This invention discloses a
heterojunction bipolar
transistor and its fabrication method. The
heterojunction bipolar
transistor includes, from bottom to top, a substrate, a sub-collector region, a tunneling structure, a collector region, a base region, an emitter region, an emitter capping layer, and an
ohmic contact layer. The tunneling structure comprises alternating
layers of first and second
conductivity types of
ion doped
layers. According to the
heterojunction bipolar
transistor and its fabrication method provided by this invention, by forming a tunneling structure composed of alternating
layers of first and second
conductivity types of
ion doped layers between the sub-collector region and the collector region, an etch stop layer is no longer formed. The tunneling junction
capacitance (Ctj) is connected in series with the collector junction
capacitance (Cbc), reducing the
equivalent capacitance and improving device performance.