Total ionizing dose effects of domestic Si Ge HBTs under different dose rates

The total ionizing radiation(TID) response of commercial NPN silicon germanium hetero-junction bipolar transistors(Si Ge HBTs) produced domestically are investigated under dose rates of 800 m Gy(Si)/s and 1.3 m Gy(Si)/s with a Co-60 gamma irradiation source. The changes of transistor parameters such as Gummel characteristics, and excess base current before and after irradiation, are examined. The results of the experiments show that for the KT1151, the radiation damage is slightly different under the different dose rates after prolonged annealing, and shows a time dependent effect(TDE). For the KT9041, however, the degradations of low dose rate irradiation is higher than for the high dose rate, demonstrating that there is a potential enhanced low dose rate sensitivity(ELDRS) effect for the KT9041. The possible underlying physical mechanisms of the different dose rates responses induced by the gamma rays are discussed.     

A review of radiation effects in heterojunction bipolar transistors

We present a review of radiation effects studies on heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) in order to develop a framework for qualifying devices for application in the harsh radiation environment of space. Radiation effects in different HBT material systems are considered here, including Si/SiGe, GaAs/AlGaAs, and InP/InGaAs. We discuss the different effects of ionizing and nonionizing radiation on device performance and review the strong role that device geometry plays in determining the overall radiation tolerance. We present a new comparison of radiation tolerance in conventional transistors, HBTs, and high electron mobility transistors. Finally, we conclude that with proper design, HBTs are excellent candidates for application in space.     

锗硅异质结双极晶体管单粒子效应加固设计与仿真

本文设计了一种通过在版图布局中引入伪集电极的方法来提高锗硅异质结双极晶体管(SiGe HBT)抗单粒子性能的方法. 利用半导体器件模拟工具, 针对加固前后的SiGe HBT开展了单粒子效应仿真模拟, 分析了伪集电极对SiGe HBT电荷收集机理的影响. 结果表明, 引入的伪集电极形成的新的集电极-衬底结具有较大的反偏能力, 加固后SiGe HBT伪集电极通过扩散机理, 大量收集单粒子效应产生的电荷, 有效地减少了实际集电极的电荷收集量, 发射极、基极电荷收集量也有不同程度的降低, 加固设计后SiGe HBT 的单粒子效应敏感区域缩小, 有效的提高了SiGe HBT 器件抗单粒子效应辐射性能. 此项工作的开展为SiGe HBT电路级单粒子效应抗辐射加固设计打下良好的基础.     

5 MeV Proton irradiation effects on 200 GHz silicon–germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors

The total dose effects of 5?MeV proton and Co-60 gamma irradiation in the dose range from 1 to 100?Mrad on advanced 200?GHz Silicon–Germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors (SiGe HBTs) are investigated. The SRIM simulation study was conducted to understand the energy loss of 5?MeV proton ions in SiGe HBT structure. Pre- and post-radiation DC figure of merits such as forward- and inverse-mode Gummel characteristics, excess base current, DC current gain and output characteristics were used to quantify the radiation tolerance of the devices. The results show that the proton creates a significant amount of damages in the surface and bulk of the transistor when compared with gamma irradiation. The SiGe HBTs shows robust ionizing radiation tolerance even up to a total dose of 100?Mrad for both radiations.     

Synergistic effect of total ionizing dose on single event effect induced by pulsed laser microbeam on SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor

The synergistic effect of total ionizing dose(TID) on single event effect(SEE) in SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor(HBT) is investigated in a series of experiments. The SiGe HBTs after being exposed to 60 Co g irradiation are struck by pulsed laser to simulate SEE. The SEE transient currents and collected charges of the un-irradiated device are compared with those of the devices which are irradiated at high and low dose rate with various biases. The results show that the SEE damage to un-irradiated device is more serious than that to irradiated SiGe HBT at a low applied voltage of laser test. In addition, the g irradiations at forward and all-grounded bias have an obvious influence on SEE in the SiGe HBT, but the synergistic effect after cutting off the g irradiation is not significant. The influence of positive oxide-trap charges induced by TID on the distortion of electric field in SEE is the major factor of the synergistic effect. Moreover, the recombination of interface traps also plays a role in charge collection.     

