Mesfet transistor with gate spaced above source electrode by layer of air or the like method of fabricating same
First Claim
1. A metal-semiconductor field effect transistor comprising:
- (a) a semiconductor substrate;
(b) elongated first and second electrodes contacting the substrate and spaced from each other by a first area of the substrate which has a length in the direction of elongation of said first and second electrodes; and
(c) a control electrode in sheet form, comprising;
(i) an elongated gate portion contacting the first area along at least a portion of the length of the first area;
(ii) a bonding pad portion contacting a second area of the substrate situated adjacent to the first electrode, and on the opposite side of the first electrode from the first area; and
(iii) a bridge portion bridging over the first electrode and having a first side adjoining the bonding pad portion and a second side adjoining the gate portion along substantially the entire portion of the length of the first area;
(d) whereby resistance of the control electrode is minimized.
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Abstract
In a Schottky field effect MESFET transistor including a semiconductor substrate and source, gate and drain electrodes, the electrical resistance of the gate is reduced to substantially zero by implementing the gate electrode a sheet of metallization which bypasses a portion of the source electrode and which is spaced from the source electrode by a layer of air or the like. The MESFET transistor may be fabricated by providing drain and source electrodes as on a semiconductor substrate with the electrodes situated side-by-side. Photoresist is applied over at least the source electrode while leaving exposed (a) a first portion of the substrate surface between the source and drain electrodes and (b) a second portion of the substrate surface situated on an opposite side of the source electrode and which is used as a bonding pad location. Gate metallization is then formed over the photoresist and in contact with the first and second areas of the substrate surface. The metallization may also extend over the drain electrode that is later removed. Upon removal of the photoresist from between the gate and source electrodes, a layer of air of the like dielectrically separates these electrodes from each other. A portion of the gate metallization that overlies the drain electrode may exist as a tail that may have various lengths to make possible a non-critical patterning step for the gate metallization.
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12 Claims
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1. A metal-semiconductor field effect transistor comprising:
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(a) a semiconductor substrate; (b) elongated first and second electrodes contacting the substrate and spaced from each other by a first area of the substrate which has a length in the direction of elongation of said first and second electrodes; and (c) a control electrode in sheet form, comprising; (i) an elongated gate portion contacting the first area along at least a portion of the length of the first area; (ii) a bonding pad portion contacting a second area of the substrate situated adjacent to the first electrode, and on the opposite side of the first electrode from the first area; and (iii) a bridge portion bridging over the first electrode and having a first side adjoining the bonding pad portion and a second side adjoining the gate portion along substantially the entire portion of the length of the first area; (d) whereby resistance of the control electrode is minimized. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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