摘要:
Molecular beam epitaxy (202) with growing layer thickness control (206) by feedback of integrated mass spectormeter (204) signals. Examples include III-V compound structures with multiple AlAs, InGaAs, and InAs layers as used in resonant tunneling diodes.
摘要:
Molecular beam epitaxy (202) with growing layer thickness control (206) by feedback of integrated mass spectormeter (204) signals. Examples include III-V compound structures with multiple AlAs, InGaAs, and InAs layers as used in resonant tunneling diodes.
摘要:
Preferred embodiments mask select regions of a circuit surface (141) prior to abrading the surface with diamond particles to form nucleation sites (200). The mask (150) is then removed prior to forming a diamond layer (160). Diamond layer (160) grows on the surface except in those regions wherein the mask (150) prevented the formation of nucleation sites (200).
摘要:
A plasma etch chemistry which allows a near perfectly vertical etch of silicon is disclosed. A Cl-containing compound such as BCl.sub.3 has Br.sub.2 added to it, readily allowing anisotropic etching of silicon. This is due to the low volatility of SiBr.sub.4. The silicon surface facing the discharge is subjected to ion bombardment, allowing the volatilization (etching) of silicon as a Si-Cl-Br compound. The Br which adsorbs on the sidewalls of the etched silicon protects them from the etching. This new plasma etch chemistry yields a very smooth etched surface, and the etch rate is relatively insensitive to the electrical conductivity of the silicon.
摘要:
A method is provided for forming a piezoelectric layer with improved texture. In the method, a metallic material is evaporated. A noble gas is combined with a reactant gas. An atomic reactant gas flow is generated from the combined gas using a plasma source. The atomic reactant gas flow is introduced to the evaporated metallic material in the presence of a substrate under molecular flow pressure conditions to form a piezoelectric layer with improved texture on the surface of the substrate.
摘要:
Preferred embodiments first adjust reactor conditions to grow a diamondlike film (114) on a silicon substrate (102). Reactor conditions are then adjusted to etch the diamondlike film surface, providing a high density of diamond nucleation sites (108). Finally, the reactor conditions are adjusted to grow a uniform diamond film (116) on the conditioned diamondlike surface.
摘要:
A microwave plasma rector is disclosed comprising a vacuum chamber, a microwave generator for generating a microwave standing wave therein, inlet and outlet ports, a susceptor within the chamber, at least one dielectric plate and a heater for heating the susceptor. The dielectric plate alters the shape of the produced plasma from a sphere to a short bulging cylinder. The modified plasma ball results in increased thickness uniformity of the deposited material.
摘要:
A method, and products formed by such method, of providing a substantially planar surface to a layer of semiconducting material (24) formed on a first surface of a substrate (20), the substrate having a second surface opposite the first surface. The method comprising forming a layer (22) of a first material on the second surface of the substrate; forming a layer of the semiconducting material (24) on the first surface of the substrate; whereby said layer of said first material exerts a tensioning force on said second surface of the substrate (20) which countereffects a tensioning force exerted on said first surface of said substrate by said layer of semiconductor material (24) so that said first surface of said substrate has a substantially planar form. In some embodiments tensioning forces arise due to differential thermal expansion of said first material and said substrate and said semiconductor material and said substrate.
摘要:
A chemical beam epitaxy system including a cylindrical vacuum chamber (32) with wafer heaters (42) affixed about the cylindrical wall, a rotatable wafer holder ring (40) with mounted wafer holders (38) adjacent the wafer heaters (42), and a central rotatble set of gas cells (44) for directing chemical beams (50, 54) across wafers (52) in the wafer holders (38).
摘要:
A chip mount is provided for mounting a chip on a circuit board to reduce stresses caused by thermal expansion mismatch between the chip and the circuit board. The chip mount includes a strip member secured to the chip and a guide layer secured to the circuit board. The guide layer includes slots formed therein for slidably receiving and holding the strip member such that upon expansion or contraction of the chip relative to the circuit board, the strip member slides in the slot to reduced stresses resulting from the expansion or contraction of the chip. The guide layer and the strip member are formed of materials that are generally non-reactive to inhibit bonding of the guide layer to the strip member.