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Process for the production of a field effect transistor using a lanthanum arsenide contact layer

US5037770A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 21, 1990
Grant dateAug 6, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 21, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/02
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a field effect transistor, nonalloyed ohmic source-drain contacts (7, 8) are made possible, as the channel layer (3) is coated with lanthanide-arsenide which serves as contact-mediating layer and is covered with a very thin, conducting, monocrystalline, epitactic gallium-arsenide layer (10) on which nickel (11) is vaporized, an alloying step being dispensed with.

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