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Self-aligned, self-passivated advanced dual lift-off heterojunction bipolar transistor method

US5185274A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 15, 1991
Grant dateFeb 9, 1993
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Expiry dateAug 15, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/85
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Heterojunction bipolar transistor is formed by using a common photoresist mask for self-aligning all critical dimensions including emitter and emitter contact to base contact to proton damaged collector regions beneath base contact and to passivate emitter periphery at same time.

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