InhaltsangabeAn Introductory Survey.- Semiconductor Physics Required for Bipolar Transistor Modeling.- Physics and Modeling of Bipolar Junction Transistors.- Physics and Modeling of Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors.- Noise Modeling.- Basic Circuit Configurations.- Process Integration.- Applications.

Inhaltsangabe1. An Introductory Survey.- 1.1 History.- 1.1.1 Early Developments.- 1.1.2 The First Transistors.- 1.1.3 Silicon Transistors.- 1.1.4 Integrated Bipolar Transistors.- 1.1.5 Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors.- 1.1.6 CAD, Device Modeling.- 1.1.7 Applications.- 1.2 Devices, Circuits, Compact Models.- 1.2.1 Circuit Elements.- 1.2.2 Nonlinear Network Elements, Small-Signal Description.- 1.2.3 Two-Ports.- 1.2.4 Device Modeling.- 1.3 Semiconductors.- 1.3.1 Electrons and Holes.- 1.3.2 Thermal Equilibrium.- 1.3.3 Drift and Diffusion Currents.- 1.3.4 Generation and Recombination.- 1.3.5 Basic Semiconductor Equations.- 1.4 PN Junctions.- 1.4.1 PN Junctions in Thermal Equilibrium.- 1.4.2 Forward-Biased PN Junction.- 1.4.3 Reverse-Biased PN Junction.- 1.4.4 Stored Charge.- 1.4.5 Switching, Charge-Control Theory.- 1.4.6 Epitaxial Diodes.- 1.5 Bipolar Transistor Principles.- 1.5.1 Modes of Operation.- 1.5.2 Transfer Current.- 1.5.3 Current Gain.- 1.5.4 Transistor Amplifiers and Switches.- 1.5.5 Leakage Currents.- 1.5.6 Voltage Limits, Breakdown.- 1.5.7 Some Differences of Bipolar Transistors and MOSFETs.- 1.6 Elementary Large-Signal Models.- 1.6.1 The Elementary Transistor Model.- 1.6.2 Current-Voltage Characteristics.- 1.6.3 Charge Storage, Charge Control Model.- 1.6.4 Switching Operation.- 1.7 Elementary Small-Signal Models.- 1.7.1 Admittance Parameters.- 1.7.2 Hybrid Parameters.- 1.7.3 T-Equivalent Circuit.- 1.7.4 Frequency Limits.- 1.8 Noise Modeling.- 1.8.1 Noise and Noise Sources.- 1.8.2 Noise Circuit Analysis.- 1.8.3 Noisy Linear Two-Ports, Noise Figure.- 1.8.4 Bipolar-Transistor Noise Equivalent Circuit.- 1.8.5 Input-Referred Noise Sources.- 1.8.6 Noise Figure.- 1.9 Orders of Magnitude.- 1.10 References.- 2. Semiconductor Physics Required for Bipolar-Transistor Modeling.- 2.1 Band Structure.- 2.1.1 Bloch Functions.- 2.1.2 Temperature Dependence of Bandgap and Intrinsic Carrier Density.- 2.2 Thermal Equilibrium.- 2.2.1 Fermi-Dirac and Boltzmann Statistics.- 2.2.2 Ionization.- 2.3 The Boltzmann Equation.- 2.3.1 Collision Term.- 2.3.2 Thermal Equilibrium.- 2.3.3 Limits of Validity.- 2.3.4 Relaxation Times.- 2.4 The Drift-Diffusion Approximation.- 2.4.1 The Relaxation Time Approximation.- 2.4.2 Transport in Low Electric Fields.- 2.5 Hydrodynamic Model.- 2.5.1 Continuity Equation.- 2.5.2 Current Equation.- 2.5.3 Energy Balance Equation.- 2.6 Generation and Recombination.- 2.6.1 Shockley Read Hall Processes.- 2.6.2 Auger Recombination.- 2.6.3 Impact Ionization.- 2.6.4 Interband Tunneling.- 2.7 Heavily Doped Semiconductors.- 2.7.1 Modification of the Band Structure.- 2.7.2 Bandgap Narrowing in Silicon.- 2.8 Silicon Device Modeling in the Drift-Diffusion Approximation.- 2.8.1 Basic Equations of the Drift-Diffusion Approximation.- 2.8.2 Model Equations for Material Parameters.- 2.8.3 Compact Modeling.- 2.9 References.- 3. Physics and Modeling of Bipolar Junction Transistors.- 3.1 The Regional Approach.- 3.1.1 Drift Transistors - Homogeneous-Field Case.- 3.1.2 Transfer Current in Frequency and Time Domains.- 3.1.3 The Ebers-Moll Model.- 3.1.4 The Charge Control Model.- 3.1.5 Non-Quasi-Static Effects.- 3.2 Transfer Current, Early Effect.- 3.2.1 The Integral Charge Control Relation.- 3.2.2 Forward Operation, Early Voltage.- 3.2.3 Base Charge Partitioning.- 3.3 Emitter-Base Diode, Current Gain.- 3.3.1 Minority-Carrier Transport in Heavily Doped Silicon Emitters.- 3.3.2 Polycrystalline Emitter Contacts.- 3.3.3 Recombination in the Space Charge Layer.- 3.3.4 Reverse-Bias Currents, Breakdown.- 3.4 Base-Collector Diode, Breakdown.- 3.4.1 Multiplication Factor.- 3.4.2 Collector-Emitter Breakdown due to Impact Ionization.- 3.4.3 Punchthrough.- 3.5 Charge Storage, Transit Time.- 3.5.1 Depletion Capacitances.- 3.5.2 Hole Continuity and Cutoff Frequency.- 3.5.3 Forward Transit Time.- 3.6 Series Resistances.- 3.6.1 Emitter Resistance.- 3.6.2 Base Resistance.- 3.6.3 Collector Resistance, Quasi-Saturation.- 3.7 High-Level Injection.- 3.7.1 High-Level Injecti

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