公开(公告)号：US09236250B2

公开(公告)日：2016-01-12

申请号：US13924064

申请日：2013-06-21

Applicant: GLOBALFOUNDRIES INC.

Inventor： Jack O. Chu ,  Christos D. Dimitrakopoulos ,  Marcus O. Freitag ,  Alfred Grill ,  Timothy J. McArdle ,  Robert L. Wisnieff

IPC: H01L21/02 ,  H01L29/16 ,  H01L29/267

CPC classification number: H01L21/02447 ,  H01L21/02378 ,  H01L21/0242 ,  H01L21/02527 ,  H01L21/02612 ,  H01L21/0262 ,  H01L21/02656 ,  H01L29/1606 ,  H01L29/267

Abstract: A single crystalline silicon carbide layer can be grown on a single crystalline sapphire substrate. Subsequently, a graphene layer can be formed by conversion of a surface layer of the single crystalline silicon layer during an anneal at an elevated temperature in an ultrahigh vacuum environment. Alternately, a graphene layer can be deposited on an exposed surface of the single crystalline silicon carbide layer. A graphene layer can also be formed directly on a surface of a sapphire substrate or directly on a surface of a silicon carbide substrate. Still alternately, a graphene layer can be formed on a silicon carbide layer on a semiconductor substrate. The commercial availability of sapphire substrates and semiconductor substrates with a diameter of six inches or more allows formation of a graphene layer on a commercially scalable substrate for low cost manufacturing of devices employing a graphene layer.