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Complementary heterostructure field effect transistors

US5214298A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 14, 1990
Grant dateMay 25, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 14, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S148/072

Abstract

Complementary heterostructure field effect transistors (30) with complementary devices having complementary gates (40, 50) and threshold adjusting dopings are disclosed. Preferred embodiment devices include a p.sup.+ gate (50) formed by diffusion of dopant to convert n.sup.+ gate material to p.sup.+, and a pulse-doped layer adjacent the two-dimensional carrier gas channels to adjust threshold voltages. Further preferred embodiments have the conductivity-type converted gate (50) containing a residual layer of unconverted n.sup.+ which cooperates with the pulse-doped layer threshold shifting to yield threshold voltages which are small and positive for n-channel and small and negative for p-channel devices.

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