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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Burhan Bayraktaroglu, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
257 34 ; 257198 ;
Abstract
Generally, and in one form of the invention, a microwave heterojunction bipolar transistor suitable for low-power, low-noise and high-power applications having an emitter 108, a base 126 and a collector 24 is disclosed, wherein the base 126 is composed of one or more islands 126 of semiconductor material. The one or more islands 126 are formed so that they do not cross any boundaries of the active area 60 of the transistor. Other devices, systems and methods are also disclosed.