Semiconductor device manufacturing: process – Making device or circuit emissive of nonelectrical signal
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-10
2006-10-10
Lee, Hsien-Ming (Department: 2823)
Semiconductor device manufacturing: process
Making device or circuit emissive of nonelectrical signal
C438S041000, C438S604000, C438S606000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07118929
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to a process for producing an epitaxial layer of gallium nitride (GaN) as well as to the epitaxial layers of gallium nitride (GaN) which can be obtained by said process. Such a process makes it possible to obtain gallium nitride layers of excellent quality by (i) forming on a surface of a substrate, a film of a silicon nitride of between 5 to 20 monolayers, functioning as a micro-mask, (ii) depositing a continuous gallium nitride layer on the silicon nitride film at a temperature ranging from 400 to 600° C., (iii) after depositing the gallium nitride layer, annealing the gallium nitride layer at a temperature ranging from 950 to 1120° C. and (iv) performing an epitaxial regrowth with gallium nitride at the end of a spontaneous in situ formation of islands of gallium nitride.
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Beaumont Bernard
Faurie Jean-Pierre
Frayssinet Eric
Gibart Pierre
Blakely & Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman
Lee Hsien-Ming
Lumilog
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