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Transferred-Substrate Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Integrated Circuit Technology

1999 IEEE Symposium on Indium Phosphide & Related Materials. Transferred-Substrate Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Integrated Circuit Technology. M Rodwell , Q Lee, D Mensa, J Guthrie, Y Betser, S Jaganathan, T Mathew, P Krishnan, S Long University of California, Santa Barbara

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Transferred-Substrate Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Integrated Circuit Technology

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  1. 1999 IEEE Symposium on Indium Phosphide & Related Materials Transferred-Substrate Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Integrated Circuit Technology M Rodwell , Q Lee, D Mensa, J Guthrie, Y Betser, S Jaganathan, T Mathew, P Krishnan, S LongUniversity of California, Santa Barbara SC Martin, RP Smith, NASA Jet Propulsion Labs Supported by ONR (M Yoder, J Zolper, D Van Vechten), AFOSR ( H Schlossberg )

  2. Why are HEMTs smaller & faster than HBTs ? FETs have deep submicron dimensions. 0.1 µm HEMTs with 400 GHz bandwidths (satellites). 5 million 1/4-µm MOSFETs on a 200 MHz, $500 CPU. FET lateral scaling decreases transit times. FET bandwidths then increase. HBTs have ~1 µm junctions. vertical scaling decreases electron transit times. vertical scaling increases RC charging times. lateral scaling should decrease RC charging times. HBT & RTD bandwidths should then increase. But, HBTs must first be modified . . .

  3. Scaling for THz device bandwidths

  4. Current-gain cutoff frequency in HBTs Collector velocities can be high: velocity overshoot in InGaAsBase bandgap grading reduces transit time substantiallyRC terms quite important for > 200 GHz ft devices

  5. Excess Collector-Base Capacitance in Mesa HBTs • base contacts: must be > 1 transfer length (0.3 mm)® sets minimum collector width® sets minimum collector capacitance Ccb • base resistance spreading resistance scales with emitter scaling contact resistance independent of emitter scaling® sets minimum base resistance® sets minimum RbbCcb time constant • fmax does not improve with submicron scaling

  6. Transferred-Substrate HBTs: A Scalable HBT Technology • Collector capacitance reduces with scaling: • Bandwidth increases rapidly with scaling:

  7. Thinning base, collector epitaxial layers improves ft, degrades fmax Lateral scaling provides moderate improvements in fmax Regrowth (similar to Si BJT !) should help considerably Transferred-substrate helps dramatically

  8. 50 mm transferred-substrate HBT Wafer: Cu substrate

  9. 0 . 5 0 - 0 . 5 - 1 - 1 . 5 - 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 D i s t a n c e , Å AlInAs/GaInAs graded base HBT C o l l e c t o r d e p l e t i o n r e g i o n E m i t t e r S c h o t t k y c o l l e c t o r G r a d e d b a s e Band diagram under normal operating voltages V = 0.9 V , V = 0.7 V ce be D • 400 Å 5E19 graded base ( E = 2kT), 3000 Å collector g

  10. Transferred-Substrate Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor Device with 0.6 µm emitter & 1.8 µm collector extrapolated fmax at instrument limits, >400 GHz (?) 0.25 µm devices should obtain >1000 GHz fmax

  11. Submicron Transferred-Substrate HBT 0.4 mm x 6 mm emitter, 0.4 mm x 10 mm collector

  12. Emitter Profile: Stepper Device 0.5 mm emitter stripe 0.15 mm e/b junction

  13. Transferred-Substrate HBT: Stepper Lithography 0.4 mm emitter, ~0.7 mm collector

  14. We=0.2 X 6 mm2 Wc=1.5 X 9 mm2 b=50 DC characteristics, stepper device

  15. Given high fmax, vertical scaling exhanges reduced fmax for increased ft

  16. Transit times: HBT with 2kT base grading 2000 Å InGaAs collector400 Å InGaAs base, 2kT bandgap grading

  17. Why would you want a 1 THz transistor ? Digital microwave / RF transmitters (DC-20 GHz) direct digital synthesis at microwave bandwidths microwave digital-analog converters Digital microwave / RF receivers delta-sigma ADCs with 10-30 GHz sample rates 16 effective bits at 100 MHz signal bandwidth ? Basic Science: 0.1 µm Ebeam device: 1000 GHz transistor (?) transistor electronics in the far-infrared Fast fiber optics, fast digital communications: 200 GHz ft, 500 GHz fmax device: ~ 75-90 Gb/s 160 Gb/s needs ~350 GHz ft, 500 GHz fmax

