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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dwight Christopher Streit, Seal Beach, CA (US);
Michael Lammert, Manhattan Beach, CA (US);
Aaron Kenji Oki, Torrance, CA (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
437 31 ; 437 24 ; 437 26 ; 437 33 ; 437133 ; 148D / ; 148D / ; 148D / ;
Abstract
A method for fabricating an HBT in which the subcollector-base junction, which contributes to the base-collector capacitance of the device, is reduced by using a selective subcollector. In particular, subcollector areas of the device that do not contribute to collector resistance reduction are eliminated, thereby reducing the subcollector area, which, in turn, reduces the base-collector capacitance. As such, the maximum power-gain frequency f.sub.max is increased.