Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making device or circuit emissive of nonelectrical signal
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-10
2006-01-10
Mulpuri, Savitri (Department: 2812)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making device or circuit emissive of nonelectrical signal
C438S036000, C438S522000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06984538
ABSTRACT:
A process for shifting the bandgap energy of a quantum well layer (e.g., a III-V semiconductor quantum well layer) without inducing complex crystal defects or generating significant free carriers. The process includes introducing ions into a quantum well structure at an elevated temperature, for example, in the range of from about 200° C. to about 700° C. The quantum well structure that has had ions introduced therein includes upper and lower barrier layers with quantum well layers therebetween. The quantum well structure is then pre-annealed at a temperature and time that does not induce quantum well intermixing, but does diffuse the point defects closer to the quantum well layer. Finally, the structure is thermally annealed at a higher temperature to induce quantum well intermixing (QWI) in the quantum well structure, which shifts the bandgap energy of the quantum well layer.
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Ooi Boon-Siew
Wang Ruiyu
Mulpuri Savitri
Phosistor Technologies, Inc.
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