Abstract
Temperature-dependent measurements from 25 to 125 degrees C have been made of the DC I-V characteristics of HBTs with GaAs and In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As collector regions. It was found that the GaAs HBTs have very low output conductance and high collector breakdown voltage BV/sub CEO/>10 V at 25 degrees C, which increases with temperature. In striking contrast, the In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As HBTs have very high output conductance and low BV/sub CEO/ approximately 2.5 V at 25 degrees C, which actually decreases with temperature. This different behavior is explained by the >10/sup 4/ higher collector leakage current, I/sub CO/, in In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As compared to GaAs due to bandgap differences. It is also shown that device self-heating plays a role in the I-V characteristics.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">></ETX>
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