Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 March 2011
Metal semiconductor field effect transistor, MESFET, structures have been grown in a hot-wall CVD reactor. Using trimethylaluminium and nitrogen as dopant sources, p- and n-type epitaxial layers were grown on semi insulating substrates. A comprehensive characterization study of thickness and doping of these structures has been performed by using scanning electron microscopy, secondary ion mass spectrometry, capacitance-voltage measurements. Each technique is discussed concerning its advantage and disadvantage. Some transistor properties of MESFETs processed on the grown material are presented.