We report on the transconductance dependence on gate length for pseudomorphic (PM-) and conventional GaAs gate SISFETs. With an identical material structure, except for the GaInAs channel, PM-SISFETs have higher transconductances at room temperature, for gate lengths between 1μm and 19μm. At. 77 K, however we show that higher transconductances are obtained with conventional SISFETs having gate lengths larger than 2 μm. © 1990, The Institution of Electrical Engineers. All rights reserved.