Techniques for high-speed InP-related
heterojunction bipolar transistors
Yasuyuki MIYAMOTO and Kazuhito FURUYA
OYO BUTURI, Vol.71, No3, p.285-294 (2002)
InP-based heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) have shown rapid progress in achieving high-frequency performance. The reported maximum oscillation frequency (fmax) is over 1 THz, higher than that for any other type of transistor. This high performance of InP HBTs will be utilized in the area of optical fiber communications and high-speed analog/digital mixed signal circuits. In this report, recent approaches to obtaining high-speed HBTs are described. The prospects for future HBTs are also discussed.