InGaP/GaAs resonant-tunneling transistor (RTT)

In this letter, a new InGaP/GaAs superlattice-emitter resonant tunneling bipolar transistor (SE-RTBT) is fabricated and demonstrated. A 5-period InGaP/GaAs superlattice is used to serve the RT route and the confinement barrier for minority carriers. Due to the large valence band discontinuity (/spl Delta/E/sub V/) at the InGaP/GaAs heterointerface, a high current gain (/spl beta//sub max//spl sime/220) is obtained. Furthermore, the interesting N-shaped negative-differential-resistance (NDR) phenomena resulting from RT effect are found both in the saturation and forward-active region of the current-voltage characteristics at room temperature.