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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1999
Miroslav Micovic, Newbury Park, CA (US);
Daniel P. Docter, Santa Monica, CA (US);
Mehran Matloubian, Encino, CA (US);
HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);
Abstract
A Double Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor (DHBT) is disclosed employing a collector of InP, an emitter of InP or other material such as InAlAs, and a base of either a selected In Ga As Sb compound, which preferably is lattice-matched to InP or may be somewhat compressively strained thereto, or of a superlattice which mimics the selected InGaAsSb compound. When an emitter having a conduction band non-aligned with that of the base is used, such as InAlAs, the base-emitter junction is preferably graded using either continuous or stepped changes in bulk material, or using a chirped superlattice. Doping of the junction may include one or more delta doping layer to improve the shift of conduction band discontinuities provided by a grading layer, or to permit a wider depletion region.