Abstract:
Results on the creation and properties of transistor-type MIS structures (MIST) with an Al$_2$O$_3$ thin-film gate dielectric based on PbSnTe : In films obtained by molecular beam epitaxy are presented. The source-drain current-voltage characteristics (CVC) and gate-controlled characteristics of the MIST at $T$ = 4.2 K have been investigated. It is shown that in MIST based on PbSnTe : In films with $n\sim$ 10$^{17}$ cm$^{-3}$ the modulation of the channel current reaches 7–8% in the range of gate voltages -10 V $<U_\text{gate}<$ +10 V. The features of the source-drain CVC and the gate-controlled characteristics for a pulsed and sawtooth variation of $U_\text{gate}$ are considered.
Keywords:solid solution PbSnTe : In, field effect, MIS structure, Al$_2$O$_3$.