摘要:
A plasma reactor for diamond synthesis includes a microwave generator, a waveguide connected to the microwave generator, an antenna disposed within the waveguide to direct the microwaves propagated along the waveguide toward the interior of a reaction chamber, a microwave window provided above the upper wall of the waveguide, a reaction chamber defined by (a) a cylindrical bottom member hermetically joined to the microwave window and the waveguide, (b) a reaction gas inlet port and a gas outlet port in the side wall thereof, and (c) a substrate holder disposed within the reaction chamber in facing opposition to the microwave window so as to be moved toward and away from the microwave window to adjust the distance between the microwave window and the substrate holder to generate a desired microwave resonance mode. A plasma is produced only in the central portion of the reaction chamber, so that the etching of the microwave window and the resulting contamination of the diamond film by impurities produced by etching the microwave window are prevented. The plasma reactor for diamond synthesis is capable of forming a high-quality diamond film on a large surface of a substrate at a high growth rate in a range of 1 to 2 .mu.m/hr.
摘要:
A method is related to grow monocrystalline diamond films by chemical vapor deposition on large area at low cost. The substrate materials are either bulk single crystals of Pt or its alloys, or thin films of those materials deposited on suitable supporting materials. The surfaces of those substrates must be either (111) or (001), or must have domain structures consisting of (111) or (001) crystal surfaces. Those surfaces can be inclined within .+-.10 degree angles from (111) or (001). In order to increase the nucleation density of diamond, the substrate surface can be scratched by buff and/or ultrasonic polishing, or carbon implanted. Monocrystalline diamond films can be grown even though the substrate surfaces have been roughened. Plasma cleaning of substrate surfaces and annealing of Pt or its alloy films are effective in growing high quality monocrystalline diamond films.
摘要:
A method is presented to manufacture substrates for growing monocrystalline diamond films by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on large area at low cost. The substrate materials are either Pt or its alloys, which have been subject to a single or multiple cycle of cleaning, roller press, and high temperature annealing processes to make the thickness of the substrate materials to 0.5 mm or less, or most preferably to 0.2 mm or less, so that either (111) crystal surfaces or inclined crystal surfaces with angular deviations within .+-.10 degrees from (111), or both, appear on the entire surfaces or at least part of the surfaces of the substrates. The annealing is carried out at a temperature above 800.degree. C. The present invention will make it possible to markedly improve various characteristics of diamond films, and hence put them into practical use.
摘要:
A diamond Schottky diode including an electrically conductive substrate, a multi-layer structure of a semiconducting diamond layer and an insulating diamond layer, and a metal electrode. This diode has a greater potential barrier under a reversed bias and hence exhibits better rectifying characteristics with a smaller reverse current.
摘要:
Disclosed is planar and vertical cold cathode emitter elements including an semiconducting diamond emitter portion having a high thermal resistance and a high breakdown voltage, thereby suppressing the deterioration of the electron emission characteristics and enabling the operation with a high electric power.
摘要:
The highly-oriented diamond film is a diamond film formed by chemical vapor deposition, with at least 95% of its area consisting of either (100) or (111) crystal planes, and the differences {.DELTA..alpha., .DELTA..beta., .DELTA..gamma.} of the Euler angles {.alpha., .beta., .gamma.} between the adjacent crystals satisfying (.vertline..DELTA..alpha..vertline..ltoreq.1.degree., .vertline..DELTA..beta..vertline..ltoreq.1.degree. and .vertline..DELTA..gamma..vertline..ltoreq.1.degree.) simultaneously. Thus obtained highly-oriented diamond film has few grain boundaries and high carrier mobility. And the area of the diamond film can be large.
摘要:
A is a heat-resisting ohmic electrode on diamond film, including: a p-type semiconducting diamond film; a boron-doped diamond layer provided on the semiconducting diamond film; and an electrode element made of p-type Si selectively formed on the boron-doped diamond layer; wherein the boron concentration in the boron-doped diamond layer is from 1.0.times.10.sup.19 to 1.8.times.10.sup.23 cm.sup.-3, and at least one impurity selected from the group consisting of B, Al and Ga is doped in the electrode element with a concentration from 1.0.times.10.sup.20 to 5.0.times.10.sup.22 cm.sup.-3. The ohmic electrode on diamond film is applicable for electronic devices operative at high temperature.
摘要翻译:A是金刚石膜上的耐热欧姆电极,包括:p型半导体金刚石膜; 设置在半导体金刚石膜上的掺硼金刚石层; 以及选择性地形成在掺杂硼的金刚石层上的由p型Si制成的电极元件; 其中硼掺杂金刚石层中的硼浓度为1.0×1019至1.8×10 23 cm -3,并且在电极元件中掺杂选自B,Al和Ga中的至少一种杂质,浓度为1.0×10 20 至5.0×1022cm-3。 金刚石膜上的欧姆电极适用于在高温下工作的电子器件。
摘要:
Diamond films and novel method to grow the diamond films can improve the performance of products utilizing diamond films. In the cathodoluminescence taken at room temperature, the integrated intensity ratio of the diamond films, CL.sub.1 /CL.sub.2, is equal or greater than 1/20, where CL.sub.1 is the integrated intensity of the emission band in the wavelength region shorter than 300 nm while CL.sub.2 is the integrated intensity of the emission band in the wavelength region from 300 nm to 800 nm. Such high quality diamond films with intensive coalescence on the surface can be obtained by deposition on the substrates or films, made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of platinum, platinum alloys, iridium, iridium alloys, nickel, nickel alloys, silicon, and metal silicides.
摘要:
A semiconducting diamond electroluminescence element comprises an electrically conductive substrate, a semiconducting diamond layer formed on the substrate, an insulating diamond layer formed on the semiconducting diamond layer, a front electrode formed on the insulating diamond layer, and a back electrode formed on the conductive substrate in ohmic contact with the same. The color of light to be emitted by the semiconducting diamond electroluminescence element can readily be determined by changing the impurity content in the semiconducting diamond layer. The luminescence intensity of the semiconducting diamond electroluminescence element can readily be changed by changing the voltage applied across the front and back electrodes without entailing dielectric breakdown.
摘要:
Described is an etching method of a diamond film which comprises providing a diamond film in an atmosphere of a gas containing at least oxygen and/or hydrogen and subjecting the diamond film to an irradiation of an electron beam generated by direct current discharge through a pattern of a mask. In this condition, when the diamond film is contacted with the plasma produced by the electron beam in the atmosphere, the unmasked areas are irradiated by the electron beam, and converted to graphite. The graphite is more readily etched by the plasma, so that the diamond film can be etched at a high rate. The etching through a mask ensures a fine etched pattern of the diamond film. In addition, a diamond film with a large area can be etched by this method.