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Apparatus and process for vacuum chemical epitaxy

US4838201A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 12, 1986
Grant dateJun 13, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D62/83
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A vacuum chemical epitaxy apparatus comprising a first mixing chamber having an inlet for introducing a metal-organic gaseous materials and n-type and p-type dopants, and a plurality of outlets for directing the flow of said metal-organic gases and n-type and p-type dopants toward a substrate; a second mixing chamber disposed below said first chamber having an inlet for introducing a metal-organic gaseous material and n-type and p-type dopants, and a plurality of passages through said first chamber and an outlet for each passage, wherein the passage outlets are in substantially the same plane with the outlets of the first chamber; and means for exhausting the metal-organic gaseous materials and n-type and p-type dopants from the second chamber.

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