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Diamond pn junction diode and method for the fabrication thereof

US6727171B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 20, 2003
Grant dateApr 27, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 20, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S5/305
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A diamond pn junction diode includes a p-type diamond thin-film layer formed on a substrate and an n-type diamond thin-film layer formed by forming a high-quality undoped diamond thin-film layer on the p-type diamond thin-film layer and ion-implanting an impurity into the high-quality undoped diamond thin-film layer, or alternatively includes an n-type diamond thin-film layer formed on a substrate and a p-type diamond thin-film layer formed by forming a high-quality undoped diamond thin-film layer on the n-type diamond thin-film layer and ion-implanting an impurity into the high-quality undoped diamond thin-film layer. A method of fabricating a diamond pn junction diode includes the steps of forming a p-type diamond thin-film layer on a substrate, forming a high-quality undoped diamond thin-film layer on the p-type diamond thin-film layer, and making the high-quality undoped diamond thin-film layer an n-type diamond thin-film layer by ion implantation of an impurity, or alternatively includes the steps of forming an n-type diamond thin-film layer on a substrate, forming a high-quality undoped diamond thin-film layer on the n-type diamond thin-film layer, and making the high-quality…

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