Silicon carbide semiconductor devices with a regrown contact...

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2006-01-03

2006-01-03

Pham, Hoai (Department: 2814)

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Heterojunction device

C257S012000, C257S024000, C257S194000, C257S200000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06982440

ABSTRACT:
Silicon carbide semiconductor devices having regrown layers and methods of fabricating the same in a self-aligned manner. According to one aspect of the invention, the method includes growing at least one layer of silicon carbide on a substrate, removing the device from a growth chamber to perform at least one processing step, and regrowing another layer of silicon carbide on the at least one layer. According to one embodiment of the invention, the regrown layer may be a heavily doped contact layer for the formation of low resistivity ohmic contacts.

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