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The operating frequency of an IMPATT diode depends on the width of the depletion region formed during operation. The frequency of high efficiency GaAs IMPATT diodes comprising a non-uniformly doped depletion region contacted by a rectifying barrier can be more precisely fixed by forming a "clump" of charge at exactly the depth below the surface contacted by the rectifying barrier corresponding to the desired depletion region.
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AN IMPROVED SINGLE-CRYSTAL MAGNESIUM ALUMINATE SPINEL IS GROWN FROM ALUMINA-RICH MELTS SO THAT THE RESULTING SPINEL CRYSTAL DISPLAYS A SINGLE LATTICE CONSTANT. THIS MATERIAL EXHIBITS SUPERIOR QUALITIES FOR USE AS AN EPITAXIAL SILICON SUBSTRATE, ESPECIALLY IN A VIEW OF ITS CHEMICAL STABILITY. A METHOD IS GIVEN FOR PRODUCING THESE IMPROVED SPINEL CRYSTALS BY AN ADAPTATION OF THE CZOCHRALSKI METHOD SUCH THAT CRYSTALS CAN BE PREPARED FROM NONSTOICHIOMETRIC MELTS.
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Method of forming an epitaxial crystalline layer on a crystalline substrate by depositing a first portion at a rapid growth rate and a second portion at a slower growth rate.
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A semiconductor diode for an injection laser characterized by a pn junction which has a lower threshold value for the diode current and/or which diode is capable of continuous operation at room temperature or above. The radiation producing range or zone of the pn junction has a variation in the concentration of doping with the variation being spatial and periodic. Variations have a maximum concentration of doping in a range of about 1016 through 1020 parts per cubic centimeter, a ratio of maximum concentration to minimum concentration of at least 2:1, and a distance between maximum concentrations, in the order of between 10 and 500 atomic distances in the lattice of the crystal. The variations in the concentration of the doping provides one or more interference bands in the forbidden band located between the conduction band and the valence band. An interference band is adjacent the edge of either the valence or the conduction band and the doping substance is selected in such a way that the transition probability for transit between the conduction band or valence band and the adjacent interference band is essentially larger than for inter-band recombination. To produce the semiconductor material for the diode, the doping material concentration is varied during the growth of the crystal. For example, if the crystal is grown from a gas phase by an epitaxial deposition, the concentration of doping material in the gas phase is varied with respect to the desired periodicity and with respect to the speed and time for the growth of the crystal. If the crystal is formed by epitaxial deposition of the material from the liquid phase, the variation in doping is caused by variations in the cooling speed with respect to the speed of the growth of the crystal. The periodic doping can be varied also by selection of the rate of cooling by selection of speed of rotation and by excentricity of the crystal pulled from a melt or by growing the crystal with a spiraling growth.
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Shallow regions are formed in a semiconductor body by irradiating the surface region with a pulsed laser beam in an atmosphere including the dopant. The pulsed laser beam has sufficient intensity to drive in dopant atoms from the atmosphere but insufficient intensity to melt the semiconductor material. A silicide layer can be placed over the surface of the semiconductor material prior to irradiation with the dopant being driven from the atmosphere through the silicide into the surface region of the semiconductor body. Alternatively, the silicide layer can include dopant atoms prior to irradiating the surface region.
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A technique is described for the fabrication of a novel planar millimeter wave beam lead Schottky barrier device. The inventive technique involves the growth of a 6 to 7 micron layer of epitaxial gallium arsenide doped to 3 to 5 X 1018 atoms/cc on a semi-insulating gallium arsenide substrate by the arsenic trichloride-gallium-hydrogen vapor transport technique. Following, the epitaxial layer is etched in the same ambient by adding helium and establishing a doping level of 5 X 1015 to 2 X 1017 atoms/cc. Growth of a 0.1 to 0.2 micron thick layer of gallium arsenide is then effected. The technique results in the formation of an abrupt doping profile and in a device manifesting enhanced frequency.
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An electronically tunable semiconductor device for producing and amplifying electric oscillations, comprising between two ohmic contacts at least one thin layer of a low conductivity and a thicker layer of a higher conductivity, with a difference in doping concentration which is smaller than 5.1010( Epsilon o Epsilon r/q) (Eav/v), where Eav is the field strength with beginning avalanche multiplication, v the saturation velocity of the majority charge carriers, q the electron charge, and Epsilon r the dielectric constant of the semiconductor material.
摘要翻译:一种用于产生和放大电振荡的电子可调谐半导体器件,包括在两个欧姆接触之间的至少一个低导电薄层和较高导电性的较厚层,掺杂浓度差小于5.1010(εεε r / q)(Eav / v),其中Eav是具有开始雪崩乘法的场强,v是多数电荷载流子的饱和速度,q是电子电荷,ε是半导体材料的介电常数。
摘要:
The operating frequency of an IMPATT diode depends on the width of the depletion region formed during operation. The frequency of high efficiency GaAs IMPATT diodes comprising a non-uniformly doped depletion region contacted by a rectifying barrier can be more precisely fixed by forming a "clump" of charge at exactly the depth below the surface contacted by the rectifying barrier corresponding to the desired depletion region.
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High efficiency GaAs Schottky barrier IMPATT diodes comprising a non-uniformly doped depletion region are fabricated by instantaneously injecting a known volume of a known concentration of dopant at a known pressure during chemical vapor deposition epitaxial growth of the n layer forming the depletion region. This technique has yielded n layers 150 Angstroms thick, doped to carrier concentration values as high as 1018 cm 3, with precise control of the position of the n layer within the depletion region.