Substrate solder barriers for semiconductor epilayer growth
Abstract
During the growth of compound semiconductors by epitaxial processes, substrates are typically mounted to a support. In modular beam epitaxy, mounting is done using indium as a solder. This method has two drawbacks: the indium reacts with the substrate, and it is difficult to uniformly wet the back of a large diameter substrate. Both of these problems have been successfully overcome by sputter coating the back of the substrate with a thin layer of tungsten carbide or tungsten carbide and gold. In addition to being compatible with the growth of high quality semiconductor epilayers this coating is also inert in all standard substrate cleaning etchants used for compound semiconductors, and provides uniform distribution of energy in radiant heating.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 7267913
- Patent Number(s):
- 4829020
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 7-111488
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 23 Oct 1987
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SUBSTRATES; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SOLDERING; COMPATIBILITY; FILLER METALS; GOLD; INDIUM; SUPPORTS; TUNGSTEN CARBIDES; CARBIDES; CARBON COMPOUNDS; COATINGS; ELEMENTS; EPITAXY; FABRICATION; JOINING; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; METALS; REFRACTORY METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; WELDING; 360601* - Other Materials- Preparation & Manufacture
Citation Formats
Drummond, T J, Ginley, D S, and Zipperian, T E. Substrate solder barriers for semiconductor epilayer growth. United States: N. p., 1989.
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@article{osti_7267913,
title = {Substrate solder barriers for semiconductor epilayer growth},
author = {Drummond, T J and Ginley, D S and Zipperian, T E},
abstractNote = {During the growth of compound semiconductors by epitaxial processes, substrates are typically mounted to a support. In modular beam epitaxy, mounting is done using indium as a solder. This method has two drawbacks: the indium reacts with the substrate, and it is difficult to uniformly wet the back of a large diameter substrate. Both of these problems have been successfully overcome by sputter coating the back of the substrate with a thin layer of tungsten carbide or tungsten carbide and gold. In addition to being compatible with the growth of high quality semiconductor epilayers this coating is also inert in all standard substrate cleaning etchants used for compound semiconductors, and provides uniform distribution of energy in radiant heating.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1989},
month = {5}
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