Abstract:
High quality epitaxial layers of monocrystalline materials can be grown overlying monocrystalline substrates such as large silicon wafers by forming a compliant substrate for growing the monocrystalline layers. One way to achieve the formation of a compliant substrate includes first growing an accommodating buffer layer on a silicon wafer. The accommodating buffer layer is a layer of monocrystalline oxide spaced apart from the silicon wafer by an amorphous interface layer of silicon oxide. The amorphous interface layer dissipates strain and permits the growth of a high quality monocrystalline oxide accommodating buffer layer. The accommodating buffer layer is lattice matched to both the underlying silicon wafer and the overlying monocrystalline material layer. Any lattice mismatch between the accommodating buffer layer and the underlying silicon substrate is taken care of by the amorphous interface layer. In addition, formation of a compliant substrate may include utilizing surfactant enhanced epitaxy, epitaxial growth of single crystal silicon onto single crystal oxide, and epitaxial growth of Zintl phase materials.
Abstract:
High quality epitaxial layers of monocrystalline materials can be grown overlying large silicon wafers by first growing an accommodating buffer layer (202) on a silicon substrate (200). The accommodating buffer layer (202) is a layer of monocrystalline material spaced apart from the silicon substrate (200) by an amorphous interface layer (204) of silicon oxide. The amorphous interface layer dissipates strain and permits the growth of a high quality monocrystalline accommodating buffer layer. Any lattice mismatch between the accommodating buffer layer and the underlying silicon substrate is taken care of by the amorphous interface layer. Utilizing this technique permits the fabrication of semiconductor structures formed by high quality Group III-V nitride films.
Abstract:
A method of removing an amorphous oxide from a surface of a monocrystalline substrate is provided. The method includes depositing a passivation material overlying the amorphous oxide. The monocrystalline substrate is then heated so that the amorphous oxide layer decomposes into at least one volatile species that is liberated from the surface.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device with a heterojunction structure having a substrate and a crystal layer which is grown over the substrate, in which a quantum dot buffer layer is interposed between the substrate and the crystal layer. In the semiconductor device, the interposition of the quantum dot buffer layer between the substrate and the crystal layer can effectively eliminate lattice mismatch between the substrate and the crystal layer. Therefore, a semiconductor device having excellent electro-optical characteristics can be obtained.
Abstract:
A method of forming a (gallium, aluminum, indium) nitride base layer on a substrate for subsequent fabrication, e.g., by MOCVD or MBE, of a microelectronic device structure thereon. Vapor-phase (Ga, Al, In) chloride is reacted with a vapor-phase nitrogenous compound in the presence of the substrate, to form (Ga, Al, In) nitride. The (Ga, Al, In) nitride base layer is grown on the substrate by HVPE, to yield a microelectronic device base comprising a substrate with the (Ga, Al, In) nitride base layer thereon. The product of such HVPE process comprises a device quality, single crystal crack-free base layer of (Ga, Al, In) N on the substrate, in which the thickness of the base layer may, for example, be on the order of 2 microns and greater and the defect density of the base layer may, for example, be on the order of 1E8 cm.sup.-2 or lower. Microelectronic devices thereby may be formed on the base layer, over a substrate of a foreign (poor lattice match) material, such as sapphire. Devices which may be fabricated utilizing the HVPE base layer of the invention include light emitting diodes, detectors, transistors, and semiconductor lasers.
Abstract:
A method for forming a highly dense quantum wire, the method comprising the steps of: depositing a dielectric mask having dielectric patterns on the top surface of a semiconductor (100) substrate; forming the dielectric patterns in parallel to a (011) orientation on the semiconductor substrate; exposing a (111)B side and a(111)B side by chemical etching a selected region between the patterns so that the semiconductor substrate has a dove-tail shape; forming a buffer layer on the dove-tail semiconductor substrate; forming the first barrier layer on the buffer layer; forming a well layer on the first barrier layer; and forming the second barrier layer on the well layer.
Abstract:
An epitaxial growth method of semiconductor can reliably avoid irregularities from being produced when a II-VI compound semiconductor is grown epitaxially. When this method is applied to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor light-emitting device, it is possible to obtain a semiconductor light-emitting device having a long life and excellent light-emitting characteristic. When a II-VI compound semiconductor is grown epitaxially, a VI/II ratio, i.e., a supplying ratio of VI-group element and II-group element used in the epitaxial growth is selected in a range of from 1.3 to 2.5.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a semiconductor device capable of suppressing the generation of dislocations due to the difference in lattice constant by insertion of one or more defect type compound layers in a semiconductor layered structure. The strain generated by the mismatch of the lattice is relaxed by a large amount of vacancies contained in the defect type compound layer, to suppress the generation and the propagation of dislocations, thus inexpensively fabricating a semiconductor device with less deterioration of the characteristics due to defects with good repeatability.
Abstract:
Ternary II-VI semiconductor films (16) are formed on a silicon substrate (12) by first depositing a monolayer of arsenic (14) or other Group V metal on a cleaned surface of the substrate. The ternary II-VI semiconductor film is then formed over the arsenic monolayer, either directly thereon or on top of an intermediate II-VI semiconductor buffer layer (18). The use of an arsenic passivating layer facilitates the epitaxial deposition of technologically important II-VI semiconductors such as ZnTe, CdTe, and HgCdTe on silicon substrates of arbitrary crystallographic orientation.
Abstract:
A semiconductor device and processing technique is provided for monolithic integration of a single crystal compound element semiconductor on a ceramic substrate. A high resistivity semi-insulating buffer layer is epitaxially grown on the ceramic substrate and has an elastically transitional lattice constant matching at its lower surface the lattice constant of the ceramic substrate, and matching at its upper surface the lattice constant of the semiconductor layer.