Abstract:
An opto-electronic device, such as a solar cell or a light emitting diode, is fabricated by forming a nucleating layer (22) on a p-type group IV layer (20). The nucleating layer (22) includes a III-V compound selected from the group consisting of AlAs, AlSb, AIN, Bas, BSb, GaN, GaSB, and InAs. A first III-V compound layer (24) is formed on the nucleating layer (22) and includes as group III element, at least one of gallium, indium, and aluminium, and as a group V element, phosphorus. The p-type group IV layer, which may be a p-type silicon layer, includes phosphorus atoms diffused from the first III-V compound layer, the concentration of the phosphorus atoms therein being a function of the thickness of the nucleating layer. The first III-V compound layer includes group IV atoms diffused from the p-type group IV layer, the concentration of the group IV atoms therein being a function of the thickness of the nucleating layer.
Abstract:
A method includes forming a first epitaxial layer over a semiconductor substrate and etching the first epitaxial layer to form multiple separated first epitaxial regions. The method also includes forming a second epitaxial layer over the etched first epitaxial layer. Each epitaxial layer includes at least one Group III-nitride, and the epitaxial layers collectively form a buffer. The method further includes forming a device layer over the buffer and fabricating a semiconductor device using the device layer. The second epitaxial layer could include second epitaxial regions substantially only on the first epitaxial regions. The second epitaxial layer could also cover the first epitaxial regions and the substrate, and the second epitaxial layer may or may not be etched. The device layer could be formed during the same operation used to form the second epitaxial layer.
Abstract:
A layer (209) including modified cadmium telluride and unmodified cadmium telluride disposed within the cadmium telluride layer. The modified area (513) includes a concentration of telluride that is greater than the concentration of telluride in the unmodified cadmium telluride area. The modified area (513) also includes a hexagonal close packed crystal structure. A method for modifying a cadmium telluride layer and a thin film device are also disclosed.
Abstract:
1. A microelectronic device structure is disclosed. It comprises: (a) a first GaN layer having a dopant concentration of not more than about 1×10 16 /cm 3 ; (b) a second GaN layer overlying said first GaN layer; (c) a third GaN layer overlying said second GaN layer, said third GaN layer having a dopant concentration of not more than about 1×10 16 /cm 3 ; and (d) at least one metal contact arranged over said third GaN layer; further comprising one of the following characteristics (i) or (ii): (i) the second GaN layer is conductive, and the at least one metal contact forms a metal-to-semiconductor junction with the third GaN layer; or (ii) the second GaN layer is of n-type conductivity, and a fourth GaN layer of p-type conductivity is disposed between the third GaN layer and the at least one metal contact.
Abstract translation:公开了一种微电子器件结构。 它包括:(a)掺杂剂浓度不大于约1×10 16 / cm 3的第一GaN层; (b)覆盖所述第一GaN层的第二GaN层; (c)覆盖所述第二GaN层的第三GaN层,所述第三GaN层的掺杂浓度不大于约1×10 16 / cm 3; 和(d)布置在所述第三GaN层上的至少一个金属接触层; 还包括以下特征(i)或(ii)之一:(i)所述第二GaN层是导电的,并且所述至少一个金属接触与所述第三GaN层形成金属与半导体结; 或(ii)第二GaN层是n型导电性的,并且在第三GaN层和至少一个金属接触之间设置p型导电性的第四GaN层。
Abstract:
A GaN-based thin film (thick film) is grown using a metal buffer layer grown on a substrate. (a) A metal buffer layer (210) made of, for example, Cr or Cu is vapor-deposited on a sapphire substrate (120). (b) A substrate obtained by vapor-depositing the metal buffer layer (210) on the sapphire substrate (120) is nitrided in an ammonia gas ambient, thereby forming a metal nitride layer (212). (c) A GaN buffer layer (222) is grown on the nitrided metal buffer layers (210, 212). (d) Finally, a GaN single-crystal layer (220) is grown. This Gan single-crystal layer (220) can be grown to have various thicknesses depending on the objects. A freestanding substrate can be fabricated by selective chemical etching of the substrate fabricated by the above steps. It is also possible to use the substrate fabricated by the above steps as a GaN template substrate for fabricating a GaN-based light emitting diode or laser diode.
Abstract:
In a Ill-nitride light emitting device, the device layers (10) including the light emitting layer are grown over a template (22, 26) designed to reduce strain in the device, in particular in the light emitting layer. Reducing the strain in the light emitting device may improve the performance of the device. The template may expand the lattice constant in the light emitting layer over the range of lattice constants available from conventional growth templates. Strain is defined as follows: a given layer has a bulk lattice constant abulk corresponding to a lattice constant of a free standing material of a same composition as that layer and an in-plane lattice constant ain-plane corresponding to a lattice constant of that layer as grown in the structure. The amount of strain in a layer is l(ain-plane -abulk) | / abulk. In some embodiments, the strain in the light emitting layer is less than 1%.
Abstract:
A semiconductor substrate, a field effect transistor and their manufacturing methods provided with, in order to lower penetrating dislocation density and reduce surface roughness to a practical level, an Si substrate 1, a first SiGe layer 2 on the Si substrate, and a second SiGe layer 3 arranged on the first SiGe layer either directly or with an Si layer in between; wherein, the first SiGe layer has a film thickness that is thinner than twice the critical film thickness, which is the film thickness at which dislocation occurs resulting in lattice relaxation due to increased film thickness, the Ge composition ratio of the second SiGe layer is at least lower than the intralayer maximum value of the Ge composition ratio in the first SiGe layer or in the first SiGe layer at the contact surface with the Si layer, and the second SiGe layer has an incremental composition region in which the Ge composition ratio gradually increases towards the surface at least in a portion thereof.
Abstract:
A device manufacturing method comprises: a peeling buffer layer forming step of forming a peeling buffer layer (20, 30, 130) on an underlying substrate (10); a mask pattern forming step of forming, on the peeling buffer layer, a mask pattern (40, 140, 240) which partially covers the peeling buffer layer; a growth step of growing a group III nitride crystal from regions exposed by the mask pattern on a surface of the peeling buffer layer, thereby forming a structure (ST) in which a plurality of crystal members (60) are arranged with gaps (80, 81) therebetween so as to partially cover the peeling buffer layer and the mask pattern; a channel forming step of forming a channel (ETa, ETb, ETc, ... ) to supply a second etchant for the peeling buffer layer to the peeling buffer layer, by selectively etching the mask pattern using a first etchant for the mask pattern; and a separation step of separating the plurality of crystal members from the underlying substrate and separating the plurality of crystal members from each other by supplying the second etchant to the peeling buffer layer through the gaps and the channel and selectively etching the peeling buffer layer.