摘要:
A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes forming a first mixed crystal semiconductor layer of AlAs and InAs; applying a solution containing a material easily combining with fluorine to the surface of the first mixed crystal semiconductor layer exposed to the atmosphere so that the material combines with fluorine that sticks to the surface of the first mixed crystal semiconductor layer; and annealing the first mixed crystal semiconductor layer in a vacuum. In this method, since the fluorine on the surface of the first mixed crystal semiconductor layer exposed to the atmosphere combines with the material included in the solution and is removed together with the material, a first mixed crystal semiconductor layer having no fluorine is produced. Therefore, unwanted infiltration of fluorine into the first mixed crystal semiconductor layer is avoided, resulting in a highly reliable semiconductor device with desired characteristics.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser device including a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of semiconductor layers including an AlGaAs layer epitaxially grown on said semiconductor substrate; a ridge having a reverse mesa shape and opposed sides formed of said plurality of semiconductor layers; an Al.sub.x Ga.sub.1-x As low temperature buffer layer (0.ltoreq..times..ltoreq.1) disposed on said AlGaAs layer at opposite sides of said ridge; a first semiconductor layer epitaxially disposed on said low temperature buffer layer at opposite sides of said ridge; and a second semiconductor layer epitaxially disposed on said ridge and said first semiconductor layer.
摘要翻译:一种半导体激光器件,包括半导体衬底; 包括在所述半导体衬底上外延生长的AlGaAs层的多个半导体层; 具有反台面形状的脊和由所述多个半导体层形成的相对侧; 在所述脊的相对侧设置在所述AlGaAs层上的Al x Ga 1-x As低温缓冲层(0≤x≤1) 在所述脊的相对侧外延地设置在所述低温缓冲层上的第一半导体层; 以及外延地设置在所述脊和所述第一半导体层上的第二半导体层。
摘要:
In a method for fabricating an infrared detector, initially, a CdHgTe layer of a first conductivity type is produced on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of spaced apart CdHgTe regions of a second conductivity type, opposite the first conductivity type, are produced at the surface of the first conductivity type CdHgTe layer, and part of the surface of the first conductivity type CdHgTe layer between the second conductivity type CdHgTe regions is selectively irradiated with a charged particle beam to evaporate Hg atoms from that part, whereby a CdHgTe separation region of the first conductivity type and having a Cd composition larger than that of the first conductivity type CdHgTe layer is produced penetrating through the first conductivity type CdHgTe layer and surrounding each of the second conductivity type CdHgTe regions. Therefore, a highly-integrated high-resolution infrared detector with no crosstalk between pixels is achieved.
摘要:
In a method for producing a semiconductor device, a first semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on a semiconductor substrate, an insulating film pattern is formed on the first semiconductor layer, and portions of the first semiconductor layer are removed by wet etching using the insulating film pattern as a mask to leave a ridge having a reverse mesa shape and a width. Ends of the insulating film pattern are removed by etching to approximately the width of the ridge, a second semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on opposite sides of the ridge, and a third semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on the ridge and the second semiconductor layer. The second semiconductor layer is evenly grown without concave portions at opposite sides of the ridge. In addition, the third semiconductor layer is evenly grown on the ridge and the second semiconductor layer, and an electrode reliably connects the surface of the third semiconductor layer. A semiconductor device with good performance and high reliability is reproducibly manufactured.
摘要:
In a method for producing a semiconductor device, a compound semiconductor cap layer including no aluminum is grown on a compound semiconductor layer including aluminum, a mask pattern insulating film is formed on a part of the compound semiconductor cap layer, the compound semiconductor wafer with the insulating mask pattern is immersed in an ammonium sulfide solution, the compound semiconductor wafer is selectively etched away using a chlorine containing gas in a reaction chamber, and a groove formed in the etching process is filled with a compound semiconductor layer grown in the reaction chamber by MOCVD. Therefore, a regrowth interface on which no impurity is segregated is attained, improving the quality of the regrown crystal layer.
