Method of plasma etching Ga-based compound semiconductors
Abstract
A method of plasma etching Ga-based compound semiconductors includes providing a process chamber and a source electrode adjacent to the process chamber. The process chamber contains a sample comprising a Ga-based compound semiconductor. The sample is in contact with a platen which is electrically connected to a first power supply, and the source electrode is electrically connected to a second power supply. The method includes flowing SiCl.sub.4 gas into the chamber, flowing Ar gas into the chamber, and flowing H.sub.2 gas into the chamber. RF power is supplied independently to the source electrode and the platen. A plasma is generated based on the gases in the process chamber, and regions of a surface of the sample adjacent to one or more masked portions of the surface are etched to create a substantially smooth etched surface including features having substantially vertical walls beneath the masked portions.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1082139
- Patent Number(s):
- 8338308
- Application Number:
- 12/638,741
- Assignee:
- The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01J - ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Qiu, Weibin, and Goddard, Lynford L. Method of plasma etching Ga-based compound semiconductors. United States: N. p., 2012.
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Qiu, Weibin, & Goddard, Lynford L. Method of plasma etching Ga-based compound semiconductors. United States.
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"Method of plasma etching Ga-based compound semiconductors". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1082139.
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