Extrinsic Base Surface Passivation in High Speed ＂Type-II＂ GaAsSb/InP DHBTs Using an InGaAsP Ledge Structure

Type-II GaAsSb/InP DHBTs with selectively-etched InGaAsP ledge structures are fabricated and characterized for the first time. The novel InGaAsP/GaAsSb/InP DHBTs with a 20nm lattice-matched GaAsSb base and a 75 nm InP collector have a dc current gain improvement by a factor of 2 and a cutoff frequency fT of 190 GHz. The InGaAsP ledge design provides a simple but effective approach to suppress the extrinsic base surface recombination and enable GaAsSb/InP DHBTs to further increase the operating frequencies and integration levels for millimeter wave applications.     

一种InP双异质结双极晶体管小信号物理模型及其提取方法

研究了InP双异质结双极晶体管（DHBT）的能带结构对集电极电容的影响,解决了传统方法不能准确提取InP DHBT集电极电容的问题.考虑了基极-发射极和集电极-发射极引线间的交叠电容,并从物理上区分了InP DHBT的本征电阻、外部电阻与寄生电阻,建立了一个基于物理的InP基DHBT小信号模型.同时提出了一套直接提取模型参数的方法,该方法无需引入数学优化,具有清晰的物理意义.提取的结果在很宽的偏置范围内准确地拟合了器件特性,验证了模型的准确性与提取方法的有效性. 关键词： InP双异质结双极晶体管 集电极电容 小信号模型 参数提取     

Beam Steering Analysis in Optically Phased Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser Array

Beam steering in implant defined coherently coupled vertical cavity surface emitting laser(VCSEL) arrays is simulated using the FDTD solution software. Angular deflection dependent on relative phase differences among elements, inter-element spacing, element size and emitted wavelength is analyzed detailedly and systematically.We design and fabricate 1×2 implant defined VCSEL arrays for optimum beam steering performance. Electronically controlled beam steering with a maximum deflection angle of 1.6° is successfully achieved in the 1×2 VCSEL arrays. The percentage of the power in the central lobe is above 39% when steering. The results show that the steering is controllable. Compared with other beam steering methods, the fabrication process is simple and of low cost.