Study of resonant transport in InAs-based quantum hot electron transistors

A study of transport in a quantum hot electron transistor made of an InAs/AlSb heterostructure is reported. It exhibited that the quantum hot electron transistors with a thick emitter efficiently prevented the parasitic base currents compared with transistors with a thin emitter. The static characte...

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Main Authors: H. Nguyen Van, A. N. Baranov, R. Teissier, M. Zaknoune
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2020-07-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/5.0011780
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Summary:A study of transport in a quantum hot electron transistor made of an InAs/AlSb heterostructure is reported. It exhibited that the quantum hot electron transistors with a thick emitter efficiently prevented the parasitic base currents compared with transistors with a thin emitter. The static characteristics of the fabricated devices demonstrated an enhancement of the current gain of 9 and a collector breakdown voltage of 1.5 V with thick-emitter designed transistors. In optimized devices, the current is dominated by fast resonant tunneling that is promising for their future development of as high frequency transistors.
ISSN:2158-3226