  18. Transferred-Substrate HBT ICs: Key Features 100 GHz clock-rate ICs will need: very fast transistors short wires –> high IC density –> high thermal conductivity low capacitance wiring low ground inductance –> microstrip wiring environment Transferred Substrate HBT ICs offer: 800 GHz fmax now , > 1000 GHz with further scaling250 GHz ft now, >300 GHz with improved emitter Ohmics copper substrates / thermal vias for heatsinking low capacitance (= 2.5) wiring

  19. THz-Bandwidth HBTs ??? deep submicron transferred-substrate regrown-base HBT 2 4 1 5 3 1) regrown P+++ InGaAs extrinsic base --> ultra-low-resistance 2) 0.05 µm wide emitter --> ultra low base spreading resistance 3) 0.05 µm wide collector --> ultra low collector capacitance 4) 100 Å, carbon-doped graded base --> 0.05 ps transit time 5) 1kÅ thick InP collector --> 0.1 ps transit time. Projected Performance: Transistor with 500 GHz ft, 1500 GHz fmax

  20. The wiring environment for100 GHz logic

  21. Why is Improved Wiring Essential? Wire bond creates ground bounce between IC & package ground return loops create inductance 30 GHz M/S D-FF in UCSB - mesa HBT technology Ground loops & wire bonds: degrade circuit & packaged IC performance

  22. digital ADC sections input buffer L ground ground return ground currents D V bounce in noise Ground Bound Noise in ADCs Ground bounce noise must be ~100 dB below full-scale input Differential input will partly suppress ground noise coupling ~ 30 to 40 dB common-mode rejection feasible CMRR insufficient to obtain 100 dB SNR Eliminate ground bounce noise by good IC grounding

  23. Microstrip IC wiring to Eliminate Ground Bounce Noise Transferred-substrate HBT process provides vias & ground plane.

  24. Power Density in 100 GHz logic Transistors tightly packed to minimize delays 105 W/cm2 HBT junction power density. ~103 W/cm2 power density on-chip ® 75 C temperature rise in 500 mm substrate. Solutions: Thin substrate to < 100 mm Replace semiconductor with metal® copper substrate

  25. Transferred-Substrate HBT Integrated Circuits 11 dB, 50+ GHz AGC / limiting amplifier 47 GHz master-slave flip-flop 10 dB, 50+ GHz feedback amplifier 7 dB, 5-80 GHz distributed amplifier

  26. Transferred-Substrate HBT Integrated Circuits multiplexer 16 dB, DC-60 GHz amplifier W-band VCO 2:1 demultiplexer (120 HBTs) 6.7 dB, DC-85 GHz amplifier Clock recovery PLL

  27. Darlington Amplifier - 360 GHz GBW • 15.6 dB DC gain • Interpolated 3dB bandwidth of 60 GHz • 360 GHz gain-bandwidth product

  28. 6.7 dB, 85 GHz Mirror Darlington Amplifier • 6.7 dB DC gain • 3 dB bandwidth of 85 GHz • ft-doubler (mirror Darlington) configuration

  29. Master-Slave Flip-Flops CML: 47 GHz ECL: 48 GHz

  30. 66 GHz Static Frequency Divider in Transferred-substrate HBT Technology Q. Lee, D. Mensa, J. Guthrie, S. Jaganathan, T. Mathew, Y. Betser, S. Krishnan, S. Ceran, M.J.W. RodwellUniversity of California, Santa Barbara IEEE RFIC’99, Anaheim, California

  31. Fiber Optic ICs (not yet working !) PIN / transimpedance amplifier CML decision circuit AGC / limiting amplifier

  32. Delta-Sigma ADC In Development (300 HBTs)

  33. Transferred Substrate HBTs • An ultrafast bipolar integrated circuit technology • Ultrahigh fmax HBTs • Low capacitance interconnects • Superior heat sinking, low parasitic packaging • Demonstrated: • HBTs with fmax > 800 GHz • fast flip-flops, 85 GHz amplifiers, ... • Future: • 0.1 mm HBTs with fmax > 1000 GHz • 100 GHz digital logic ICs --> DACs, DDS, ADCs, fiber

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