Radiation effects in SiGe technology

JD Cressler - IEEE transactions on Nuclear Science, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) technology effectively merges the desirable attributes of
conventional silicon-based CMOS manufacturing (high integration levels, at high yield and …

High gamma ray tolerance for 4H-SiC bipolar circuits

SS Suvanam, SI Kuroki, L Lanni… - … on Nuclear Science, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A high gamma radiation hardness of 4H-SiC circuits is performed. The OR NOR circuits are
based on emitter coupled logic (ECL), using integrated bipolar NPN transistors. Gain …

Novel sensors for particle tracking: a contribution to the Snowmass community planning exercise of 2021

MR Hoeferkamp, S Seidel, S Kim, J Metcalfe… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Five contemporary technologies are discussed in the context of their potential roles in
particle tracking for future high energy physics applications. These include sensors of the 3D …

Synergistic effect of ionization and displacement defects in NPN transistors induced by 40-MeV Si ion irradiation with low fluence

X Li, C Liu, J Yang, G Ma, L Jiang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Based on 3DG110 transistors and special gated NPN (GNPN) transistors, the characteristic
of the synergistic effect between ionization and displacement defects induced by 40-MeV …

Application of a Pelletron accelerator to study total dose radiation effects on 50 GHz SiGe HBTs

KC Praveen, N Pushpa, PS Naik, JD Cressler… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2012 - Elsevier
We have investigated the effects of 50MeV lithium ion irradiation on the DC electrical
characteristics of first-generation silicon–germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors …

Ionization damage in NPN transistors caused by lower energy electrons

X Li, J **ao, C Liu, Z Zhao, H Geng, M Lan… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2010 - Elsevier
Electrical degradation of two type NPN bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) with different
emitter sizes was examined under exposures of 70 and 110keV electrons. Base and …

Evolution of deep level centers in NPN transistors following 35 MeV Si ion irradiations with high fluence

X Li, C Liu, J Yang, J Bollmann - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The properties of deep level centers have been researched on the base-collector junctions
of 3DG110 silicon NPN bipolar junction transistors (BJTs) irradiated by 35 MeV silicon (Si) …

Application of advanced 200 GHz Si–Ge HBTs for high dose radiation environments

KC Praveen, N Pushpa, YPP Rao, G Govindaraj… - Solid-state …, 2010 - Elsevier
Third generation 200GHz silicon–germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (Si–Ge
HBTs) were irradiated with high dose Co-60 gamma radiation up to 100Mrad. Pre-radiation …

A comparison of 48 MeV Li3+ ion, 100 MeV F8+ ion and Co-60 gamma irradiation effect on N-channel MOSFETs

N Pushpa, KC Praveen, APG Prakash, YPP Rao… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2010 - Elsevier
N-channel MOSFETs were irradiated by 48MeV Li3+ ions, 100MeV F8+ ions and Co-60
gamma radiation with doses ranging from 100krad to 100Mrad. The threshold voltage (VTH) …

Performance of the SiGe HBT 8HP and 8WL technologies after high dose/fluence radiation exposure

JS Rice, M Ullan, G Brooijmans… - 2008 IEEE Nuclear …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An assessment of the radiation tolerance of the latest generation IBM silicon-germanium
(SiGe) heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) technologies (SiGe 8WL and SiGe 8HP) at …