Platinum-silicided p-type Schottky barrier metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect-transistors with sizes varying from 350 to 30 nm were fabricated on silicon-on-insulator substrates. Threshold voltage, subthreshold swing, drain-induced barrier lowering, and saturation current were investigated as a function of gate length and channel width. The device with a gate length of 30 nm showed excellent short channel characteristics with an on/off current ratio larger than 10(7), an off-leakage current less than 10 pA/mu m, and a subthreshold swing of 110 mV/decades. (C) 2011 American Vacuum Society. [DOI: 10.1116/1.3592483]