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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hidenori Shimawaki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Compound Semiconductor Devices, Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/7095 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/7095 ;
Abstract
A heterojunction bipolartansistor is fabricated on a semi-insulating substrate, and has a mesa structure, wherein an emitter signal line of titanium-platinum-gold alloy is held in contact with the collector layer as well as the emitter layer for forming a Schottky barrier diode connected between the emitter and the collector so that surge current flows before damage of the p-n junction of the heterojunction bipolar transistor.