Abstract: Disclosed herein is a new and improved system and method for fabricating diamond semiconductors. The system may include a diamond material having n-type donor atoms and a diamond lattice, wherein 0.16% of the donor atoms contribute conduction electrons with mobility greater than 770 cm2/Vs to the diamond lattice at 100 kPa and 300K. The method of fabricating diamond semiconductors may include the steps of selecting a diamond material having a diamond lattice; introducing a minimal amount of acceptor dopant atoms to the diamond lattice to create ion tracks; introducing substitutional dopant atoms to the diamond lattice through the ion tracks; and annealing the diamond lattice.

Abstract: An electrically conducting p-channel diamond lattice field effect transistor (DLFET) composed of nanocrystalline diamond having at least about 1020 atoms/cm3 of boron in conduction channel is disclosed, along with methods of making the same. The nanocrystalline diamond may be characterized by having an average grain size diameter of less than 1 ?m, and in particular, grain sizes on the order of 10 to 20 nm, for improved performance of the DLFET.