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Title: Hafnium nitride buffer layers for growth of GaN on silicon

Abstract

Gallium nitride is grown by plasma-assisted molecular-beam epitaxy on (111) and (001) silicon substrates using hafnium nitride buffer layers. Wurtzite GaN epitaxial layers are obtained on both the (111) and (001) HfN/Si surfaces, with crack-free thickness up to 1.2 {character pullout}m. However, growth on the (001) surface results in nearly stress-free films, suggesting that much thicker crack-free layers could be obtained.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1175464
Patent Number(s):
6929867
Application Number:
10/439,952
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
C - CHEMISTRY C30 - CRYSTAL GROWTH C30B - SINGLE-CRYSTAL-GROWTH
H - ELECTRICITY H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS H01L - SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
DOE Contract Number:  
AC03-76F00098
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Armitage, Robert D., and Weber, Eicke R. Hafnium nitride buffer layers for growth of GaN on silicon. United States: N. p., 2005. Web.
Armitage, Robert D., & Weber, Eicke R. Hafnium nitride buffer layers for growth of GaN on silicon. United States.
Armitage, Robert D., and Weber, Eicke R. Tue . "Hafnium nitride buffer layers for growth of GaN on silicon". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1175464.
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