三维数值仿真研究锗硅异质结双极晶体管总剂量效应

为探索锗硅异质结双极晶体管(SiGe HBT)总剂量效应的损伤机理,采用半导体器件三维模拟工具(TCAD),建立电离辐照总剂量效应损伤模型,分析比较电离辐射在SiGe HBT不同氧化层结构的不同位置引入陷阱电荷缺陷后,器件正向Gummel特性和反向Gummel特性的退化特征,获得SiGe HBT总剂量效应损伤规律,并与⁶⁰Coγ辐照实验进行对比.结果表明:总剂量辐照在SiGe HBT器件中引入的氧化物陷阱正电荷主要在pn结附近的Si/SiO₂界面处产生影响,引起pn结耗尽区的变化,带来载流子复合增加,最终导致基极电流增大、增益下降;其中EB Spacer氧化层中产生的陷阱电荷主要影响正向Gummel特性,而LOCOS隔离氧化层中的陷阱电荷则是造成反向Gummel特性退化的主要因素.通过数值模拟分析获得的SiGe HBT总剂量效应损伤规律与不同偏置下⁶⁰Coγ辐照实验的结论符合得较好.     

锗硅异质结晶体管单粒子效应激光微束模拟

对国产锗硅异质结双极晶体管(SiGe HBT)进行了单粒子效应激光微束辐照试验,观测SiGe HBT单粒子效应的敏感区域,测试不同外加电压和不同激光能量下SiGe HBT集电极瞬变电流和电荷收集情况,并结合器件结构对试验结果进行分析。试验结果表明:国产SiGe HBT位于集电极/衬底结内的区域对单粒子效应敏感,波长为1064 nm的激光在能量约为1.5 nJ时诱发SiGe HBT单粒子效应,引起电流瞬变。入射激光能量增强,电流脉冲增大,电荷收集量增加;外加电压增大,电流脉冲的波峰增大;SiGe HBT的单粒子效应与外加电压大小和入射激光能量都相关,电压主要影响瞬变电流的峰值,而电荷收集量主要依赖于入射激光能量。     

基区Ge组分分布对SiGe HBTs热学特性的影响

基区Ge组分的加入可以改善SiGe HBT的直流特性、 频率特性和噪声特性, 但Ge组分及其分布对HBT热学特性的影响报道还很少. 本文利用SILVACO半导体器件仿真工具, 建立了多指SiGe HBT模型, 对基区具有不同Ge组分梯度结构的SiGe HBTs的热学特性和电学特性的热稳定性进行了研究. 研究发现, 在Ge组分总量一定的条件下, 随着Ge组分梯度的增大, 器件的特征频率明显提高, 增益β和特征频率f_T随温度变化变弱, 器件温度分布的均匀性变好, 但增益变小; 而基区均匀Ge组分(Ge组分梯度为零) 的HBT的增益较大, 但随温度的变化较大, 器件温度分布的均匀性也较差. 在此基础上, 将基区Ge组分均匀分布和Ge组分缓变分布相结合, 提出了兼顾器件热学特性、 增益特性和频率特性的新型基区Ge组分分布- 分段分布结构. 结果表明, 相比于基区Ge组分均匀分布的器件, 新器件温度明显降低; β和f_T保持了较高的值, 且随温度的变化也较小, 显示了新结构器件的优越性. 这些结果对HBT的热学设计具有重要的参考意义, 是对SiGe HBT性能研究的一个补充.     

不同剂量率下锗硅异质结双极晶体管电离损伤效应研究

对于相同制作工艺的NPN锗硅异质结双极晶体管(SiGe HBT), 在不同辐照剂量率下进行⁶⁰Co γ射线的辐照效应与退火特性的研究. 测量结果表明, 两种辐照剂量率下, 随着辐照总剂量增加, 晶体管基极电流增大, 共发射极电流放大倍数降低, 且器件的辐照损伤、性能退化与辐照剂量率相关, 低剂量率下辐照损伤较高剂量率严重. 在经过与低剂量率辐照等时的退火后, 高剂量率下的辐照损伤仍较低剂量率下的损伤低, 即待测SiGeHBT具有明显的低剂量率损伤增强效应(ELDRS). 本文对相关的物理机理进行了探讨分析. 关键词： 锗硅异质结双极晶体管 低剂量率辐照损伤增强 辐照效应     

