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Silicon delta-doped gallium arsenide/indium arsenide heterojunction OHMIC contact

US6172420A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 11, 2000
Grant dateJan 9, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2020

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

Abstract

An ohmic contact including a gallium arsenide substrate having an epitaxially grown crystalline layer of indium arsenide on the substrate. The crystalline material and the substrate define an interface, layers are n-doped with silicon close to the interface.

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