Fabrication and Characteristics of an InP Single HBT and Waveguide PD on Double Stacked Layers for an OEMMIC

  • Received : 2003.07.22
  • Published : 2004.02.29

Abstract

We have explored the fabrication of an InP/InGaAs single heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) and a wave guide p-i-n photodiode (PD) on two kinds of double stacked layers for the implementation of an optoelectronic millimeter-wave monolithic integrated circuit (OEMMIC). We applied a photosensitive polyimide for passivation and integration to overcome the large difference between the HBT and PD layers of around $3{\mu}m$. Our experiment showed that the RF characteristics of the HBT were dependent on the location of the PD layer, while the dc performances of the HBTs and PDs were independent of the type of stacked layer used. The $F_t$ and $F_{max}$ of the HBTs on the HBT/PD stacked layer were 10% lower than those of the HBTs on the PD/HBT stacked layer.

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