摘要:
A method and apparatus in which separate steps are used between feeding source gases and growing films in a process of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for compound semiconductor films. In one embodiment, a CVD reactor chamber has a piston which can change the volume of the chamber to control the pressure of the source gases therein. After source gases are fed to the chamber having a substrate under the condition that no CVD takes place due to an insufficient vapor pressure, the chamber is kept closed for a few seconds, and then pressurized by the piston to start CVD. A typical result indicates that a Hg.sub.1-x Cd.sub.x Te (where x=0.2) film on a 3-inch CdTe wafer has only 1% (or .DELTA.x=0.002) inhomogeneity in composition.
摘要翻译:在化合物半导体膜的化学气相沉积(CVD)的过程中,在进料源气体和生长膜之间使用分开的步骤的方法和装置。 在一个实施例中,CVD反应器腔室具有能够改变腔室的体积以控制其中的源气体的压力的活塞。 在源气体由于蒸汽压不足而在不发生CVD的条件下将源气体供给到具有基板的腔室之后,将腔室保持关闭几秒钟,然后由活塞加压以开始CVD。 典型的结果表明,3英寸CdTe晶片上的Hg1-xCdxTe(其中x = 0.2)膜的组成不均匀性仅为1%(或DELTA x = 0.002)。
摘要:
A group II-VI epitaxial layer grown on a (111) silicon substrate has a lattice mismatch which is minimized, as between the group II-VI epitaxial layer and the silicon substrate. The grown group II-VI epitaxial layer also has a (111) plane at the interface with the substrate, and a 30.degree. in-plane rotation slip is formed at the interface between the (111) silicon substrate and the group II-VI epitaxial layer. The above structure is produced by a metal organic chemical vapor deposition method (MOCVD), in which a mol ratio of a group VI gas source supply to a group II gas source supply is kept greater than 15 during the growth. The (111) silicon substrate is preferably mis-oriented toward the direction of the silicon substrate. When a HgCdTe layer is grown on the epitaxial layer, the product thus formed has utility as a monolithic infrared detector in which a plurality of detector elements are formed in the HgCdTe layer and a signal processing circuit is formed in the silicon substrate.
摘要:
A group II-VI epitaxial layer grown on a (111) silicon substrate has a lattice mismatch which is minimized, as between the group II-VI epitaxial layer and the silicon substrate. The grown group II-VI epitaxial layer also has a (111) plane at the interface with the substrate, and a 30.degree. in-plane rotation slip is formed at the interface between the (111) silicon substrate and the group II-VI epitaxial layer. The above structure is produced by a metal organic chemical vapor deposition method (MOCVD), in which a mol ratio of a group VI gas source supply to a group II gas source supply is kept greater than 15 during the growth. The (111) silicon substrate is preferably mis-oriented toward the direction of the silicon substrate. When a HgCdTe layer is grown on the epitaxial layer, the product thus formed has utility as a monolithic infrared detector in which a plurality of detector elements are formed in the HgCdTe layer and a signal processing circuit is formed in the silicon substrate.
摘要:
A semiconductor device including quantum dots comprises a barrier layer of a semiconductor crystal having a first lattice constant and a quantum dot layer including a plurality of quantum dots of a semiconductor crystal having a second lattice constant formed on the barrier layer and a side barrier layer of a semiconductor crystal having a third lattice constant, which is formed in contact with the side faces of the plurality of quantum dots, in which the barrier layer, the quantum dots and the side barrier layer are configured so that the difference between the values of the first lattice constant and the second lattice constant has a sign opposite to that of the difference between values of the first lattice constant and the third lattice constant.
摘要:
A quantum semiconductor device including quantum dots formed by S-K growth process taking place in a heteroepitaxial system wherein the relationship between the energy level of light holes and the energy level of heavy holes in the valence band is changed by optimizing the in-plane strain and the vertical strain accumulated in a quantum dot.
摘要:
A semiconductor optical device having a substrate having a surface of a first semiconductor having a first lattice constant; and a semiconductor lamination layer formed on the substrate, the semiconductor lamination layer having an active layer which contains quantum dots of a first kind made of a second semiconductor having a second lattice constant in bulk state smaller than the first lattice constant. The active layer may contain quantum dots of a second kind made of a third semiconductor having a third lattice constant in bulk state larger than the first lattice constant. The quantum dots of the first and second kinds are preferably disposed alternately along the thickness direction between the barrier layers having the first lattice constant.
摘要:
A quantum dot semiconductor device includes an active layer having a plurality of quantum dot layers each including a composite quantum dot formed by stacking a plurality of quantum dots and a side barrier layer formed in contact with a side face of the composite quantum dot. The stack number of the quantum dots and the magnitude of strain of the side barrier layer from which each of the quantum dot layers is formed are set so that a gain spectrum of the active layer has a flat gain bandwidth corresponding to a shift amount of the gain spectrum within a desired operation temperature range.
摘要:
A semiconductor device including quantum dots comprises a barrier layer of a semiconductor crystal having a first lattice constant and a quantum dot layer including a plurality of quantum dots of a semiconductor crystal having a second lattice constant formed on the barrier layer and a side barrier layer of a semiconductor crystal having a third lattice constant, which is formed in contact with the side faces of the plurality of quantum dots, in which the barrier layer, the quantum dots and the side barrier layer are configured so that the difference between the values of the first lattice constant and the second lattice constant has a sign opposite to that of the difference between values of the first lattice constant and the third lattice constant.
摘要:
The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device comprises the step of forming quantum dots 16 on a base layer 10 by self-assembled growth; the step of irradiating Sb or GaSb to the surface of the base layer 10 before or in the step of forming quantum dots 16; the step of etching the surfaces of the quantum dots 16 with an As raw material gas to thereby remove an InSb layer 18 containing Sb deposited on the surfaces of the quantum dots 16; and growing a capping layer 22 on the quantum dots 16 with the InSb layer 18 removed.
摘要:
The method of manufacturing the semiconductor device comprises the step of forming quantum dots 16 on a base layer 10 by self-assembled growth; the step of irradiating Sb or GaSb to the surface of the base layer 10 before or in the step of forming quantum dots 16; the step of etching the surfaces of the quantum dots 16 with an As raw material gas to thereby remove an InSb layer 18 containing Sb deposited on the surfaces of the quantum dots 16; and growing a capping layer 22 on the quantum dots 16 with the InSb layer 18 removed.