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Selective epitaxial etch planar processing for gallium arsenide semiconductors
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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Filing: 1982-01-11
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Granted: 1984-01-24
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Expires: 2002-01-11
Abstract
Abstract A method of fabricating gallium arsenide circuits or devices in which source and drain contact areas are deposited using vapor phase epitaxy techniques through holes in a refractory mask. Selected areas of a refractory mask are etched away to expose a region of active gallium arsenide material in which holes are formed by a chemical or plasma etch. These holes are then filled with highly doped vapor phase epitaxially grown gallium arsenide to provide drain and source contact regions. In further steps additional regions of the refractory mask are etched away to define gate regions. Metallization and lift-off may then occur in a single step to provide contacts to gate, drain and source regions and a planar surface for further device processing.
Inventors
- 👤 Alan W. Swanson
- 👤 Charles R. Snider
- 👤 Frank H. Spooner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-23 13:07
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D30/00; H10D30/80; H10D30/87; H10P; H10P14/00; H10P14/20; H10P14/24; H10P14/27; H10P14/271; H10P14/272; H10P14/29; H10P14/2901; H10P14/2907; H10P14/2911; H10P14/32; H10P14/3202; H10P14/3214; H10P14/3221; H10P14/34; H10P14/3402; H10P14/3414; H10P14/3421; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/05; Y10S148/088; Y10S148/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
146 words
A method for fabricating semiconductor devices on gallium arsenide semi-insulating substrates comprising the steps of: disposing a region of active gallium arsenide material in contact with said semi-insulating substrate; depositing a refractory mask layer over said active gallium arsenide and said substrate; selectively removing regions of said refractory mask to expose said active gallium arsenide region; etching first and second sets of holes in said exposed active gallium arsenide region; filling said first and second set of holes with vapor phase epitaxially grown gallium arsenide having a doping level of 10 19 e/cm 3 thereby forming first and second contact regions; selectively etching said refractory mask to expose selected areas of said active gallium arsenide disposed between said first and second contact regions and thereby defining third regions; and metallizing said first, second and third regions thereby forming ohmic contacts in said first and second regions.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
146 words
A method for fabricating semiconductor devices on gallium arsenide semi-insulating substrates comprising the steps of: disposing a region of active gallium arsenide material in contact with said semi-insulating substrate; depositing a refractory mask layer over said active gallium arsenide and said substrate; selectively removing regions of said refractory mask to expose said active gallium arsenide region; etching first and second sets of holes in said exposed active gallium arsenide region; filling said first and second set of holes with vapor phase epitaxially grown gallium arsenide having a doping level of 10 19 e/cm 3 thereby forming first and second contact regions; selectively etching said refractory mask to expose selected areas of said active gallium arsenide disposed between said first and second contact regions and thereby defining third regions; and metallizing said first, second and third regions thereby forming ohmic contacts in said first and second regions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein said step of disposing a region of active gallium arsenide material comprises vapor phase epitaxial growth of doped gallium arsenide material on said semi-insulating gallium arsenide surface.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein said step of disposing a region of active gallium arsenide material comprises the step of ion beam implanting selected areas of said semi-insulating substrate with predetermined donor material.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 2 or 3 wherein said refractory mask layer is comprised of silicon nitride.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method according to claim 2 wherein said refractory mask is comprised of material selected from the group consisting of tantalum, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 2 further comprising the step of implanting said gallium arsenide active region with H+ ions selected to isolate said first, second and third regions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method according to claim 2 wherein said predetermined doping of said vapor phase epitaxially grown gallium arsenide is derived from silane gas.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
21 words
The method according to claims 2 or 3 wherein said first, second and third regions, comprise drain, source and gate respectively.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method according to claim 3 wherein said predetermined donor material comprises Si + .
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method according to claim 3 or 9 further comprising the step of activation annealing said active implant.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method according to claim 10 wherein said activation anneal occurs during said filling of said holes during said vapor phase epitaxy.
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