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Method of making semiconductor superlattices free of misfit dislocations

US4088515A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 1975
Grant dateMay 9, 1978
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Expiry dateApr 4, 1995

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S438/938
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of growing superlattice crystals containing alternating layers of two semiconductor materials in which misfit and threading dislocations are eliminated by growing the layers of superlattice crystal to some thickness less than that which will generate new dislocations, and matching the average lattice parameter of the superlattice with that of substrate so misfit dislocations between the superlattice and the substrate are not formed.

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