Bipolar transistors are prepared, where the emitter–base pn junction is replaced by a metal–tunnel oxide–semiconductor structure. The unusual dependence of the current amplification is explained by the formation and disappearance of an inversion layer at the oxide–semiconductor interface at low and at high biases, respectively. The I–U characteristics of the E–B tunnel MIS diode is presented and explained.
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