Abstract:
A METHOD FOR MAKING A HIGH SPEED FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR OF THE PLANAR TYPE WITH SCHOTTKY-BARRIER OR JUNCTION CONTACTS, IN WHICH ALL APERTURES REQUIRED FOR PRODUCTION OF ELECTRODES IN AN INSULATING LAYER COVERING THE SEMICONDUCTOR BODY ARE PRODUCED SIMULTANEOUSLY. A FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR IN WHICH THE GATE ELECTRODE SURROUNDS THE DRAIN ELECTRODE IN A LOOP WHILE THE SOURCE ELECTRODE IS SUBDIVIDED AND ITS PARTS ESSENTIALLY SURROUND THE GAS ELECTRODE. THE CONTACT LANDS OF THE GATE ELECTRODE ARE ARRANGED ESSENTIALLY OUTSIDE THE REGION OF CAPACITIVE INFLUENCE OF THE SOURCE ELECTRODE. A SEMICONDUCTOR SURFACE IS METALLIZED BY DEPOSITING METAL THROUGH A MASK APERTURE SMALLER THAN THE SURFACE TO BE METALLIZED FOLLOWED BY HEATING TO CAUSE THE METAL TO WET THE SURFACE AND SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE SURFACE.