TRADEOFF BETWEEN 1/F NOISE AND MICROWAVE PERFORMANCE IN ALGAAS/GAAS HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR-TRANSISTORS

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COSTA, D [1 ]
TUTT, MN [1 ]
KHATIBZADEH, A [1 ]
PAVLIDIS, D [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MICHIGAN,DEPT ELECT ENGN & COMP SCI,SOLID STATE ELECTR LAB,ANN ARBOR,MI 48109
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10.1109/16.297728
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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The 1/f noise characteristics and microwave gain of AlGaAs/GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBT's) have been investigated as a function of surface passivation ledge length. These measurements clearly demonstrate that the ledge length imposes a tradeoff between the 1/f noise and microwave power gain performance. Compared to a conventional unpassivated self-aligned HBT, HBT's with 0.4 and 1.1 mum ledge lengths improve the equivalent input base noise current spectral density at 100 Hz by as much as 2 dB and 6.5 dB, respectively; while degrading the maximum available gain at 18 GHz by 0.3 dB and 2.4 dB, respectively.
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