Fabrication of in-plane gate transistors on hydrogenated diamond surfaces

The highly conductive surface layer induced in diamond by hydrogen termination has been used to fabricate in-plane gate transistors. The conductive channel has been separated from the Ohmic gate contacts by insulating thin lines, obtained by using a combination of electron-beam lithography with surface oxidation. Oxidized lines of about 100 nm show excellent blocking properties, with leakage current of 0.3 pA/mum at 100 V and room temperature. In-plane transistor properties are reported for operation at 77 K and room temperature with good saturation characteristic and complete pinch-off. (C) 2003 American Institute of Physics.