N-type boron-carbide semiconductor polytype and method of fabricating the same
US6774013B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 6, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10D62/82
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A non-doped n-type boron carbide semiconductor polytype and a method of fabricating the same is provided. The n-type boron carbide polytype may be used in a device for detecting neutrons, electric power conversion, and pulse counting. Such a device may include an n-type boron carbide layer coupled with a substrate where the boron carbide may be an electrically active part of the device. This n-type boron carbide layer may be fabricated through the use of closo-1,7-dicarbadodecaborane (metacarborane). Specifically, the non-doped n-type polytype may be fabricated using SR-CVD by placing the substrate in a vacuum chamber, cooling the substrate, introducing metacarborane into the chamber, adsorbing the metacarborane onto the surface of the substrate through the use of incident X-ray radiation or electron beam irradiation, decomposing the adsorbed metacarborane, and allowing the substrate to reach ambient temperature. The n-type polytype of the present invention may also be fabricated by PECVD.
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