Title :
MESFET fabrication on MOCVD grown Hg1-xCdxTe
Author :
Leech, P.W. ; Gwynn, P.J. ; Pain, G.N. ; Petkovic, N. ; Thompson, J.
Author_Institution :
Res. Labs., Telecom Australia, Clayton, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
The fabrication of the first MESFET structures on Hg1-xCdxTe is reported using MOCVD grown layers on GaAs substrates. The 6 mu m gate devices exhibited a room temperature transconductance of 1.0 mS/mm and pinch off voltage of -4.0 V. The Schottky barrier characteristics of the devices were critically dependent on the stoichiometric x ratio of the Hg1-xCdxTe with diode formation evident only at x >0.5.
Keywords :
II-VI semiconductors; Schottky gate field effect transistors; cadmium compounds; mercury compounds; semiconductor growth; vapour phase epitaxial growth; -4 V; 1 mS; 6 micron; GaAs; GaAs substrates; Hg 1-xCd xTe; II-VI semiconductors; MESFET fabrication; MOCVD grown layers; Schottky barrier characteristics; gate length; pinch off voltage; pinchoff voltage; room temperature transconductance; stoichiometric ratio;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19900149