摘要:
A semiconductor laser device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type; opposed light emitting facets; a double heterojunction structure disposed on the semiconductor substrate and including an optical waveguide that extends between the facets and comprises a light emitting region and a lens region, the lens region being between the light emitting region and one of the facets, the double heterojunction structure including a plurality of AlGaAs series compound semiconductor layers which are thicker in the light emitting region than in the lens region; and a current blocking structure disposed on both sides of the double heterojunction structure and including a lower AlGaAs series compound semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type, an intermediate AlGaAs series compound semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, opposite the first conductivity type, and an upper AlGaAs series compound semiconductor layer of the first conductivity type. Therefore, a reactive current that does not contribute to laser oscillation is prevented from flowing through the current blocking structure.
摘要:
A high-speed semiconductor device includes an emitter layer serving as an injection source of hot electrons and a collector barrier layer disposed between a base layer and a collector layer. The potential profile of the collector barrier layer gradually varies from a region in the vicinity of the boundary between the base layer and the collector barrier layer whereby reflection of electrons at the collector barrier layer is significantly reduced. Therefore, current density in the ON state of the device is increased without damaging the high speed characteristics of the device, and current density in the OFF state of the device is decreased, resulting in a high-performance and high-speed semiconductor device.
摘要:
In fabricating a semiconductor device, a semiconductor layer containing Al and a cap layer not containing Al are successively grown on a semiconductor substrate and are placed in a halogen gas environment where a chemical reaction between a halogen and an oxide film naturally formed on the cap layer removes the oxide film. Then, without exposing the layer to the atmosphere, the halogen gas environment is replaced with a dry-etching environment and the cap layer is dry-etched to a desired depth. Then, without exposing a semiconductor layer to the atmosphere, the dry-etching environment is replaced with a crystal growth environment. Subsequently, another semiconductor layer is grown on the semiconductor layer. A regrowth interface of excellent cleanliness is realized and the crystallinity of the regrown semiconductor layer is improved.
摘要:
A method of fabricating a semiconductor laser device includes successively forming an active layer and upper cladding layers on a lower cladding layer, etching and removing portions except regions of the upper cladding layers where a current is to flow to form a stripe-shaped ridge structure, and forming a buffer layer comprising Al.sub.x Ga.sub.1-x As having an Al composition ratio x of 0 to 0.3 on a surface of the upper cladding layers exposed by the etching and forming a current blocking layer of first conductivity type Al.sub.y Ga.sub.1-y As having an Al composition ratio y of at least 0.5 on the buffer layer to bury portions of the upper cladding layers which are not removed by the etching process. Therefore, since the layer grown on the upper cladding layer exposed by etching of AlGaAs or GaAs having a low Al composition ratio (0-0.3), three-dimensional growth of and crystalline defects in the buffer layer are suppressed. Current leakage is suppressed, so that a semiconductor laser device having a low threshold current and a high efficiency is fabricated with a stable yield.
摘要翻译:一种制造半导体激光器件的方法包括:在下包层上连续形成有源层和上覆层,蚀刻除去电流流过的上覆层的区域以外的部分,形成条状脊结构, 以及在通过蚀刻暴露的上覆层的表面上形成包含Al组成比x为0至0.3的Al x Ga 1-x As的缓冲层,并形成具有Al组成比y的第一导电型AlyGa1-yAs的电流阻挡层 在缓冲层上至少为0.5以掩埋未被蚀刻工艺除去的上覆层的部分。 因此,由于通过蚀刻Al AlAs或Al组成比低(0-0.3)的GaAs而暴露在上包层上的层,抑制了缓冲层的三维生长和晶体缺陷。 电流泄漏被抑制,从而以稳定的产量制造具有低阈值电流和高效率的半导体激光器件。
摘要:
A method of growing a compound semiconductor layer includes epitaxially growing a III-V compound semiconductor layer including nitrogen (N) for as the Group V element on a front surface of a semiconductor substrate of cadmium telluride (CdTe). Therefore, the atoms of the crystal lattice of the III-V compound semiconductor layer are periodically lattice-matched with the atoms of the crystal lattice of the CdTe semiconductor substrate, whereby the III-V compound semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown with high crystalline quality.