The present invention realizes a heterobipolar transistor using a SiGeC
base layer in order to improve its electric characteristics.
Specifically, the distribution of carbon and boron within the base layer
is controlled so that the concentration of boron is higher than the
concentration of carbon on the side bordering on the emitter layer, and
upon the formation of the emitter layer, both boron and carbon are
dispersed into a portion of the emitter layer that comes into contact
with the base layer.