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Process for transferring a layer of strained semiconductor material

US7338883B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 2005
Grant dateMar 4, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2026

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention relates to a process for producing an electronic structure that includes a thin layer of strained semiconductor material from a donor wafer. The donor wafer has a lattice parameter matching layer that includes an upper layer of a semiconductor material having a first lattice parameter and a film of semiconductor material having a second, nominal, lattice parameter that is substantially different from the first lattice parameter and that is strained by the matching layer. This process includes transfer of the film to a receiving substrate. The invention also relates to the semiconductor structures that can be produced by the process.

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