Weak avalanche multiplication in SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors on thin film silicon-on-insulator

In this paper, we propose an analytical avalanche multiplication model for the next generation of SiGe silicon-on-insulator (SOI) heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) and consider their vertical and lateral impact ionizations for the first time. Supported by experimental data, the analytical model predicts that the avalanche multiplication governed by impact ionization shows kinks and the impact ionization effect is small compared with that of the bulk HBT, resulting in a larger base-collector breakdown voltage. The model presented in the paper is significant and has useful applications in the design and simulation of the next generation of SiGe SOI BiCMOS technology.     

Analytical base–collector depletion capacitance in vertical SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors fabricated on CMOS-compatible silicon on insulator

The base--collector depletion capacitance for vertical SiGe npn heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) on silicon on insulator (SOI) is split into vertical and lateral parts. This paper proposes a novel analytical depletion capacitance model of this structure for the first time. A large discrepancy is predicted when the present model is compared with the conventional depletion model, and it is shown that the capacitance decreases with the increase of the reverse collector--base bias--and shows a kink as the reverse collector--base bias reaches the effective vertical punch-through voltage while the voltage differs with the collector doping concentrations, which is consistent with measurement results. The model can be employed for a fast evaluation of the depletion capacitance of an SOI SiGe HBT and has useful applications on the design and simulation of high performance SiGe circuits and devices.     

不同偏置影响锗硅异质结双极晶体管单粒子效应的三维数值仿真研究

针对国产锗硅异质结双极晶体管(SiGe HBT),采用半导体器件三维计算机模拟工具,建立单粒子效应三维损伤模型,研究不同偏置状态对SiGe HBT单粒子效应的影响.分析比较不同偏置下重离子入射器件后,各端口电流瞬变峰值和电荷收集量随时间的变化关系,获得SiGe HBT单粒子效应与偏置的响应关系.结果表明:不同端口对单粒子效应响应的最劣偏置不同,同一端口电荷收集量和瞬变电流峰值的最劣偏置也有所差异.载流子输运方式变化和外加电场影响是造成这种现象的主要原因.     

Ge组分分布对基区杂质非均匀分布的SiGe HBT温度特性的影响

众所周知, 双极型晶体管的设计主要是基区的设计. 一般而言, 基区的杂质分布是非均匀的. 本文首先研究了非均匀的杂质高斯分布对器件温度分布、增益和截止频率的温度特性的影响, 发现增益和截止频率具有正温度系数, 体内温度较高. 随后研究了基区Ge组分分布对这些器件参数的影响. 均匀Ge组分分布和梯形Ge组分分布的SiGe 异质结双极型晶体管增益和截止频率具有负温度系数, 具有较好的体内温度分布. 进一步的研究表明, 具有梯形Ge组分分布的SiGe 异质结双极型晶体管, 由于Ge组分缓变引入了少子加速电场, 不但使它的增益和截止频率具有较高的值, 而且保持了较弱的温度敏感性, 在增益、特征频率大小及其温度敏感性、体内温度分布达到了很好的折中.     

一种基于能带工程设计的CaAsSb/InP异质结双极晶体三极管

异质结晶体三极管（HBT）的性能与其材料体系密不可分，利用能带工程可以大大优化器件的结构，提高器件性能，文章从分析HBT的能带结构及设计要求入手，介绍了一种利用能带工程设计的基于GaAsSb/InP材料体系的新型HBT器件的结构及其性能，分析了该器件与其它材料体系器件相比所具有的优异特性，说明了对HBT的各区材料，其带边的相对位置所起的重要作用，最后，文章还报道了近期的实验情况，说明了GaAsSb/InP体系HBT的实际性能与理论预言一致。     

Effect of lateral structure parameters of SiGe HBTs on synthesized active inductors

