Fabrication of an Insulated Gate Diamond FET for High Temperature Applications

Abstract

A type IIa natural diamond was implanted with boron to form a p-type channel layer. This layer was then used to fabricate an insulated gate field effect transistor. This is the first reported use of ion implantation to successfully fabricate a field effect device in diamond. Testing was carried out from room temperature to 550 K. Both saturation and pinch-off were observed at room temperature, with a measured transconductance of 6.9 micron S/mm. Device failures at elevated temperatures were attributed to gate current leakage through the SiO2, insulator layer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 1991
Accession Number
ADA251042

Entities

People

  • Carl R. Zeisse
  • Charles A. Hewett
  • James R. Zeidler
  • Richard Nguyen

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ceramic Materials
  • Dielectrics
  • Electronics
  • Energy Bands
  • Fabrication
  • Field Effect Transistors
  • Films
  • High Temperature
  • Implantation
  • Ion Implantation
  • Ions
  • Materials
  • Power Electronics
  • Semiconductor Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Silicon Carbide
  • Transistors

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

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  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics