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Digital electrochemical etching of compound semiconductors

US5385651A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 28, 1993
Grant dateJan 31, 1995
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Expiry dateMay 28, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/465
  • WIPO fieldSemiconductors
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for the digital electrochemical etching of compound semiconductors in an electrochemical flow cell system in which alternating electrochemical potentials are applied between a reference electrode and the compound semiconductor sufficient to strip portions, preferably atomic layers, of the elements of compound semiconductors from the compound semiconductors.

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