Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Shinnosuke Takahashi

Shigeki Koya

Yasunari Umemoto

Masao Kondo

Masayuki Aoike

Kenji Sasaki

Shaojun Ma

Takayuki Tsutsui

Masatoshi Hase

Isao Obu

Fumio Harima

A power amplifier comprising amplifier circuits of multiple stages. Each of the amplifier circuits of multiple stages includes a bipolar transistor and a base electrode. The bipolar transistor included in each of the amplifier circuits of multiple stages includes a collector layer, a base layer placed on the collector layer, and an emitter mesa placed on part of the region of the base layer. The emitter mesa has a shape elongated in one direction in plan view. The base electrode includes a base main portion arranged in such a manner as to be separated from the emitter mesa with a gap in a direction orthogonal to a lengthwise direction of the emitter mesa in plan view. The base main portion has a shape elongated in a direction parallel to the lengthwise direction of the emitter mesa in plan view and is electrically connected to the base layer.

Power amplifier

A power amplifier circuit includes an amplification unit, a heating unit, and a control circuit. The amplification unit is configured to amplify a radio-frequency signal. The heating unit is provided adjacent to the amplification unit. The heating unit includes one or more transistors configured to generate heat that increases as the passing current increases. The control circuit is coupled to the one or more transistors. The control circuit is configured to increase the passing current when the environmental temperature is a predetermined threshold or lower.

Power amplifier circuit

A power amplifier that includes a substrate, and an emitter layer, a base layer, and a collector layer laminated in this order on a major surface of the substrate includes an electrical insulator provided adjacent to the emitter layer, an emitter electrode provided between the substrate and both the emitter layer and the electrical insulator, a base electrode electrically connected to the base layer, and a collector electrode electrically connected to the collector layer. The emitter electrode, the electrical insulator, and the base layer are provided between the substrate and the base electrode in a direction perpendicular to the major surface of the substrate.

A semiconductor having transistors arranged side by side in one direction over a surface of a substrate and are connected in parallel. At least one passive element is disposed on at least one of regions between two adjacent ones of the transistors. The transistors each include a collector layer over the substrate, a base layer on the collector layer, and an emitter layer on the base layer. Collector electrodes are arranged in such a manner that each of the collector electrodes is located between the substrate and the collector layer of the corresponding one of the transistors and is electrically connected to the collector layer.

Semiconductor device

A bond layer including at least one metal region in a plan view is disposed on a surface layer portion of a substrate formed from a semiconductor. A semiconductor element is disposed on the bond layer and includes a first transistor disposed on a first metal region that is a metal region as the at least one metal region of the bond layer and including a collector layer electrically coupled to the first metal region, a base layer disposed on the collector layer, and an emitter layer disposed on the base layer. A first emitter electrode is disposed on the emitter layer of the first transistor. A first conductor protrusion is disposed on the first emitter electrode. The thermal conductivity of the semiconductor material of the surface layer portion is higher than that of each of the collector layer, the base layer, and the emitter layer of the first transistor.

An electrically conductive sub-collector layer is provided in a surface layer portion of a substrate. A collector layer, a base layer, and an emitter layer are located within the sub-collector layer when viewed in plan. The collector layer is connected to the sub-collector layer. An emitter electrode and a base electrode are long in a first direction when viewed in plan. The emitter electrode overlaps the emitter layer. The base electrode and the emitter electrode are discretely located away from each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A collector electrode is located on one side in the second direction with respect to the emitter electrode and is not located on the other side when viewed in plan. A base line is connected to the base electrode in a manner so as to adjoin a portion other than longitudinal ends of the base electrode.

Two transistor rows are arranged on or in a substrate. Each of the two transistor rows is configured by a plurality of transistors aligned in a first direction, and the two transistor rows are arranged at an interval in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. A first wiring is arranged between the two transistor rows when seen from above. The first wiring is connected to collectors or drains of the plurality of transistors in the two transistor rows. The first bump overlaps with the first wiring when seen from above, is arranged between the two transistor rows, and is connected to the first wiring.

A semiconductor device includes two cell rows, each of which is formed of a plurality of transistor cells aligned in parallel to each other. Each of the plurality of transistor cells includes a collector region, a base region, and an emitter region that are disposed above a substrate. A plurality of collector extended wiring lines are each connected to the collector region of a corresponding one of the plurality of transistor cells and are extended in a direction intersecting an alignment direction of the plurality of transistor cells. A collector integrated wiring line connects the plurality of collector extended wiring lines to each other. A collector intermediate integrated wiring line that is disposed between the two cell rows in plan view connects the plurality of collector extended wring lines extended from the plurality of transistor cells that belong to one of the two cell rows to each other.

Semiconductor device and amplifier module

An emitter mesa and a base electrode are arranged on a base mesa on a substrate. A base wiring line on the base electrode is connected to the base electrode via base openings. The emitter mesa includes a plurality of emitter fingers having a planar shape that is long in one direction. The emitter fingers include first and second emitter fingers. The base openings are arranged so as to be spaced apart in a longitudinal direction from first end portions of the first emitter fingers and are not arranged in a region obtained by extending the second emitter finger in the longitudinal direction. An end portion of the second emitter finger that is near the base openings protrudes in the longitudinal direction beyond the end portions of the first emitter fingers that are near the base openings.

Bipolar transistor

A semiconductor layer arranged on a semiconductor substrate includes an active region and an element isolation region that surrounds the first active region when viewed in plan. A field effect transistor is formed in the active region. A plurality of guard ring electrodes separated from each other affect a potential of the active region through the element isolation region. An interlayer insulating film is formed over the semiconductor layer, the field effect transistor, and the guard ring electrodes. At least one guard ring connection wiring formed on the interlayer insulating film electrically interconnects the plurality of guard ring electrodes.

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Nagaokakyo, Japan

Shinnosuke Takahashi