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Method of growing group III-V compound semiconductor epitaxial layer

US4861417A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 24, 1988
Grant dateAug 29, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 24, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S117/902
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of growing a group III-V compound semiconductor epitaxial layer on a substrate by use of atomic layer epitaxy grows an aluminum layer on one of {100}, (111)B, ( 111)B, (111)B, and (111)B planes of the substrate by supplying a quantity of aluminum amounting to at least two times a surface density in a group III-V compound semiconductor epitaxial layer or grows an aluminum layer on one of {110} planes of the substrate by supplying a quantity of aluminum amounting to at least three times the surface density in the group III-V compound semiconductor epitaxial layer, and grows a layer of a group V material on the aluminum layer by supplying a quantity of the group V material amounting to at least two or three times a surface density in the group III-V compound semiconductor epitaxial layer. The layer of the group V material and the aluminum layer constituting the group III-V compound semiconductor epitaxial layer.

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