Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Gallium Arsenide Antimonide-Based Ultra-High-Speed Double Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors and Light Emitting Transistors

In this work, GaAsSb-based double heterojunction bipolar transistors (DHBTs) and light emitting transistors (LETs) are grown using gas source molecular beam epitaxy (GSMBE). High-speed GaAs0.5Sb0.5/InP DHBTs are developed through the exercise of GSMBE growth optimization, device fabrication, and characterization. By adjusting the growth temperature and V/III flux ratio, the optimal conditions for growing GaAs0.5Sb0.5 base are found to be at high growth temperature and low V/III ratio. The switching sequence is also optimized so that the Sb segregation effect is minimized. By using GaAs0.5Sb0.5-In0.2Ga0.8As 0.7Sb0.3 compositional grading in the base of the GaAsSb/InP DHBT, a significant improvement of fT from 380 GHz to 500 GHz was achieved compared to a uniform GaAs0.5Sb 0.5 DHBT, while maintaining a high breakdown voltage BVCEO ∼ 4V. The cutoff frequency---breakdown voltage product, fT·BVCEO, of over 2000 GHz-V, is the record value for DHBTs of any material system. Incorporating graded InAs-InGaAs emitter contact layer is also shown to effectively reduce the total emitter resistance, further improving the DHBT high speed performance. LET characteristics with quantum wells (QWs) inserted into the base region of GaAsSb/InP DHBTs are also investigated and the preliminary results are presented. An LET with a tensile strained InGaAsSb/GaAs0.65Sb 0.35 DQW in the base was designed and achieved the emission wavelength of ∼1.6 mum, despite of its low light output intensity. The potential and limitation of realizing a transistor laser with an emission wavelength of 1.55 mum using GaAsSb/InP material system will be discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Wu, Bing-Ruey

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cheng, Keh-Yung

• Engineering, Materials Science

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3250345

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/81001