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Substrate pretreatment for subsequent high temperature group III depositions

US8138069B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 23, 2010
Grant dateMar 20, 2012
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Expiry dateOct 21, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L21/0254
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to apparatus and method for pretreatment of substrates for manufacturing devices such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) or laser diodes (LDs). One embodiment of the present invention comprises pre-treating the aluminum oxide containing substrate by exposing a surface of the aluminum oxide containing substrate to a pretreatment gas mixture, wherein the pretreatment gas mixture comprises ammonia (NH3) and a halogen gas.

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