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9.6.19.3 Transit time at low current densities |
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621 | (1) |
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9.6.19.4 Collector-emitter saturation voltage |
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622 | (1) |
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622 | (2) |
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9.7 Summary and discussions |
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624 | (7) |
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626 | (5) |
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Chapter 10 Model Hierarchy |
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631 | (48) |
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632 | (2) |
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10.2 HICUM/L0: a simplified model?? |
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634 | (37) |
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10.2.1 Large-signal model formulation |
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635 | (1) |
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10.2.1.1 Equivalent circuit |
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636 | (1) |
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10.2.1.2 Depletion charges and capacitances |
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637 | (1) |
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637 | (1) |
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B Base-collector junction |
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638 | (2) |
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C Collector-substrate junction |
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640 | (1) |
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640 | (2) |
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10.2.1.4 Quasi-static transfer current |
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642 | (10) |
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10.2.1.5 Static base current components |
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652 | (1) |
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10.2.1.6 Avalanche current |
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653 | (1) |
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10.2.1.7 Parasitic substrate transistor |
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654 | (1) |
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10.2.1.8 Series resistances |
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654 | (3) |
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10.2.1.9 External (parasitic) capacitances |
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657 | (1) |
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657 | (1) |
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10.2.2 Temperature dependence |
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658 | (3) |
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10.2.3 Small-Signal Operation |
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661 | (1) |
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662 | (1) |
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663 | (6) |
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10.2.6 Parameter Extraction |
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669 | (1) |
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10.2.6.1 Parameter determination from HICUM/L2 |
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669 | (1) |
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10.2.6.2 Parameter extraction from experimental data |
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670 | (1) |
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10.3 HICUM/L4: a distributed mode |
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671 | (8) |
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676 | (3) |
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Chapter 11 Application Examples |
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679 | (36) |
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11.1 Geometry scaling approach |
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680 | (5) |
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11.2 Examples for comparisons to measured device characteristics |
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685 | (15) |
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685 | (5) |
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690 | (1) |
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691 | (1) |
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11.2.4 Statistical and predictive modeling |
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692 | (8) |
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11.3 Model deployment for circuit design |
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700 | (15) |
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706 | (9) |
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715 | (20) |
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12.1 Technology challenges |
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716 | (5) |
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721 | (1) |
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722 | (6) |
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12.4 Physical limitations and device modeling |
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728 | (7) |
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730 | (5) |
Index |
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