Methods of fabricating gallium nitride microelectronic layers on silicon layers and gallium nitride microelectronic structures formed thereby
US6255198A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 17, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jul 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L21/02664
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A gallium nitride microelectronic layer is fabricated by converting a surface of a (111) silicon layer to 3C-silicon carbide. A layer of 3C-silicon carbide is then epitaxially grown on the converted surface of the (111) silicon layer. A layer of 2H-gallium nitride then is grown on the epitaxially grown layer of 3C-silicon carbide. The layer of 2H-gallium nitride then is laterally grown to produce the gallium nitride microelectronic layer. In one embodiment, the silicon layer is a (111) silicon substrate, the surface of which is converted to 3C-silicon carbide. In another embodiment, the (111) silicon layer is part of a Separation by IMplanted OXygen (SIMOX) silicon substrate which includes a layer of implanted oxygen that defines the (111) layer on the (111) silicon substrate. In yet another embodiment, the (111) silicon layer is a portion of a Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) substrate in which a (111) silicon layer is bonded to a substrate. Lateral growth of the layer of 2H-gallium nitride may be performed by Epitaxial Lateral Overgrowth (ELO) wherein a mask is formed on the layer of 2H-gallium nitride, the mask including at least one opening that exposes the layer of 2H-gallium nitrid…
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