摘要:
A diamond-based structure includes a substrate, an adhesive material on a face of the substrate, and an array of spaced apart diamond mesas bonded to the substrate by the adhesive material. In particular, each of the diamond mesas can have a growth surface adjacent the substrate and an interfacial surface opposite the substrate, and the interfacial surface can be smooth relative to the growth surface. This structure can be fabricated by providing a sacrificial substrate, forming a plurality of diamond mesas on a face of the sacrificial substrate, bonding the diamond mesas to a transfer substrate, and removing the sacrificial substrate. Accordingly, the interfacial surfaces of the diamond, which are formed adjacent the sacrificial substrate and then exposed by removing the substrate are smooth.
摘要:
A diamond-based structure includes a substrate, an adhesive material on a face of the substrate, and an array of spaced apart diamond mesas bonded to the substrate by the adhesive material. In particular, each of the diamond mesas can have a growth surface adjacent the substrate and an interfacial surface opposite the substrate, and the interfacial surface can be smooth relative to the growth surface. This structure can be fabricated by providing a sacrificial substrate, forming a plurality of diamond mesas on a face of the sacrificial substrate, bonding the diamond mesas to a transfer substrate, and removing the sacrificial substrate. Accordingly, the interfacial surfaces of the diamond, which are formed adjacent the sacrificial substrate and then exposed by removing the substrate are smooth.
摘要:
A junction suitable for incorporation in diamond electronic devices, such as field effect transistors, U-V photodetectors, capacitors, charge-coupled devices, etc., comprising a double layer structure deposited on the semiconducting diamond film of the electronic device, wherein the double layer structure consists of a layer of intrinsic diamond and a layer of a carrier blocking material. The carrier blocking materials is characterized by a band structure discontinuous with that of diamond resulting in the formation of a depletion layer at the interface. A contact is then formed on this double layer structure.
摘要:
A high frequency Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) device includes a highly oriented diamond layer adjacent a piezoelectric layer. In one embodiment, laterally spaced apart piezoelectric layers or portions confine propagation of the wave within the diamond layer. Interdigitated electrodes may be provided by electrically conductive metal lines and/or by heavily doped surface portions of the diamond layer. Undesirable reflections may be reduced by providing the piezoelectric layer with opposing ends canted at an angle from orthogonal to the axis of surface acoustic wave propagation. The surface acoustic wave device may be used as a filter, amplifier, convolver, and phase shifter. Methods for making the surface acoustic wave device are also disclosed.
摘要:
A diamond semiconductor device with a carbide interlayer includes a diamond layer having a semiconducting diamond region of first conductivity type therein and an insulated gate structure on a face of the diamond layer. The relatively thin carbide interfacial layer is provided between the insulated gate structure and the diamond layer in order to inhibit the formation of electrically active defects, such as interface states at the face. By inhibiting the formation of interface states at the face, the carbide interfacial layer suppresses parasitic leakage of charge carriers from the diamond layer to the insulated gate structure. The carbide interfacial layer can be intrinsic silicon carbide or an intrinsic refractory metal carbide (e.g., TiC or WC) or the layer can be of opposite conductivity type to thereby form a P--N heterojunction with the diamond layer. The carbide interfacial layer and the insulated gate structure can be used in a variety of diamond electronic devices such as MIS capacitors, enhancement-mode and buried-channel insulated-gate field effect transistors (IGFETs), surface-channel and buried-channel charge-coupled devices (CCDs), detectors, heterojunction devices, and other related field effect devices. Related fabrication methods are also disclosed.
摘要:
A source electrode is formed on the first semiconducting diamond film and a drain electrode is formed on the second semiconducting diamond film. A highly resistant diamond film having a thickness of between 10 .ANG. and 1 mm and an electrical resistance of at least 10.sup.2 .OMEGA..cm or more is placed between the first and second semiconducting diamond films. A gate electrode is formed on the highly resistant diamond film. Thereby, a channel region is formed by these first and second semiconducting diamond films as well as the highly resistant diamond film. All or at least a part of said first and second semiconducting diamond films and the highly resistant diamond film are made of highly-oriented diamond films where either (100) or (111) crystal planes of diamond cover at least 80% of the film surface, and the differences {.DELTA..alpha., .DELTA..beta., .DELTA..gamma.} of Euler angles {.alpha., .beta., .gamma.} which represent the crystal plane orientation, satisfy .vertline..DELTA..alpha..vertline.
摘要:
A magnetic sensor element using highly-oriented diamond film comprises a magnetic detecting part, at least a pair of main current electrodes for flowing a main current and generating the Hall electromotive force at the magnetic detecting part, and detection electrodes for detecting said Hall electromotive force. Said magnetic detecting part is formed of a highly-oriented diamond film grown by chemical vapor deposition, at least 90% of which consists of either (100) or (111) crystal planes. Between the adjacent crystal planes, the differences {.DELTA..alpha., .DELTA..beta., .DELTA..gamma.} of the Euler angles {.alpha., .beta., .gamma.} which represent the orientation of the crystal planes, satisfy the following relations simultaneously: .vertline..DELTA..alpha..vertline..ltoreq.10.degree., .vertline..DELTA..beta..vertline..ltoreq.10.degree. and .vertline..DELTA..gamma..vertline..ltoreq.10 .degree.. The magnetic sensor element using highly-oriented diamond film has a high heat stability and sufficiently high level of magnetic field sensitivity to be used practically, enabling to expand the surface area and to increase the integration of the element and to measure magnetic field over a wide area and a large space.
摘要:
A diamond film FET according to the present invention comprises a semiconducting diamond layer, a gate, a source, and a drain, wherein said semiconducting diamond layer comprises a semiconducting highly-oriented diamond film grown by chemical vapor deposition, and at least 80% of the surface area of said diamond film consists of either (100) or (111) crystal planes, and the differences {.DELTA..alpha., .DELTA..beta., .DELTA..gamma.} of Euler angles {.alpha., .beta., .gamma.}, which represent the orientations of either (100) or (111) crystal planes, simultaneously satisfy the following relations between the adjacent crystal planes: .vertline..DELTA..alpha..vertline..ltoreq.5.degree., .vertline..DELTA..beta..vertline..ltoreq.5.degree. and .vertline..DELTA..gamma..vertline..ltoreq.5.degree..
摘要:
A microelectronic structure including a plurality of spaced apart diamond structures on which a plurality of semiconductor devices may be formed. The semiconductor devices include a semiconducting diamond layer on each of the diamond structures. The diamond structures are preferably oriented relative to a single crystal nondiamond substrate so that the diamond structures have a (100)-oriented outer face for forming the semiconductor devices thereon. The microelectronic structure may be diced into discrete devices, or the devices interconnected, such as to form a higher powered device. One embodiment of the microelectronic structure includes the plurality of diamond structures, wherein each diamond structure is formed of a highly oriented textured diamond layer approaching single crystal quality, yet capable of fabrication on a single crystal nondiamond substrate. A method for fabricating the nondiamond highly oriented textured diamond layer includes carburizing a face of the nondiamond substrate, nucleating the carburized face by electrical bias enhanced nucleation, and selectively growing diamond favoring growth of the (100)-oriented grains.
摘要:
The SAW device comprises a diamond or quartz substrate as a wave propagation layer, a piezoelectric layer on the wave propagation layer and at least one interdigitated electrode on the piezoelectric layer.