| 摘要 |
Method and apparatus are described for semiconductor devices. The method (100) comprises, providing a partially completed semiconductor device (31-1) including a substrate (21), a semiconductor (22) on the substrate (21) and a passivation layer (25) on the semiconductor (22), and using a first mask (32), locally etching the passivation layer (25) to expose a portion (36) of the semiconductor (22), and without removing the first mask (32) forming a Schottky contact (42-1) of a first material on the exposed portion (36) of the semiconductor (22), then removing the first mask (32) and using a further mask (44), forming a step-gate conductor (48-1) of a second material electrically coupled to the Schottky contact (42-1) and overlying parts (25-1) of the passivation layer (25) adjacent to the Schottky contact (42-1). By minimizing the process steps between opening the Schottky contact window (35) in the passivation layer (25) and forming the Schottky contact (42-1) material in this window (35), the gate leakage of a resulting field effect device (51-5) having a Schottky gate (42-1) is substantially reduced. |
