Improved analytical method for determination of small-signal equivalent-circuit model parameters for InP/InGaAs HBTs

J. Gao, X. Li, H. Wang, G. Boeck

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Abstract

An improved direct extraction method for determination of the small-signal equivalent-circuit model for InP/InGaAs double heterojunction bipolar transistors is presented. This method is based on an accurate small-signal model, which takes into account the base-emitter and collector-emitter metalisations by using two additional capacitances Cmb and C mc. These capacitances (Cmb and Cmc) are extracted using a set of exact closed-form equations. Significant improvement of the extraction accuracy of the intrinsic base-emitter junction capacitance Cbe is obtained by using the new combination method, which is based on the relationship between the conventional T- and PItype equivalent-circuit topology. The approach has been verified over a wide range of bias points using an InP HBT with 5 × 5 μm2 emitter area in the frequency range of 50MHz-40GHz.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)661-666
Number of pages6
JournalIEE Proceedings: Circuits, Devices and Systems
Volume152
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2005
Externally publishedYes

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