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Rare-earth element-doped III-V compound semiconductor schottky diodes and device formed thereby

US5847437A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 23, 1996
Grant dateDec 8, 1998
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Expiry dateDec 23, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10D64/64

Abstract

A semiconductor device has an improved schottky barrier junction. The device includes: a substrate; an epitaxial layer covering the substrate and lightly doped with a dopant selected from a group consisting of a rare earth element and an oxide of a rare earth element; and a metal layer covering the epitaxial layer and forming said schottky barrier junction with said epitaxial layer.

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