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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 September 2002
The excess leakage current due to the ion implantationisolation process used in the fabrication of double mesa Self PassivatedGaAlAs/GaInP/GaAs Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (SP-HBT) has been investigated.This ion implantation process, used to limit the active emitter length results in a drasticreduction of the current gain. The ideality factor of the recombination current associatedwith the ion implantation has been found to be 1.8, close to the conventional value of 2.