학술논문

NPN SiGe Hetero Junction Transistor Latch-Up Memory Selector
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Electron Device Letters IEEE Electron Device Lett. Electron Device Letters, IEEE. 44(4):614-617 Apr, 2023
Subject
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Silicon germanium
Epitaxial growth
Silicon
Germanium
Phosphorus
Semiconductor device modeling
Semiconductor process modeling
Selector
SiGe
NPN
HBT
Language
ISSN
0741-3106
1558-0563
Abstract
NPN latch-up memory selector devices featuring SiGe hetero-junctions are fabricated and measured electrically. 25% Ge is introduced into the floating base layer by epitaxy. The performance of this device is compared against an implanted Si stack. It is observed that the addition of 25% Ge in the floating base layer of these latch-up selector devices boosts the non-linearity by more than $\times {100}$ and enables abrupt latch-up below 2V. TCAD simulations comparing drift-diffusion and hydro-dynamic models are used to validate our understanding of the device.