The effect of lateral structure parameters of transistors including emitter width, emitter length, and emitter stripe number on the performance parameters of the active inductor(AI), such as the effective inductance Ls, quality factor Q,and self-resonant frequency ω_0 is analyzed based on 0.35-μm Si Ge Bi CMOS process. The simulation results show that for AI operated under fixed current density JC, the HBT lateral structure parameters have significant effect on Ls but little influence on Q and ω_0, and the larger Ls can be realized by the narrow, short emitter stripe and few emitter stripes of Si Ge HBTs. On the other hand, for AI with fixed HBT size, smaller JCis beneficial for AI to obtain larger Ls, but with a cost of smaller Q and ω_0. In addition, under the fixed collector current IC, the larger the size of HBT is, the larger Ls becomes, but the smaller Q and ω_0 become. The obtained results provide a reference for selecting geometry of transistors and operational condition in the design of active inductors.     

MOS结构电离辐射效应模型研究

基于氧化层空穴俘获和质子诱导界面陷阱电荷形成物理机制的分析,分别建立了MOS结构电离辐射诱导氧化层陷阱电荷密度、界面陷阱电荷密度与辐射剂量相关性的物理模型.由模型可以得到,在低剂量辐照条件下辐射诱导产生的两种陷阱电荷密度与辐射剂量成线性关系,在中到高辐射剂量下诱导陷阱电荷密度趋于饱和,模型可以很好地描述这两种陷阱电荷与辐射剂量之间的关系.最后讨论了低剂量辐照下,两种辐射诱导陷阱电荷密度之间的关系,认为低辐射剂量下两者存在线性关系,并用实验验证了理论模型的正确性.该模型为辐射环境下MOS器件辐射损伤提供了更 关键词： MOS结构 辐射 界面陷阱 氧化层陷阱     

SiGe HBT势垒电容模型

在考虑SiGe HBT的势垒电容时，通常的耗尽层近似不再适用，应考虑可动载流子的影响.在分析研究SiGe HBT载流子输运的基础上，建立了考虑发射结势垒区内载流子分布的发射结势垒电容模型和不同电流密度下包括基区扩展效应的集电结势垒电容模型.将以上势垒电容 模型应用于SiGe HBT频率特性模拟，模拟结果与实验结果符合得很好. 关键词： SiGe HBT 势垒电容 微分电容     

微电路FPGA的γ电离总剂量效应与加固技术

 讨论了Actel公司的FPGA芯片A1280XL在有偏置和无偏置条件下的γ电离总剂量效应,试验结果表明偏置条件对FPGA芯片电离总剂量效应有较大影响,在有偏置下FPGA芯片A1280XL失效阈最小,为12.16 Gy(Si);无偏置时FPGA失效阈最大,为33.2 Gy(Si)。对芯片内部结构进行了辐射效应分析,并提出一些加固方法提高器件的抗总剂量能力,如电路设计中采用冗余技术来实现对故障的检测和隔离,以及选取适当的屏蔽材料对器件进行屏蔽。     

Substrate bias effects on collector resistance in SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors on thin film silicon-on-insulator

An analytical expression for the collector resistance of a novel vertical SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistor(HBT) on thin film silicon-on-insulator(SOI) is obtained with the substrate bias effects being considered.The resistance is found to decrease slowly and then quickly and to have kinks with the increase of the substrate-collector bias,which is quite different from that of a conventional bulk HBT.The model is consistent with the simulation result and the reported data and is useful to the frequency characteristic design of 0.13 μm millimeter-wave SiGe SOI BiCMOS devices.     

Early effect modeling of silicon-on-insulator SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors

Silicon germanium(SiGe) heterojunction bipolar transistor(HBT) on thin silicon-on-insulator(SOI) has recently been demonstrated and integrated into the latest SOI BiCMOS technology.The Early effect of the SOI SiGe HBT is analysed considering vertical and horizontal collector depletion,which is different from that of a bulk counterpart.A new compact formula of the Early voltage is presented and validated by an ISE TCAD simulation.The Early voltage shows a kink with the increase of the reverse base-collector bias.Large differences are observed between SOI devices and their bulk counterparts.The presented Early effect model can be employed for a fast evaluation of the Early voltage and is useful to the design,the simulation and the fabrication of high performance SOI SiGe devices and circuits.